Nudity has never been more present in contemporary dance, but wait! – it’s nothing new. Writer/dancer Lucy M. May charts naked performance in the 20th and 21st centuries from Isadora Duncan to Kokoro Dance to Dave St-Pierre.
On the eve of premiering a new full-length work with Little Pear Garden collective, choreographer and Artistic Director Emily Cheung talks about challenging – and respecting – tradition.
How one artist came to terms with illness and injury, and what she made as a result.
Robin Poitras, Paul-André Fortier with Ginelle Chagnon and Edward Poitras sit down mid-process to chat about the creation of Misfit Blues, which will premiere at the Festival TransAmériques in Montréal.
Staying power in dance has to do with a lot more than just talent; it requires perseverance, thick skin, continual curiosity and passion for the form. Vancouver-based Justine A. Chambers has all this, and more. After twenty years as a professional in the field, Chambers remains equally passionate about her work as a dancemaker, an interpreter, a rehearsal director and a teacher.
Based in New York City, Trajal Harrell is much in demand internationally for his conceptually challenging dance propositions. Currently, his company is touring several iterations of the eight-part series Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church. Harrell and four dancers will bring the Antigone Sr. (L) version to Usine C in Montréal for the Festival TransAmériques on May 30th and 31st and June 1st and 2nd.
Olivia Shaffer graduated from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in 2009 with a BFA and went on to spend six years travelling extensively, focussing on improvisation. In Israel, she helped found Foreigners’ Collective, an international community of dance artists staging original work drawing on intercultural collaboration. She is now participating in Bloom, a six-week choreographic residency at Vancouver’s Mascall Dance. It is Shaffer’s first foray into the Vancouver dance scene as a choreographer.
In 1972, a group of intrepid dance professionals came together to form the Halifax Dance Co-op. Four decades later, their little engine that could is still running strong. Halifax Dance is now in its fortieth year, and a nucleus for regional dance activity and education in Nova Scotia.
Jen Loane Briand, teacher and Inclusive Movement facilitator at Halifax Dance
Sarah’s Easy-To-Digest Meal: Velvety Butternut Squash Purée. Plus, nutrition tips.
Choreographer Caroline Niklas-Gordon writes about the creation process and collaboration for her multi-disciplinary solo work.
In WORN Journal’s eighteenth issue, the Toronto-based publication undresses for undergarment-inspired features.
Guillaume Côté to Direct FASS; Charitable Training; MamaDances Expands.
Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto; Eat All You Want/The Top? by Jolene Bailie for Gearshifting in Winnipeg; QuébéAsia Dance Performance Series in Montréal; FLUX London Dance Festival in London, ON; Flashdance – The Musical presented by Mirvish Productions in Toronto; Kontakthof by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Baush in Toronto for Luminato.
As a part of our series, Dance Criticism: Perceptions, challenges and the future, Grace Wells-Smith speaks to four Canadian dance critics about how dance criticism fits into the current fold.
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