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Melissa Williams
Extreme Dreams, Extreme Dance
By Mary Theresa KellyCanadian-born dancer and choreographer Melissa Williams propelled herself into the commercial dance scene in Los Angeles at a young age. Judge on So You Think You Can Dance Canada and director of a touring dance convention, she now lives in Ontario with her musician husband and two children.
Jolene Bailie
Sensory Life, Infinite World
By Hugh Conacher, Megan AndrewsAn ambitious solo artist, Winnipeg’s Jolene Bailie has recently begun to create ensemble pieces. Here she shares insights into her artistic development and creative process.
With Intent
Dance as Therapy
By Andreah BarkerIs dance inherently therapeutic? What is dance/movement therapy? When do dancers become therapists? Distinguishing between therapeutic outcomes of dance experiences and dance as therapy, Barker examines the history and practice of dance/movement therapy in Canada.
Departments
Emerging Views
By Kate StashkoAlberta’s Tara-Jean Popowich, winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada
Know Your Moves
Idiosyncrasies
Inspired!
Christopher House
Tips for Teachers
By Katharine Harris, Canada's National Ballet SchoolPreparing for Exams and Competitions
Check It Out
Wings on my Feet: A dancer remembers by Lawrence Gradus
Short Waves
By Cindy Brett, Brittany DugganESBCM renames library to honour Vincent Warren; Father of Canadian ballet [Boris Volkoff] commemorated with historic plaque; Toronto companies find new administrative leadership [Andrea Vagianos; Jeanne Holmes; Lauren Gould]; Awards [Tammy Forsythe; Marlene Millar; Philip Szporer]
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Collective Copyright
As dance artists navigate projects and performances, they encounter differing ideas of authorship. The evolving relationship between artists and digital media sharing have also shaped how these concepts are understood. Slinger spoke with several contemporary dance artists about their understandings of ownership, authorship and the role of intellectual property in their art-making processes. She also weighs in with Carys Craig, a scholar of intellectual property, who argues that the legal system imposes binaries, such as choreographer/performer or work/performance, on creative work that do not speak to how dance is created, performed and shared.
Interrarium: Creative Residency
Running January 17th through 30th, the 2010 Interrarium creative residency is welcoming a new batch of multidisciplinary artists to The Banff Centre for the Arts.
Tchaikovsky. PRO et CONTRA
Eifman Ballet Theater of St. Petersbourg
Toronto
ON
May 9-11 mai 2019
8:00 | 20:00
Civic Theatres Toronto’s 2018/19 season closes with a bold and dramatic spectacle from Russian choreographer Boris Eifman.
