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.
“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.
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?
Contact improv practitioners comment on the way their dance practices inform their daily lives.
Dance in Newfoundland and Labrador; Mercedes Galway; Teresita Galway; Carmel Galway; Isabelle Galway; Barbara Ann Galway
Winnipeg choreographer Freya Björg Olafson
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
On Doing What you Love for a Long Time (without becoming an alcoholic or going broke)
Sharron Pollock [on working with Igor Dobrovolkskiy, choreographer of Don Juan and other ABTC works]
How can we improve the working and living conditions of independent dance artists in Canada? Thirty years ago three dance artists founded the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists to educate and advocate on behalf of dancers. How have working conditions of dancers changed since then? And what are the pressing issues that need to be addressed in the present?
The Canadian Fringe festival circuit is set to close in coming weeks with a final hoopla in Vancouver, September 6th through 16th. Running the gamut is…
Toronto
ON
February 13-23 février 2019
The 40th annual Rhubard Festival focuses on experimentation, with artists exploring new possibilities in theatre, dance, music and performance art.