The Dance Current

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Halifax to Clayoquot Sound - Carly Butler & Hjalmer Wenstob

Explorations in the Environment

Three artists discuss how themes of care, connection and ecojustice move through their practices

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From The Bachelorette to the Ballroom

A Q & A with Canadian Dancing with the Stars contestant Kaitlyn Bristowe

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Manifesting Politics Into Drag

A Q & A with drag king and performance artist Heath V. Salazar

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Masks, Beads and Ribbons II

Fancy shawl dancing on Toronto's waterfront

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Masks, Beads and Ribbons I

Fancy shawl dancing on Toronto’s waterfront

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Finding Home Again

After years of traumatic rhetoric around body image prevented me from making it to class, virtual classes have brought me back

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Loud and Brave

Alyssa Martin’s company, Rock Bottom Movement, won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards this year, but she now realizes that they may not be as transformational as she once thought.

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Remembering Anna Wyman

A former student writes about the beloved dance teacher, choreographer and artistic director

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All That We Are

Artists respond to the statement “ I don’t see colour ”

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Out of Studio III

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Konversations on Colour: A Report

On June 12, KasheDance hosted a virtual meeting about the immediate and future needs of Canadian African diasporic dance

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Out of Studio II

Alvin Collantes photographs what dance during quarantine looks like for him

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Out of Studio I

Marlowe Porter shares what dance looks like for her during a global pandemic

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The Home Studio

Training at home is not the same as in a studio, so take precautions to prevent injuries and maintain strength

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Fast Adapting

Festival Accès Asie goes online to celebrate twenty-five years

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A Calling In

Aria Evans talks about the work that the dance community has to do inside of systemic racism and solidarity

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Remembering Dan Wild

Dan Wild graced dance stages for over thirty years

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Down the TikTok Rabbit Hole

TikTok offers people a way to move while isolated during COVID-19, but the popular app also comes with concerns

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Dancing on a Fine Line

Does hype choreography cloud cultural appropriation?

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Talking about Whacking/Waacking with Ashley “Colours” Perez

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International Dance Day 2020

Dancing during COVID-19

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A Photographer’s Tips for Filming Dance at Home

Make the most of your dance videos during COVID-19

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Dance Interventions

Talking with two teachers who work with Parkinson’s patients

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