Grace Elliott

Mavis Staines: Life and Leadership in Dance

Celebrating the work and vision of Staines ahead of her retirement from Canada’s National Ballet School

Canada Council Announces Sanctions on Funding Benefiting Russian Economy

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

Hope Muir Announced as New Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada

Muir’s appointment closes the historical difference between the number of male and female artistic directors that the ballet has seen

Andrea Vagianos Wins Dora Ancillary Award for Outstanding Leadership in Administration

This award highlights the critical work of operational managers and directors that kept their organizations afloat during the pandemic

Writing With a Sharp Pencil

On top of fraught politics, dance critics have to figure out how to fit into the fold during -- and after -- the pandemic

Nerves And Thrills: A Q & A with Crystal Pite

Pite’s work Body and Soul will stream next week, just for audiences in Canada

Rhodnie Désir Becomes the First Black Person to Win Top Prize at Les Prix de la Danse de Montréal

In addition to the $25,000 prize, her company also won the Envol award, for cultural diversity and inclusive practices in dance

Dance Studios Are Allowed to Open, Now What?

Epidemiologist Colin Furness offers advice

From The Bachelorette to the Ballroom

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

Fall For Dance North Offers a Netflix-Style Festival

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival created a new website and has made most of the content free

York University Students Write Open Letter to Dance Department About Issues of Social Justice, Equity and Inclusion

The letter has garnered nearly 200 signatures in less than a week

ScotDance Canada raises $50,000 for Food Banks Canada and Kids Help Phone Canada

The Highland dance organization hosted a competitive fundraiser, shifting the focus from winning a trophy to helping a cause

Toronto’s Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners Announced

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was held online

The National Ballet of Canada Met With Dancer Nicholas Rose After He Called Out the Company on Instagram

Canadian Dance Teams Compete in World of Dance

National Arts Centre and Facebook Canada to Provide $100,000 to Support Online Performances

Reimagining The Possibilities

Shape-Shifting

Jean Grand-Maître to step down as artistic director of Alberta Ballet

Performing in Protest

Santee Smith Wins Inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize

Fifty Years of Swan Lake

Time to Exhale

Greta Hodgkinson retires

All that Glitters…

How do studios decide to compete?

Closing Act

Q & A with Xiao Nan Yu

Heading South

CADA/West Pilots a Childcare Costs Initiative

Priced Out

Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement faced with finding a new space

The National Ballet of Canada Embarks on their First Tour of Russia

Sensational but Stuck

Breakaway Entertainment’s Anatomy of a Dancer at the Toronto Fringe Festival

The Bechdel Checklist

What I Saw and How I Felt

Aria Evans and Lilia Leon's Prevailing Voices

A Contemporary “Kitchen Party”

Precious Pixels

A New Company Member

Q & A with Arlyssa McArthur

Startling Works of the Moment, From the Past

Two presenters combine resources to show Tanztheater Wuppertal

Pasties and Politics

The Toronto Burlesque Festival opens with a Red Carpet Reveal

Dancing into Parenthood

Developing and Showcasing Dance in Ontario

Inaugural RAD Conference for Teachers in Toronto

Toronto’s 2016 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

Le Petit Prince

A step in a different direction

Big Aspirations in Small(ish) Places

Heather Thomson with Ballet Kelowna

Grace’s Black Bean and Mango Salad

A Spectacular Tradition

The Nutcracker

The Culture of inClusion

Talk about diversity