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Dance World Cup Canada 2011: Santé D'Amours Fortunato
Beginning to crop up on YouTube are videos from Dance World Cup Canada 2011, which took place in Niagara Falls June 29th through July 3rd. As part of t…
Posted August 1, 2011
Khorshid Khanoom Dance Group: Dance Along the Silk Road
The Khorshid Khanoom Dance Group is gearing up to tour its production Dance Along the Silk Road to Toronto October 29th. This Montréal-based co…
Posted July 28, 2011Vancouver Korean Dance Society: Kicking off the Surrey Fusion Festival
Recently at the Surrey Fusion Festival (July 16-17), the Vancouver Korean Dance Society performed during the opening day celebration, including this sol…
Posted July 27, 2011
Northbuck: Canada's Leading Krump Group
During Harbourfront’s Island Soul festival this week in Toronto (July 29th through August 1st), Canada’s top krumping group Northbuck will be hitting t…
Posted July 26, 2011
Dusk Dances: Outdoor Dance Festival
Dusk Dances’ 17th season continues to liven up community parks around the country with an array of eclectic contemporary and traditional dance works. …
Posted July 21, 2011
Kaeja d'Dance: Eugene Walks with Grace
Now on in Vancouver at Queen Elizabeth Park, July 13th through 16th, the outdoor festival Dusk Dances 2011 presents a roster of exciting artists, includi…
Posted July 15, 2011
Shiamak Davar: Bollywood Jazz
The award winning Indian choreographer Shiamak Davar performed in Vancouver July 10th as part of New Work’s summer series All Over the Map. His style …
Posted July 13, 2011New director to lead SCDS
Kate Cornell was recently appointed the new director of the Society for Canadian Dance Studies/La Société des études canadiennes e…
Posted July 12, 2011
Lost & Found: Blindsight
As part of the Dancing on the Edge Festival in Vancouver, the Montréal-based company Lost & Found presents Blindsight (Angle Mort) July 12th and…
Posted July 12, 2011
Cirque du Soleil: Dralion
Yesterday in Edmonton, Cirque du Soleil kicked off its July 6th through 10th run of Dralion. The show then heads to Saskatoon July 13th though 1…
Posted July 7, 2011SYTYCD Canada: MonstaPop
Finals week on So You Think You Can Dance Canada Season 4 kicks off this week on CTV. The audition rounds were hot, and highlight videos are available …
Posted July 4, 2011An Ambitious Course
Master Plan for Dance in Québec By Philip SzporerIn a policy document spanning 134 pages, Le Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD) has launched its Master Plan for Professional Dance in Québec 2011-2021.
Posted June 27, 2011
Volcano: The Four Horsemen Project
A promo video for Volcano theatre company’s multidisciplinary touring show The Four Horsemen Project recently hit YouTube. This award-winning p…
Posted June 27, 2011
Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects: Converse
Recently released on Vimeo, Converse is among the newest works by Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects. The work was created in February when Artist…
Posted June 24, 2011
REAson d'etre: Unraveling the Tight Weave
Coming up June 23rd through 26th in Toronto, REAson d’etre productions presents VIVID4 with two new works by Kathleen Rea: The Wild In Us and
Posted June 20, 2011
Bboyizm: IZM
Tomorrow, the last day of Canada Dance Festival 2011, Bboyizm presents IZM at the National Arts Centre studio in Ottawa. Judging from this epic p…
Posted June 17, 2011
Crystal Pite wins Jacob's Pillow Dance Award
Acclaimed choreographer and performer Crystal Pite, artistic director of Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM, has been awarded the fifth annua...
Posted June 14, 2011
Moze Mossanen's The Dancemakers coming on DVD
Moze Mossanen’s 1988 film series The Dancemakers will be released on DVD on June 24th. Dance Collection Danse (DCD) …
Posted June 10, 2011
So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Season 4
Here comes Season 4! The new promo video now airing on CTV was choreographed by Emmy Award-winning choreographer Mia Michaels and directed by Cosimo Z…
Posted June 10, 2011Margie Gillis object of on-air bullying
Montréal-based dance icon Margie Gillis was the object of on-air bullying when she appeared as a guest on SunTV's "Canada Live" on...
Posted June 9, 2011
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