Helen Walkley’s John Gives Shape to Absence

In 1969, Walkley’s brother disappeared, never to be heard from again

Reality and Fantasy in Kittiwake Dance Theatre’s 35th Annual Nutcracker is Blurred by Magic

This year’s production features the company’s orchestra and a funny little TikTok moment

Dyade Dances Returns to the Stage, Showing Subtle Connection and Intimacy

Ottawa Dance Directive presents THR3E as part of Series Dance 10

Languages and Cultures Clash in Babel 7.16

Visually arresting performances by a triple-threat ensemble elevate Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet’s epic story

Confession Publique Asks Whether We Can Choose Not to Look

Angélique Willkie centres humanity in Mélanie Demers’s interrogating performance

Opera Atelier’s Angel Certainly Flies – But Where Does It Land?

The baroque opera company’s multidisciplinary storytelling event marks the culmination of a four-year project by composer Edwin Huizinga

Two Performances that Create, Clear and Hold Space

Getting to know your Fruit and The Grand March of the House of Siriano premiered at Fall for Dance North 2021

Double Feature Is a Testament to the Need for Truth Before Reconciliation

Citadel + Compagnie marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a touching double feature

Waterline: A Dance with the Surface of the Water Considers What Water Might Remember

In partnering with a river’s surface, the performance meditates on the vital relations between humans, water and what becomes ghostly

To Victor with Love Is an Energetic and Moving Tribute

The work honours the late Victor Kolstee, co-founder of Flamenco Rosario

Andrea Peña’s 6.58: Manifesto Examines The Body As a Site Through Which Societies Create an Oppressive System

Set in a post-industrial reality, the piece conveys a darkly dystopian universe, where dread is omnipresent and free will has faded away

Kaija Pepper Merges Art with Life in her 2020 Memoir, Falling Into Flight