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CanAsian Dance Festival Celebrates 25 Years With a Virtual Multi-Week Event

The works featured in this year’s festival dissect multiple layers of Asian identity

By Serena Lopez

Bageshree Vaze Announced as Inaugural Dance Collection Danse Artist Researcher-in-Residence

Vaze’s research will highlight the history of South Asian dance in St. John’s, N.L.

By Candice Pike

(Mostly) Made in Quebec: International Festival of Films on Art Features an Unprecedented Number of Dancefilms

Out of the 33 dancefilms in this year’s festival, 60 per cent were made in Quebec

By Lucy Fandel

Living Skies Irish Dance Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day With Performances at Pubs and Retirement Communities

The Regina-based company will have live performances for the Irish holiday for the first time since 2019

By Ryan Bradshaw

How Alberta Ballet Brought New Audiences to Dance Through Portrait Ballets

Alberta Ballet closes out its portrait ballet series with PHI, with music by David Bowie

By Jenna Shummoogum

Making Space for Post-Pandemic Grief Through Performance

With restrictions on funerals and public gatherings, can dance provide a space of collective mourning?

By Candice Pike

Rows of red velvet theatre seats

Government of Canada Launches New Fund to Support Performing Arts Workers

The $60-million fund intends to help workers in a sector that has been hit hard by the pandemic

By Valérie Herdes

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

By Serena Lopez

What Do Professional BIPOC Contemporary Dance Artists Want to See Post-Pandemic?

Four Calgary-based BIPOC dancers reveal how they envision the future, given the current challenges of creating in their industry and city

By Jenna Shummoogum

What Do Emerging BIPOC Contemporary Dance Artists Want to See Post-Pandemic?

The creators of NAPPY Dance Collective discuss some of the issues facing BIPOC artists in Calgary

By Jenna Shummoogum

How Vancouver Chinese Lion Dancing Teams Prepared to Celebrate Chinese New Year 2022 – Year of the Tiger

By Gina Fernandez

Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble Celebrates 60 Years

The company marks its anniversary with a long-awaited event

By Ryan Bradshaw

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

By Donna Ball

As Manitoba Vouches for Its Omicron Hands-Off Approach, Dance Studios Are Left With Hard Choices

The responsibility placed on owners to make public health-related decisions without adequate guidance has been tough, said Maria Rawluk, co-owner of Drop in Dance Winnipeg

By Haley Pauls

New dance Immersion Documentary Highlights the Benefit of Centring History in Dance Education

“It's important for all dance forms to talk about the history and the whys and not just do it,” said Suzan Richards, owner of The Cultural Arts Studio in Ottawa

By Serena Lopez

Bringing Hip Hop to Marsoui, Que., Population 275

Sweet Technique’s workshops reached as far as Korea. The resulting documentary-performance streams until Jan. 31

By Lucy Fandel

Two Saskatoon Dance Companies Embrace the Cold

The companies have taken their programming outdoors, even in winter

By Ryan Bradshaw

Ephemeral Artifacts Brings its Travis Knights Installation to Whitehorse

ĀNANDAṀ Dancetheatre’s work will light up the Old Fire Hall during Nakai Theatre’s Pivot Festival

By Valérie Herdes

A Vancouver Dancehall Company Proves There is Appetite for International Collaboration

Femme Gone Wild Dancehall has been taking students to Jamaica to learn dancehall from its place and community of origin

By Gina Fernandez

Adult Classes on the East Coast Boom After COVID-19 Lockdowns

“I think people are just generally realizing that we need to take better care of our health,” said Marcia Dysart, owner of First City School of Dance in Saint John, N.B.

By Candice Pike

Vicki Adams Willis’s Legacy in Jazz Dance

Willis won the 2021 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award for her work in transforming Calgary’s jazz dance scene

By Jenna Shummoogum

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

By Donna Ball

Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker Returns Without the Much-Loved Baby Mice

“It’s their first chance, their first taste”: Due to pandemic precautions, dozens of children have been cut from the show and will miss out on an important first step

By Haley Pauls

Aarthy Sundar / Photo courtesy of Abhinayam Dance Network

Abhinayam Dance Network’s Annual Nadanam Festival Returns Virtually

After the festival’s pandemic hiatus, presenting digitally now allows international artists to participate

By Serena Lopez