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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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The Dance Current

International Dance Day 2022

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Long and Strong

Improve your hamstring flexibility with end-range strength training

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Chautauqua: The Interlake Trail Brings a Non-Hierarchical Arts Model to Rural Manitoba

The project, consisting of six dancefilms, was created in collaboration with community members of the Interlake Region

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Waves of Change

Twenty years ago, Mocean Dance dreamed of establishing a company so dancers could build careers in Atlantic Canada

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Body Talks Webinar Series

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Across the Universe

The importance of time and space

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Artifex

A new repository for arts research provides the one-stop platform the sector’s been missing

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Chezzetcook 

A poem about the body, memory, DNA and how we move through them

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Talking With Nature

Through movement, Aztec dancer Asalia Arellano was able to dig into her roots

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Canada Council Announces Sanctions on Funding Benefiting Russian Economy

A Q & A With Simon Brault, CEO of Canada Council for the Arts

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Dragged Home

Dropping anchor in Newfoundland’s drag scene

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In Tribute: Menaka Thakkar

Canada was the prolific dance artist’s garden, and her seeds changed the cultural landscape

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Dancing Spirit

Feeling good in the body and soul is the fullest expression of who we are

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102 Years of Beautiful Resistance

A specially curated excerpt from It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970

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To Profit or Not to Profit?

Cultural professionals weigh in on potential problems with the non-profit structure, and other options for artists

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