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What Does Your Community Look Like?

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Toronto-Born Choreography App Levels Up

With an understanding of the financial strains often placed on those in the arts industry, StageKeep continues to offer flexible payment options

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National Ballet’s MADDADDAM Takes an Inventive Approach to Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Trilogy. But Is It Too Much?

The production, a world premiere choreographed by Wayne McGregor, runs until Nov 30

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s No-Review Policy Questions the Role of Art Criticism

Clayton Lee, The Rhubarb Festival’s director, said the policy challenges the industry to rethink how to archive the arts for future generations

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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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An Artist’s Retirement: How to Pay for It

Don’t have a government pension? Follow these tips to save for later years

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Volume 24, Issue 4

Fall 2021

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Adelheid Dance Projects Opens Affordable Rehearsal Space Amid Toronto’s Rising Rental Costs

Heidi Strauss seeks to fill the gap left by the closure of spaces like Dovercourt House with temporary rental space

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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

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Three-Year Study, the Longest of Its Kind, Shows the Positive Effects That Dancing Has on Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

Research was conducted by York University researchers in partnership with Canada's National Ballet School

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Dovercourt House To Close After 21 Years as Toronto’s Dance Hub

The lease has changed hands, leaving uncertainty in both social and professional dance communities

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Dancemakers, One of Toronto’s Oldest Dance Companies, Is Closing After 46 Years

Natasha Powell is the incoming artistic producer for the final season

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Sandra Laronde Receives the 2020 Celebration of Cultural Life Award

The award comes with a $10,000 cash prize

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Manifesting Politics Into Drag

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

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Toronto’s Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners Announced

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

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(Re)Connecting the Circle

Amy Hull Responds to Claudia Moore’s Older & Reckless #42

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Connecting With a Classic

The National Ballet of Canada’s Romeo and Juliet

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Rivalling the Classics

The National Ballet of Canada’s Romeo and Juliet

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Everything That Rises Must Converge

The National Ballet of Canada offers something for every palate: a world premiere, a perennial favourite and a graceful farewell from a beloved icon

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When Stars Collide

Angels' Atlas with Chroma and Marguerite and Armand

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Ballet, Drag and Everything In Between

A Q & A with drag queen and ballet dancer Brooke Lynn Hytes

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The Dancers Are the Work

Dylan Crossman Talks with Selma Odom

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Performing in Protest

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Santee Smith Wins Inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize

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