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Remembering Tap Dancing William “Bill” Orlowski
William “Bill” Orlowski, one of the greatest Canadian tap dancers and choreographers, died October 22, 2016.
Posted November 14, 2016
Canadian Dance Recognized At Home and Abroad
A list of Canadian artists recently recognized for their dance work.
Posted October 20, 2016
Supporting Health in Dance
The focus of the weekend event was on safe and healthy dance education. Topics ranged from dance in the curriculum for school children to teaching ballroom dance to elderly people.
Posted October 12, 2016
Remembering Dorothy Rossetti
Dorothy Rossetti was a significant figure in Montréal’s dance community with her dance store Rossetti de Montréal and generous nature.
Posted October 11, 2016
Remembering Phillip H. Cole Jr.
Born in 1945, Phillip H. Cole Jr. led a life full of performance and adventure, set on sharing his talents with the world.
Posted October 11, 2016
Remembering Sonia Fabian
Sonia Fabian was the first person to establish a dance school in the northern city of Prince George, BC, offering classes in styles ranging from ballet to jazz to tap.
Posted October 11, 2016
Expanding Access to Choreographic Knowledge Online
Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault recently launched an online platform called Espaces chorégraphiques 2, expanding access to choreographic archives, conversations and tools relating to contemporary dance in Québec.
Posted October 3, 2016
Inaugural RAD Conference for Teachers in Toronto
Presented by the Royal Academy of Dance, the En Avant Dance Teacher Conference concentrated on teaching as well as the business side of the profession. The four-day conference covered a range of topics throughout seventy-eight seminars, panel discussions and movement workshops.
Posted September 6, 2016
Life Phenomenology: Movement, Affect & Language
Last month, 100 scholars from as far away as Norway, New Zealand and Japan gathered together at the University of Ottawa for the thirty-fifth annual International Human Science Research Conference.
Posted August 15, 2016
End of Season Awards
As the dance season wrapped, a range of artists were recognized for their work, performance and contribution to the community.
Posted August 12, 2016
Coast-to-Coast Construction in Dance
The recent and upcoming expansions in infrastructure across the country indicate that the country’s dance scene is healthy and growing and that several arts organizations are moving forward with long-awaited and much-anticipated projects.
Posted August 7, 2016
Ruth Priddle’s Legacy Beyond Dance at the University of Waterloo
Dr. Ruth Priddle, founder of the former dance program at the University of Waterloo, ON, died on June 8. Her academic work had an impact on motor learning research and influenced the way the people who worked with her regard dance, science and creativity, and how they can intersect.
Posted August 3, 2016
Remembering Jacque Foesier
After a lifelong commitment to the growth and well-being of dance in Canada, Toronto-based Jacque Foesier died on July 12 at the age of eighty-two.
Posted August 2, 2016
Toronto’s 2016 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
The thirty-seventh annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards took place on June 27 at Harbourfront Centre’s Concert Stage. The dance division saw a total of seven categories and thirty-five nominees.
Posted July 4, 2016
Survey Researches the Social Impact of Dance in Canada
Canada Council for the Arts survey investigates how dance affects society in Canada, the last phase of research in the Dance Across Canada project.
Posted June 22, 2016
Lindsay Zier-Vogel Appointed Director of the Canadian Society for Dance Studies
The Canadian Society for Dance Studies announced on June 3 in an email to its members that Lindsay Zier-Vogel will replace Samantha Mehra Donaldson as director.
Posted June 20, 2016
Remembering Geneviève Salbaing
Geneviève Salbaing was a champion of classical and jazz dance in Canada as co-founder of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. She passed away on May 8 at the age of ninety-four.
Posted June 14, 2016
Canada’s National Ballet School Honours Alumni in an Inaugural Symposium
The Global Alumni Symposium for Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) took place in Toronto for the first time May 20 through 22. The event brought NBS alumni together to participate in a host of activities and to hear their feedback on how the school can best prepare its students for their careers.
Posted June 7, 2016
Cirque du Soleil Steps onto Broadway
Cirque du Soleil’s new Broadway production Paramour opened May 25 in New York. The show is a fusion of acrobatics, dance and song tied together with a Broadway narrative, a love triangle set in the golden age of Hollywood.
Posted June 6, 2016
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