On the heels of a spectacular career in the visual arts, Brendan Fernandes returns to dance with a vengeance.
On the occasion of a milestone birthday, dancer/choreographer Claudia Moore presents The Escape Artist, her evening-length solo riff on escaping into dance and performance, a life-long strategy.
Writer Lys Stevens indulges her fascination with pop videos and discovers that, although the contributions of choreographers are not always acknowledged in this media for the masses, dance has been energizing the form right from the beginning.
Stevens asked artists she interviewed (and a few others) to tell her about their favourite music videos and also the clips most influential for their dance content.
Policy researcher and writer Shannon Litzenberger looks at some innovative ideas for meaningful change in the frameworks and funding for culture. In the final part of her three-part series, Litzenberger describes experiments with new models of support for her own work.
Freya Olafson and Praba Pilar share an interest in the integration of interactive technology with interdisciplinary platforms. Yet for both Winnipeg artists the medium is less important than the message. In a chat facilitated by Kate Stashko, they talk about deskilling, performing live and the challenges and possibilities of working with and without glitches.
Dancer/teacher/administrator Karla Etienne
Vegan Coconut Banana Ice “Cream”
Gorilla Grip
Canadian Theatre Review Dance and Movement Dramaturgy
Alberta update; New home for Dance Collection Danse; Canadian talent at LAX
This year in Canada, the conversation about diversity, inclusion and representation has been omnipresent. I’m profoundly happy that more presenters, curators and jurors have brought these words into their vocabulary. But I question what they’re really referring to. Do we all really feel and understand the urgency? More precisely, when asking, “What does the word diversity really mean?” the answers from the dance milieu are often incomplete, reflecting a lack of comprehension of the issues at stake.
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.
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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