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Circus Stories Residency
An unusual initiative for cultural journalists just wrapped its second edition in Montréal. Circus Stories, Le cirque vu par … is modelled on a European residency called Unpack the Arts and is designed to offer arts journalists an immersive crash course in circus culture.
Posted July 28, 2015
Winners announced at Toronto’s 2015 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
The dance division saw a total of thirty-five nominees in seven categories.
Posted June 23, 2015
Awarding Distinction, Innovation, Contribution and Commitment to Dance in Canada
Ballet BC’s Emily Molnar receives a Women of Distinction Award, Dance Victoria’s Chrystal Dance Prizes went to emerging dancers Sasha Beardmore and Candace Gordon and independent dance artists Meredith Kalaman, Josh Martin and Lisa Gelley, the City of Hamilton Arts Awards went to performance artists Learie McNicolls and Robin “Zee” Zilberg, and Montréal’s Culture Action Award went to Pierre Paul Savoie.
Posted June 18, 2015
St. John’s Gets New Dance Space
On May 24, internationally renowned ethnomusicologists joined local St. John’s, Nfld., scholars and dancers for a symposium on “Embodiment, Gesture and Dance” at Memorial University’s Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media and Place.
Posted June 2, 2015
The Future of Dance in B.C.
Ballet BC and Arts Umbrella BC have issued a memorandum of understanding formalizing a relationship between the two Vancouver-based organizations – an affiliation that has been developing informally over the last decade.
Posted May 29, 2015
René Highway Scholarship is Presented for the First Time in Over 15 Years
On April 14, Toronto’s Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre (CCDT) honoured thirteen-year-old Thée Winddancer by awarding her the René Highway Scholarship to attend their school, after seeing her perform in a March Break Performance Camp led by Indigenous performing arts company Kaha:wi Dance Theatre.
Posted May 15, 2015
Arts Organizations Tentatively Optimistic in Wake of 2015 Federal Budget
Most every government decision involving taxpayer money is met with frustration, doubt and debate. The 2015 federal budget is no different. Announced on April 21, 2015 by Finance Minister Joe Oliver, the pre-election budget failed to address certain aspects of life in Canada. The arts was one of them.
Posted May 11, 2015
Dancer Transition Resource Centre Announces Trillium Funding and Sports Partnership
Funding will support a substantial three-year initiative uniting the dance and sports communities. This exceptional collaborative opportunity will explore challenges unique to high-performance athletes and professional dancers transitioning to new careers.
Posted April 6, 2015
Lisa Gelley Receives 2015 VIDF Choreographic Award
On March 11, at the opening night reception of the Vancouver International Dance Festival, Lisa Gelley was awarded the 2015 VIDF Choreographic Award.
Posted March 27, 2015
Jack Udashkin Retires After a Rich Artistic Journey
Jack Udashkin, the current director of Théâtre La Chapelle in Montréal, will be retiring at the end of March after a rich, remarkable and diverse forty-year career in the arts.
Posted March 24, 2015
Dance Takes Over the Musée de la civilisation in Québec City
Rebel Bodies exhibit opens at the Musée de la civilisation in Québec City.
Posted March 17, 2015
Choreographers in the Making at RWBS
On February 14, the Professional Division of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School (RWBS) hosted the twenty-fifth anniversary of their First Steps Choreographic Competition.
Posted March 17, 2015
In Memoriam: Grant Strate (1927 - 2015)
Grant Strate, often dubbed the elder statesman of Canadian dance, passed away in his home in Vancouver on Monday evening. Strate’s achievements are incalculable because his contributions share one quality: they endure and continue to create impacts on dance in Canada that are beyond measure.
Posted February 11, 2015
Youth Dance Awards in Ontario
Dance Ontario honours Isabella Rapino with the Jacque Foesier Youth Dance Award and seven students from Canada’s National Ballet School receive the 2015 Peter Dwyer Scholarships.
Posted February 3, 2015
Springboard 2015: Emerging Choreographers Announced
Earlier this week, Springboard Danse Montréal announced which emerging choreographers they’ve invited to participate in the program this year. Among them, Canadians Hanna Kiel (Toronto), Colleen Snell (Mississauga) and Heather Myers (Vancouver).
Posted January 31, 2015
Les Prix de la danse de Montréal 2014
Carol Prieur, Benoît Lachambre and Meg Stuart awarded Les Prix de la danse de Montréal.
Posted December 16, 2014
Tedd Robinson Celebrated
On November 5, the Canada Council for the Arts announced that dancer, choreographer and educator Tedd Robinson had won the 2014 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
Posted December 10, 2014
Igor Dobrovolskiy Receives Lieutenant-Governor’s Award
In early November, Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada (ABTC) announced that Artistic Director Igor Dobrovolskiy was awarded the 2014 Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for High Achievement in Performing Arts, New Brunswick’s highest artistic honour.
Posted December 10, 2014
Two Toronto Dance Students Receive Hnatyshyn Foundation Grants
Justin de Luna, a student in dance at the Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto and Andrew Swan Greer, a student at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre each received $10,000 grants from The Hnatyshyn Foundation to complete their studies in the 2014/2015 academic year.
Posted December 10, 2014
Brian Ronald Macdonald 1928-2014
Internationally respected award-winning director and choreographer for stage and television in musical theatre, opera and ballet, Brian Macdonald died on November 29, 2014.
Posted December 4, 2014
