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This Indigenous ballet is making its way to ‘the Mecca of dance’ in New York City
Cameron Fraser-Monroe, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s choreographer in residence and the creative force behind T’?l - The Wild Man of the Woods, on April 17, 2024. Shannon VanRaes/The Globe and Mail
review
The National Ballet delivers tough-to-love winter program
Koto Ishihara and Ben Rudisin with Artists of the Ballet in UtopiVerse. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
theatre and performance
Going Dutch: A trio of Canadian women notch dance milestones in the Netherlands
Dancers from the Dutch National Ballet perform "Tu me manques," a new work by Canadian choreographer Kirsten Wicklund.
theatre & performance
How the National Ballet produces its slippers
Lacey Hammond Harrington painting a ballet shoe with dye she has hand-mixed at the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto on February 15, 2024.
opinion
Two things you wouldn’t expect to find together: The National Ballet’s new season and a dog-feces incident
Marsha Lederman
theatre & performance
New works, mostly by women, dominate the Canadian dance landscape this fall
OH COURAGE! "Oh Courage!" by Sonya Tayeh, Gibney Dance at Fall for Dance (World Premiere) Choreography: Sonya Tayeh Now. Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Credit Photo: Erin Baiano
on the scene
From ballet to ceramics: summer events support Canadian arts
Nolan Bryant
on the scene
Ballet BC Marks its 35th anniversary with MOMENTUM, Le Dîner en Blanc returns in Toronto after two-year hiatus
Nolan Bryant
opinion
National Ballet of Canada announces upcoming season, including Margaret Atwood collaboration MADDADDAM, Romeo and Juliet
Rebecca Ritzel
theatre & performance
The war in Ukraine evokes a history of tension in the Russian ballet world
books
New Leonard Cohen book collects unpublished short novel, stories from early in his career
arts
Montreal-born dancer Tamara Rojo plans on ‘opening the conversation’ as the San Francisco Ballet’s new artistic director
theatre & performance
The Nutcracker to return with COVID-19 protocols, but no celebrity guests nor kids onstage
theatre & performance
Vancouver ballerina Ashley Coupal wins prestigious Prix de Lausanne
theatre & performance
Streaming dance performances take bite out of January
review
Crystal Pite taps into current questions of connection, understanding and culpability in Flight Pattern
theatre & performance
National Ballet dancers get a lift by returning to the ‘office’
first person
Adult ballet classes are not for the faint of heart
newsletter
What you can watch - or learn - from Canadian comedy, dance and theatre stars online this week
Kelly Nestruck
Kelly Nestruck
opinion
Bravo! Two splendid series set in the searingly emotional world of the performing arts
John Doyle
John Doyle