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Volume 12, Issue 7
February 2010

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Features

Melissa Williams

Extreme Dreams, Extreme Dance

By Mary Theresa Kelly

Canadian-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 Andrews

An 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 Barker

Is 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.

Interested in studying dance/movement therapy?

By Andreah Barker

Professional Paths

Five Canadian Dance/Movement Therapists

By Andreah Barker

Departments

Editorial

By Megan Andrews

New year, new adventure

Making Waves

By Kate Stashko

Andrameda Hunter is connecting tradition to performance

Emerging Views

By Kate Stashko

Alberta’s Tara-Jean Popowich, winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada

Know Your Moves

Idiosyncrasies

Marking Time

Cultural Olympiads Past

By Amy Bowring

Courtesy of Dance Collection Danse

Inspired!

Christopher House

Tips for Teachers

By Katharine Harris, Canada's National Ballet School

Preparing for Exams and Competitions

Healthy Dancer

By Nathan Payne

Omega-3: The Good Fat

Check It Out

Wings on my Feet: A dancer remembers by Lawrence Gradus

Everyday Moves

By MJ Thompson

Re-seeing the Daily News (Jan Fabre’s L’Orgie de la tolérance)

Short Waves

By Cindy Brett, Brittany Duggan

ESBCM 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]

Caribana is Our Stage

Themes of becoming, shaping from and returning to are central to Caribbean performance arts. As one of these art forms, Carnival is a nuanced performance art practice rooted in the cultural memory of the lives of Caribbean peoples throughout Canada and the diaspora. But whose story is told (or not told) and in what context? The telling or omission of stories can be traced to a lack of understanding of the complexity of the Caribbean and its Carnival – a performance tradition that is more than the mass commodification, sexuality and “loud music” we often associate it with.

Video

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.

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