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Dora Award Nominees in Dance announced
On June 3rd, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts announced this year’s nominees for the Dora Mavor Moore Awards acknowled…
Posted June 5, 2009TDT hosts German artists
From May 21st through 30th, Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) hosted a number of events and discussion…
Posted June 1, 2009Canadian presenters await funding announcements
Several dance presenters across Canada continue to wait for Arts Presentation Canada funding annoucements from the Department of C…
Posted June 1, 2009Spring Forward! connects emerging arts professionals
In March, Elizabeth Chitty, Executive Director of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists’ Ontario Chapter (CADA-ON), presented the...
Posted June 1, 2009Reports on Canadian artists’ earnings and funding
“Artists’ earnings are well below the overall labour force average in every province.” Though this may come as no surprise, this s…
Posted June 1, 2009Community meetings for dance artists
Members of the dance community are finding ways to connect with one another through monthly or quarterly dance community meetings....
Posted May 16, 2009Ballet Jörgen Canada wins BC Touring Council award
Ballet Jörgen Canada was named the British Columbia Touring Council’s 2009 Touring Company of the Year, for its presentations of
Posted May 16, 2009Silly walks to support CADA-ON
The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists Ontario Chapter (CADA-ON) is hosting The Ministry of Silly Walks Walk-A-Thon on Wednesday, …
Posted April 23, 2009Dance abroad
The Danube University Krems, in a city on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria, will be hosting The International ChoreoLab Austria as…
Posted April 14, 2009Canadian artists win at the Bruhn competition
Two Canadians were honoured at the Eighth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize on March 18th, 2009 at the Four Seaso...
Posted April 14, 2009Second season of So You Think You Can Dance Canada
After a successful first season, with an average of 1.4 million viewers per episode, So You Think You Can Dance Canada will return…
Posted April 14, 2009
Anniversaries
Halifax’s YOung Company, which presents pre-professional dancers in modern dance concerts, celebrates its twentieth anniversar...
Posted April 14, 2009
Lola MacLaughlin (1952-2009)
Vancouver-based dance artist Lola MacLaughlin died on March 6, 2009 of cancer. The well-loved choreographer was known for her gene...
Posted April 14, 2009Recent dance on screen
In March, Bravo!FACT screened Sven Johansson’s short film En-Trance Assoluta, at an event in honour of the 2009 Innoversity…
Posted April 14, 2009CDA reports to Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
Canadian Dance Assembly (CDA) Executive Director Shannon Litzenberger made a presentation to the all-party federal Standing Commit…
Posted April 14, 2009Dance Ontario Community Dance Partnerships & Dance For Youth Forums
Dance Ontario has been building partnerships with communities from southern to northern Ontario. Since the fall, the provincial se…
Posted April 14, 2009
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