International
Hoopurbia
Hoopurbia, led by Canadian choreographer and dancer Rebecca Halls (now based in Berlin), is headed to Prague June 26th through 30th. The event promises live musicians, performances, parties, jams and workshops in hoop, yoga, dance and pilates.
Posted June 20, 2013
Mark Morris
The Mark Morris Dance Group presents L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato June 21 - June 23 at Toronto’s Luminato Festival.
Posted June 18, 2013
Marina and Ulay
Performance artist Marina Abramović met performance artist Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen) in 1976, launching an intense love story and creative collaboration that ran through the 1980s. They re-connected on the last day of Abramović’s The Artist is Present in 2010. Abramović is a featured performer at this year’s Luminato Festival running June 14 - 23 in Toronto.
Posted June 2, 2013
Beauty remained for just a moment then returned gently to her starting position…
Robyn Orlin / Moving into Dance Mophatong By George Stamos Beauty remained for just a moment then returned gently to her starting position... Festival TransAmériques 2013From the centuries of oppression that led to apartheid, to Stephen Biko’s slogan “black is beautiful,” South African “beauty” is a complex topic.
Posted May 30, 2013
Robyn Orlin and Moving Into Dance Mophatong
The Festival TransAmériques is set to present Beauty remained for just a moment then returned gently to her starting position... by choreographer Robyn Orlin, May 23rd and 24th.
Posted May 21, 2013
Across Oceans
AI13’s Live Streaming Project By Kathleen SmithStream, a ballet featuring live streaming, was a highlight of AI13 at Canada’s National Ballet School.
Posted May 16, 2013
Bollywood Dance Canada
Bollywood Dance Canada is now accepting submissions for its upcoming competition on August 10th, featuring top Canadian and American teams.
Posted May 16, 2013
Flight Distance III: Chain Suite
Tangente in Montréal presents the mixed program Danse X, running May 17th though 19th and featuring works by Helen Simoneau (Montréal), Teita Iwabuchi & Kaori Seki (Japan) and Su Hyun Kim (South Korea).
Posted May 13, 2013
Assemblée Internationale 2013
From April 28th through May 4th, Assemblée Internationale 2013 welcomed students and artistic staff from eighteen international professional ballet schools to Canada's National Ballet School (NBS).
Posted May 9, 2013
Feet First
Happy International Dance Day!
You Don't Need Feet To Dance is a documentary film that follows the remarkable life of Sidiki Conde, an African immigrant who lost the use of his legs to polio as a young man.
Posted May 2, 2013
See You in Vienna?
IMPULSTANZ WORKSHOPS @ ARSENAL
The online booking for all ImPulsTanz workshops 2013 has started!
Feet First
Kick off your Sunday shoes!
How many feet were needed to film the opening sequence of the 1984 version of Footloose?
Posted April 26, 2013
Tony Ingram's NDW Message 2013
Bboy Science Guy Tony Ingram (see him Making Waves in The Dance Current's Jan/Feb 2013 issue) dances his National Dance Week Message.
Posted April 26, 2013
International Dance Day 2013
IDD Message for 2013 from Lin Hwai-min, Founder/Artistic Director, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Posted April 25, 2013
NBoC tours R&J in the UK
After a long hiatus from touring, The National Ballet of Canada once again took to the international stage this month.
Posted April 25, 2013
Feet First
Feet First: We've landed!
By Megan AndrewsCelebrate Canadian dance and dancers with us as we launch our brand new website!
Posted April 24, 2013
thedancecurrent.com – New Site, More Great Dance Content
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Feet First
Tap Happy
Savion Glover choreographed and performed (via motion capture) the tap-dancing penguin Mumble in the beloved animated movie Happy Feet.
Posted April 20, 2013
Elizabeth Kmiec: Nutcase
On April 20th, the world premiere of Nutcase will hit Milton.
Posted April 15, 2013
Eva von Gencsy (1924-2013)
Canada lost one of its great dames of dance on April 11th.
Posted April 12, 2013
