Jean Grand-Maître took over artistic direction of the Alberta Ballet in 2002. Since then he has successfully combined classical repertoire with popular music crowd-pleasers. Now the talented choreographer and artistic director is working with crooner k.d. lang on Balletlujah!
A selection of glorious images from Ginette Laurin’s KHAOS, which receives its Canadian premiere at the Festival TransAmériques in June.
In a personal exploration, writer and dancer Lucy M. May discovers that – from mindful warming up to mental gymnastics to embracing somatic systems such as Continuum or Feldenkrais – strategies for both avoiding and moving with pain abound.
We asked a handful of practitioners across the country how they deal with, work with and otherwise live with the pain that goes hand-in-hand with a career in dance.
Policy researcher and writer Shannon Litzenberger looks at some innovative ideas for meaningful change in the frameworks and funding for culture. In the second of her three-part series, Litzenberger explores some new models for partnerships between business and the arts.
Edmonton-based Gerry Morita of Mile Zero Dance presents the new site-specific work Endangered Species in May. Writer and dancer Kate Stashko sits down with Morita to discuss collaboration, old buildings and bear picnics.
Evelyne Laforest
Teacher/Rehearsal Director/Outside Eye/Writer Bonnie Kim
Liquid Lunch
Arnicare
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
Understanding pain: there’s an app for that
Courtesy of Dance Collection Danse
Dance for Good; Arts funding increases in BC; André Gingras (1966-2013)
Jesuino examines Queerness, liveness and failure in his work, Cruising at 30 Kilometers a Second and Attempting Not To Crash. The work asks what might emerge if we embrace failure and collapse.
Currently on a western Canada tour, the National Ballet of Canada is offering a mixed program featuring William Forsythe’s the second detail, Jer…
Montréal
QC
February 16-8 avril 2021
This intensive will explore the tendus and dégagés of ballet to the spinal work of contemporary dance and mudras of Indian dance in a hybrid new way to move.
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