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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

National Ballet of Canada goes traditional for 2016-17 by Martha Schabas

The season full of opulent story ballets and repertoire classics, then contemporary work by Wayne McGregor, John Neumeier and Jerome Robbins

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00PM
Friday, February 12, 2016

International series brings essence of New York to Toronto Dance Theatre by Martha Schabas

The New York/Toronto Project features works of New York-based choreographers Joanna Kotze and Jeanine Durning

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:54PM
Friday, February 5, 2016

Acclaimed ‘nano-dance’ hand choreography returns to Toronto by Martha Schabas

Toronto theatre to show Michèle Anne De Mey and Jaco Van Dormael’s Kiss and Cry and Cold Blood back-to-back

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:04PM
Friday, January 29, 2016

Winnipeg ballet Going Home Star puts Truth and Reconciliation in motion by Martha Schabas

New production is the first major artistic project to come out of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – even though ballet is bereft of First Nations dancers

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:16PM
Friday, January 22, 2016

In dance icon Peggy Baker’s Phase Space, time is a flat circle by Martha Schabas

Baker’s latest creation, showing at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto, reflects her ever-increasing obsession with teamwork

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:31PM
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Understanding the cruel, witty and profoundly alluring Hedda Gabler by Martha Schabas

Henrik Ibsen’s divisive character is jealous and cruel, but a new production starring Cara Ricketts focuses on her desperation to project herself into parallel lives

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00PM
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

My bittersweet Nutcracker debut with the National Ballet of Canada by Martha Schabas

Ballet depends on total, even irrational, self-reliance, and this makes the devotion to it so absolute and exhilarating

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:13PM
Friday, December 18, 2015

The top five dance events from 2015 by Martha Schabas

What is a moving body uniquely able to express about loss, desire, rage, sensuality, joy – all the vital human stuff?

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:09PM

The top five dance events of 2015 by Martha Schabas

What is a moving body uniquely able to express about loss, desire, rage, sensuality, joy – all the vital human stuff?

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:09PM
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Belinda McGuire explores the power of solitary dance by Martha Schabas

The Mississauga-raised soloist performs Three Muses, a concert of four solos, at the inaugural TOES For Dance Festival in Toronto this weekend

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:56PM
Friday, November 13, 2015

The Winter’s Tale: Jealousy that can ‘seep into you like a poison’ by Martha Schabas

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s adaptation of The Winter’s Tale comes to the National Ballet in Canada

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:49PM
Friday, November 6, 2015

Eunoia dance portrays gimmick as Rosé Porn builds ‘portrait of a lover’ by Martha Schabas

Denise Fujiwara’s adaptation of Eunoia uses choreography to parralel text, sometimes feeling too clever but Dancemakers’ Rosé Porn, a free-flowing conceptual movement about heartache an…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:07PM
Friday, October 30, 2015

‘Every step is of equal value’: Christopher House’s dance philosophy by Martha Schabas

Toronto Dance Theatre choreographer and artistic director talks about how his methods have changed, and stayed the same, over 21 years, and discusses the company’s newest piece, Echo

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:48PM
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Robert Binet looks to modernize gender identity in traditional ballet by Martha Schabas

The 24-year-old explores his craft’s complex relationship with contemporary values at TEDxToronto

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:58PM
Monday, September 28, 2015

Toronto festival aims to crack exclusivity of dance world by Martha Schabas

Fall for Dance North, which debuts next week, attempts to address pressing issues in the city’s arts scene

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:18PM
Friday, September 25, 2015

ProArteDanza: A thrilling, 21st-century perspective on Beethoven by Martha Schabas

Beautiful partner work and robust choreogrpahy highlight ProArteDanza’s triple bill at Toronto’s Fleck Dance Theatre

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:06PM
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

SummerWorks Performance Festival's dance series tends toward the absurd by Martha Schabas

The Toronto festival’s inaugural dance series is sometimes worthy, but the choreography so far has been sparse on actual ‘dance’

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:02PM
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Dusk Dances: Ample fun and whimsy that appeals across ages by Martha Schabas

While it may not be Dusk Dances’ strongest year, there’s still ample fun and whimsy on offer, with flashes of strong concept and choreography

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:12PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Redefining the limits of human abilities through dance by Martha Schabas

People such as Luca Patuelli, who was born with a condition that prevented healthy muscle development in his legs, are forcing the dance world to reconsider what is possible

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:21PM

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