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Martha Carter

A Curved Career

After twenty-one years with a metal rod attached to her spine to treat scoliosis, in 1995 choreographer Martha Carter had the hardware removed. Her latest work Twisted explores the human impulse to move through the lens of her personal experience with scoliosis.

Paraskevas Terezakis

In The Studio

“A new generation of dancers is emerging that possesses a flexibility of talent and an exciting energy that really feeds me as a choreographer,” says Terezakis.

Contact Improvisation

Dancing a Different Politic

One’s individual actions have direct and indirect consequences on other human beings. The give and take of information and action has reverberations. How does contact improvisation reflect a different global politic?

Follow the Impulse

moving into daily life

Contact improv practitioners comment on the way their dance practices inform their daily lives.

Editorial

Make a date with dance

Making Waves

Malgorzata Nowacka is wondering where the time has gone

Marking Time

Dance in Newfoundland and Labrador; Mercedes Galway; Teresita Galway; Carmel Galway; Isabelle Galway; Barbara Ann Galway

Defining moment

Winnipeg choreographer Freya Björg Olafson

Nutritious Nate

Fresh Spring Smoothie

Short Waves

BC artists facing severe cuts; Baker and Fleck honoured by Governor General; Canadian Prizes for the Arts and Creativity raises controversy; RQD to hold General Assembly; CADA-ON launches second version of PSD [Professional Standards for Dance]; Heritage Think Tank in St. John’s ABTC [Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada] involved in ground-breaking textile project

Expert advice

On Doing What you Love for a Long Time (without becoming an alcoholic or going broke)

Emerging Views

Regina-based dancer and choreographer Johanna Bundon

Undercurrents

Sharron Pollock [on working with Igor Dobrovolkskiy, choreographer of Don Juan and other ABTC works]

Vantage Point

Government recognizes arts as key industry in federal budget