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CreativeGesture : Salant, O'Donnell, Spivey : Photo courtesy of The Banff Centre

Fundamental Questions

How conflicting ideas about the goals of a mature dance collaboration derailed Banff Centre's Creative Gesture Residency in 2016

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Movement Memory

How we learn, retain and remember dance

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Contemporaneity

Coming together to decolonize dance space

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Memorable Moments, Methods and Mediums

Celebrating Canadian Dance in 2016

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Dancing to the Music

What you need to know about music licensing tariffs and fees

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Mind the Gap

Two dance artists discuss bridging the divide between training and a professional career

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Patricia Fraser, Marie-Josée Chartie and Maxine Heppner - Photo courtesy of CADA-ON WEB

Rallying for Change

The past, present and future of the status of the independent dance artist in Canada

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Diving Deep: Sarah Ludi

A series of conversations with mid-career contemporary dance artists

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Moving Bodies

How does the centrality of bodily experience affect interdisciplinarity in dance?

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Pursuing Pauses with Patience at Angikam Seminar

Kathak guru Nahid Siddiqui advises students to slow down while chasing the beat

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Diving Deep: David Zambrano and Mat Voorter

A series of conversations with mid-career contemporary dance artists

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Diving Deep: Valerie Calam

A series of conversations with mid-career contemporary dance artists

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New Season Reads

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The Creative Gesture

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

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WEB Simon Portugal and Lael Stellick in Chorus II by Sasha Kleinplatz : Photo by Veronique Mackenzie

Moving Beyond the Pas-de-Deux

Four Montréal-based dance artists discuss gender in contemporary dance

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Canadian Dance Goes Audio

Radio and Podcasts Take the Stage

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Ballet BC Rehearsal Director Sylvain Senez Retires

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Habitual Gestures

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Into the Tao is Full of Street Dance Soul

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Cross-Canada Checkup

Canada Dance Festival takes the pulse of dance in Canada

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Lucilla Munaretto Returns to the Stage

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Skating on the (B)rink

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The Invisible Injury

Two dancers discuss concussions in dance and the recognition, treatment, prevention and significance of this often misunderstood brain injury

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Chan Hon Goh on Change and Giving Back

The principal dancer turned teacher and her cross-Canada master class tour

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