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National Arts Centre and Facebook Canada to Provide $100,000 to Support Online Performances
Funding for online performances between now and March 31
Posted March 19, 2020
Reimagining The Possibilities
Andrew Tay named artistic director of Toronto Dance Theatre
Posted March 9, 2020
Shape-Shifting
Jean Grand-Maître announces he will be stepping down from his role as artistic director of Alberta Ballet in 2022. The role will be taken over by Christopher Anderson.
Posted March 3, 2020
Performing in Protest
Dance artists perform in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs
Posted February 18, 2020
Santee Smith Wins Inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize
Smith wins one of the five $25,000 prizes
Posted December 17, 2019
Fifty Years of Swan Lake
Karen Kain to retire as artistic director of The National Ballet of Canada
Posted November 14, 2019
Time to Exhale
After twenty-four years, Greta Hodgkinson will be retiring from her role as a principal dancer with The National Ballet of Canada.
Posted October 30, 2019
CADA/West Pilots a Childcare Costs Initiative
The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists/West Chapter (CADA/West) has announced a new Childcare Subsidy Pilot Program to help dancers offset childcare costs.
Posted April 24, 2019
A Welcome Resistance
For the first time in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s eighty-five-year history, Indigenous Arts will be programmed continuously throughout the calendar year.
Posted February 27, 2019
Priced Out
After fifteen years, Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement has been priced out of its home on 6 Noble St, in Toronto’s west end.
Posted November 5, 2018
The National Ballet of Canada Embarks on their First Tour of Russia
The National Ballet of Canada is touring to Russia for the first time in the company’s sixty-seven year history.
Posted October 17, 2018
Remembering Ola Skanks
Ola Skanks, a pioneering figure in Canada’s early modern dance scene as well as in the development of African diasporic dances, passed away August 18, 2018.
Posted October 16, 2018
Shifts in Time
What has happened since the Dora Mavor Moore Awards un-gendered their awards categories?
Posted September 28, 2018
Honouring Dance in Canada
On Sunday, March 25, the Encore! Dance Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held at The Globe and Mail Centre, hosted by CBC journalist Laurie Brown.
Posted April 16, 2018
Baryshnikov's Ties to Canada
Famed Soviet-American dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov will make a rare return to Toronto to perform in the Canadian premiere of BRODSKY / BARYSHNIKOV. The Dance Current asked Baryshnikov about his time in Canada and he responded by highlighting his relationships within the ballet community.
Posted January 23, 2018
Summer and Fall Awards and Honours
A round up of the 2017 summer and fall awards, honours and news
Posted November 16, 2017
A Tale of (Residency in) Two Cities
In the past few years, two of Canada’s most prominent contemporary dance companies have been shifting their perspective away from the traditional company structure, and the resulting expectations, toward creation hubs. The idea is to serve the evolving needs of the choreographic community. Now, Dancemakers Centre for Creation and Centre de Création O Vertigo (CCOV) are teaming up to create a cross-city artistic bridge between Toronto and Montréal.
Posted October 17, 2017
Reflections from Karen Kain
As The National Ballet of Canada prepares for their international tour, Karen Kain reflects on her twelfth year as artistic director.
Posted October 2, 2017
Startling Works of the Moment, From the Past
From September 28th through 30th, the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa presents Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch’s Café Müller (1978) and The Rite of Spring (1975), an iconic double bill performed by the German contemporary dancetheatre company, entering its forty-fourth season. The Dance Current spoke with Cathy Levy, the executive producer for dance at the NAC, about bringing these international works to Canada.
Posted September 28, 2017
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