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Donna Ball

Regional Reporter 2021/22 East Coast

Donna Ball holds a diploma in creative writing from Memorial University of Newfoundland, has been volunteering in the arts sector for 30 years and is currently the chair of Kittiwake Dance Theatre.

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Cecchetti Canada Celebrates 50 Years of Examinations in Newfoundland and Labrador

A Q & A With Mary Ross, chair of Cecchetti Canada

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How Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada is Bringing Virtual Reality Into the Dance Studio

After launching an app in 2021 for cross-border collaboration, the company is now working on integrating augmented reality technology to better serve a digital creative process, including life-size holograms

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How Oshun Dance Is Creating Spaces to Diversify Dance Performances in Canada’s Smallest Province

Reequal Smith on building dance opportunities as a new resident

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First Look Program Returns in Newfoundland and Labrador

Dance community comes together for creators to stage their works-in-progress

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Ballet and Brahms Filming in Downtown St. John’s

Multidisciplinary artist Nicola Hawkins starts production of her next dancefilm, starring Evelyn Hart and Duo Concertante

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International Dance Day 2022: Newfoundland Lawyers Put On Their Dancing Shoes to Support Easter Seals

The fundraiser was conceived by Debbie Parsons, who has been teaching dance classes for all ages and abilities at the organization since 2018

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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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International Virtual Symposium Seeks to Address Racialization in the Ballet Sector

“The act of looking at a Black dancer and seeing them for who they are and not using their external appearance to facilitate a narrative that we’ve all seen as stereotypes, that act can have a great ripple effect,” said Livona Ellis of Ballet BC

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Anniversaries Galore in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Dance Communities

As dance leaders in the province celebrate milestones, they wish for a future that includes post-secondary dance education

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