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Dance in the Federal Budget
After 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, 2016
2016 Dance Day Message
Since 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, 2016
Canadian Dance Decorated
Artistic 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, 2016
Remembering Calgary’s Shirley C. Murray
Murray 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, 2016
Locating 'D'ance in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies in Canada
Discussions were international in scope and explored historical and contemporary sites of research.
Posted March 16, 2016
Breaking Ground in Integrated Dance Teacher Training
Dancers and instructors from across Canada came together to host the first Canadian-led integrated dance teacher training workshop in Calgary.
Posted March 15, 2016
Performing Arts Exemptions Around Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers
The 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, 2016
Training Expansion
Keeping 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, 2016
Copyright in Class
Dance 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, 2016
New Year News
News 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, 2016
Arts Outside Brings Francophone Artists and Communities Together
Des 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, 2016
Evi-Dance Radio Ends after Sixteen Years
Citing an “internal dispute with the station,” Toronto’s community radio station Evi-Dance ended on December 4, 2015.
Posted January 13, 2016
Keeping Pace with Artistic Innovation: The Canada Council Revamps its Funding Model
The Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) is transitioning to a radically restructured funding model, set to take effect in 2017.
Posted January 11, 2016
Alberta Ballet Ensures More Children See The Nutcracker
Alberta Ballet removed one major hurdle for kids wanting to see The Nutcracker this season: the price of a ticket.
Posted December 21, 2015
The Culture of inClusion
The Canadian Arts Presenting Association/l’Association canadienne des organismes artistiques focused on inclusive and integrated arts as a form of diversity in the arts community at this year’s annual conference in Ottawa.
Posted December 16, 2015
Fall Awards
Karen Kain of The National Ballet of Canada wins a Dance Magazine Award, founder of Festival TransAmériques Marie-Hélène Falcon wins 2015 Denise Pelletier Award, flamenco artists Maria Osende of Halifax wins the Established Artist Recognition Award and more.
Posted December 9, 2015
New M.Ed in Arts for Social Change at SFU
Simon Fraser University (SFU) announced a new Master of Education program in Arts for Social Change (ASC) beginning September 2016. The interdisciplinary, two-year M.Ed program is the first of its kind in Canada.
Posted December 3, 2015
CCDT Soars in New York City
On October 24, Toronto youth dance company Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre (CCDT) performed José Limon’s The Winged at an international festival in his honour presented as part of the Limón Dance Company’s seventieth anniversary season. CCDT’s dancers were the youngest to perform at the festival, further cementing the connection between the company and Limón’s legacy.
Posted October 29, 2015
An Expanding Discussion: Copyright and Heritage in Dance
On October 2, 2015, lawyers, arts advocates and performing arts professionals gathered at the dance pavilion of the University of Québec in Montréal for a focus day on copyright and dance heritage, hosted by the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, to discuss a wide range of pertinent legal and ethical questions surrounding dance creation and ownership.
Posted October 23, 2015
Creating a Culture for Tomorrow, Defining the Dance Landscape of Today
One week of dance in Toronto facilitated “networking on a large scale and building community,” says Kate Cornell, Canadian Dance Assembly’s executive director.
Posted October 20, 2015
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