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Behind the Scenes With Dark Horse Dance Projects 2022

To Dark Horse, supporting a healthy dance ecosystem means supporting creation

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Behind The Scenes With Indigenous Enterprise at Fall for Dance North 2022

The dance troupe aims to amplify narratives of Indigenous identity through dance and storytelling

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Why Albertan Audiences Are Different From Any Other in Canada

Directors and producers Jean Grand-Maître, Nicole Mion, Les Sereda and Brian Webb discuss the uniqueness of creating in the Prairies

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The Battle of Body Shame

If body shaming is more than words,how do we create dance education spaces free of it?

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The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Ushers in a Student-Centred Curriculum

After appointing new artistic and pedagogical director Sasha Ivanochko, the school enters a transformational time

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In Tribute: Tedd Robinson 

Robinson is remembered across Canada for his generosity as an artist and a mentor

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Pitch Us for our Winter 2023 Issue

Guest edited by Swadhi Ranganee

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In Tribute: Jini Stolk

She steered dozens of performing arts organizations towards sustainability and inspired generations of Toronto’s arts leaders

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2022 Audition Directory

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Peggy Baker Dance Projects Closes with a Bang

After more than 30 years, the dance company offers three new presentations to bid goodbye to its audiences

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Worth a Thousand Words

Multidisciplinary dance artists share their visual works

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What Mindfulness Can Teach Us About Performance

With video by Jaimie Nackan

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The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies

Only recently has hip hop entered the world of academia; once difficult to find, tangible resources and archived materials have slowly become more accessible

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The Significance of Tkaronto’s Caribana Weekend

First launched in 1967, North America’s biggest Caribbean festival brings $438 million to the Canadian economy every year. But organizers and participants often lose money

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Inside a Changing Institution

An excerpt from our new summer podcast, Currently in Dance

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Rufi Oswaldo In Many Arenas

Dancesport and contemporary. Art and academia. Queerness and (former) Mormonism. The new artistic director of Dancers' Studio West on how these seemingly contradictory facets of his identity blend beautifully

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Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!

Stories highlighting fantastic Indigenous artists

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PITCH US: Fall 2022 Issue

Pitches are due June 27

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Upcoming: Story, story, die. Explores Connection and Loneliness

Alan Lucien Øyen brings his musings and contemplations to the stage on June 28 and 29 in Toronto

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Guelph Dance Festival Programs Intimacy and Community

From June 2 to June 5, this year’s festival will take place online and in person

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Sky Dancers Brings the Past to Life

Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo’s personal reflection on the Quebec Bridge disaster of 1907 is reimagined with a massive crew, many of whom have family histories connected with the tragedy

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Happy International Dance Day 2022

A message from Renata Soutter, brought to you by Dance Ontario, Dance Umbrella of Ontario and The Dance Current

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International Dance Day 2022

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Long and Strong

Improve your hamstring flexibility with end-range strength training

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