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, 2016The 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, 2016Cirque 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, 2016On Saturday, May 28, around 100 commercial and urban dancers flocked to The Underground Dance Centre in Toronto for Interpose: A Dancer’s Rights Seminar. In the field of commercial dance, art has a boss. In fact, the chain of command stems from the client, down through the production company, to the choreographer and then to the dancer, the bottom of a chain fuelled by commerce above all else.
Posted June 2, 2016The Calgary-based contemporary jazz company inaugurates new space with a new full-length production by Artistic Director Kimberley Cooper.
Posted May 26, 2016The School of Alberta Ballet’s Edmonton Studios hosted an open house on May 15 to celebrate their September move to a larger facility.
Posted May 23, 2016After the 2016 federal budget was announced March 22, headlines across major arts organizations glowed with an absolute rarity. What will the long-term effects look like?
Posted May 1, 2016Since 2005, the Canadian Dance Assembly has issued a message on behalf of the dance community in Canada as part of International Dance Day on April 29. This year’s IDD Ambassador is Halifax-based dance artist and Mocean Dance Co-Artistic Director Susanne Chui.
Posted April 18, 2016Artistic Director Louis Robitaille of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Canadian Dance Assembly Executive Director Kate Cornell, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ Founder in Residence Vicki Adams Willis and more are celebrated for their contribution to Canadian dance.
Posted April 12, 2016Murray devoted her life to teaching and sharing a love of dance and was one of the founders of the Dance Education program at the University of Calgary.
Posted March 30, 2016Discussions were international in scope and explored historical and contemporary sites of research.
Posted March 16, 2016Dancers and instructors from across Canada came together to host the first Canadian-led integrated dance teacher training workshop in Calgary.
Posted March 15, 2016The Canadian Dance Assembly recently shared with its membership that the Government of Canada has announced the creation of a new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemption category for the performing arts disciplines of dance, opera, orchestra and live theatre. The exemption takes effect February 17.
Posted February 17, 2016Keeping up with the fast-paced evolutions in today’s dance landscape, the School of Alberta Ballet has announced an extra program to its training system.
Posted February 8, 2016Dance classes marketed with pop icons’ names have been skyrocketing in popularity around Toronto; however, this prompts conversation around intellectual property and copyright in dance.
Posted February 2, 2016News and awards from Winnipeg’s School of Contemporary Dancers, Montreal’s O Vertigo, Dance Ontario’s Jacque Foesier Youth Dance Award, Compagnie Marie Chouinard and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal.
Posted February 1, 2016Des arts dehors/Arts Outside is a new program presented by Made in BC - Dance on Tour and Le conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique in British Columbia that supports dance in francophone communities.
Posted January 28, 2016Citing an “internal dispute with the station,” Toronto’s community radio station Evi-Dance ended on December 4, 2015.
Posted January 13, 2016The Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) is transitioning to a radically restructured funding model, set to take effect in 2017.
Posted January 11, 2016Alberta Ballet removed one major hurdle for kids wanting to see The Nutcracker this season: the price of a ticket.
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