Teaching

Priced Out

After fifteen years, Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement has been priced out of its home on 6 Noble St, in Toronto’s west end.

Posted November 5, 2018

Artists in Talking Treaties / Image courtesy of Jumblies Theatre

Talking Treaties Spectacle

Performance | Spectacle

Toronto ON
October 4-7 octobre 2018
Oct. 4, 5 & 6 @ 5:30 | 17:30
Indigenous, Contemporary, Multidisciplinary

Code of Silence

A call to action to address and prevent abuse in dance communities By Marie France Forcier

In the March/April issue of The Dance Current, Marie France Forcier hosted the print conversation, “Creating Safe Spaces.” The article focused on sharing strategies for identifying and preventing abusive situations. In this follow-up, Forcier delves deeper into the problematic, widespread and systematic experiences that lay at the root of that discussion by challenging what she identifies as the code of silence within the discipline.

Posted May 25, 2017

Projet Héritage / Legacy Project: Episode 1

The Margie Gillis Foundation’s Legacy Project / Project Héritage shares the iconic Canadian dancer’s knowledge and philosophy with a new generation of artists.

Posted March 6, 2017

Miguel Gutierrez “Age & Beauty Part 1” Research in 2014

American artist Miguel Gutierrez, who will be teaching at the New Aesthetics Performance Intensive in Vancouver in the summer of 2017, discusses and presents his process for Age & Beauty Part 1: Mid-Career Artist/Suicide Note or &:-/, the first part of a trilogy.

Posted February 7, 2017

Dancing to the Music

What you need to know about music licensing tariffs and fees By Lee Slinger

What dance artists and instructors need to know about SOCAN and Re:Sound license fees

Posted December 13, 2016

Inaugural RAD Conference for Teachers in Toronto

Presented by the Royal Academy of Dance, the En Avant Dance Teacher Conference concentrated on teaching as well as the business side of the profession. The four-day conference covered a range of topics throughout seventy-eight seminars, panel discussions and movement workshops.

Posted September 6, 2016

On the Ground

Finding Rhythm, Finding Soul: Q & A with Alexandra Clancy

By Denise Solleza

Vancouver tap dancer Alexandra Clancy explores the intersections of the contemporary and the traditional.

Posted August 2, 2016

On the Ground

Research and Development

By Sasha Ivanochko, Lee Slinger

Catching up with Sasha Ivanochko

Posted July 20, 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

Canada's National Ballet School

Ideas Exchange 2016 - Professional Development for Dance Teachers

Conference | Colloque

Toronto ON
July 18-21 juillet 2016
Ballet

What's In Your Dancebag?

Simon "Klassic" Xavier

Simon “Klassic” Xavier is a popper who dances and teaches at Ottawa’s Flava Factory. He is also the dance coordinator for the House of PainT competition. We asked him what he keeps in his bag for competition weekends.

Posted October 6, 2015