Letter From New York: The Death of Klinghoffer
Alan Opie (Leon Klinghoffer) and Jesse Kovarsky (Omar) in The Death of Klinghoffer. Photo credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan OperaMixed Emotions.There's a lot of post-9/11 baggage on this cruis…
Alan Opie (Leon Klinghoffer) and Jesse Kovarsky (Omar) in The Death of Klinghoffer. Photo credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan OperaMixed Emotions.There's a lot of post-9/11 baggage on this cruis…
This is one of those performance photos where you don't need to do a lot of blah blah blah to explain it's greatness - you just need to say, "Look at it!" Trudie Lee captures dancer Natasha …
Celebrate 25 years of Toronto's Kaeja d'Dance with this electrifyingly kinetic video!
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This month: the Boy in a Bathtub talks it up with Brandy Leary, artistic director of Anandam Dance Theatre and co-director of Collective Space
COC MAKES RETURN VISIT THIS SPRING TO PRESTIGIOUS BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC WITH SEMELEToronto " The Canadian Opera Company is proud to be invited to present the U.S. premiere of Zhang Huan'…
Here we are. Here we goby Benjamin KaminoThere is an overarching question we now undertake as we look forward to a future at Dancemakers that is " what is Dancemakers becoming?… and in ord…
(photo: Tim Matheson)Almostby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceStickboy, the new work being presented by Vancouver Opera is based on spoken word artist Shane Koyczan's novel about a boy who gets …
COC SEASON NOTED FOR ARTISTIC TRIUMPHS, HIGH ATTENDANCE AND FUNDRAISING GROWTH DESPITE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES Toronto " Today at the Canadian Opera Company's Annual General Meeting, …
Catching up with Phillip AddisFigaro in Edmonton Opera's Barber of Sevilleby Sable Chan@MissSable(reprinted from The Choir Girl)Metallic shelving units line the perimeter of the Jubilee Audi…
Falling Shortby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceThe 31st installment of Dances for a Small Stage at the Ukrainian Hall (famous for its regular Ukrainian pierogi dinner) combines for the first ti…
The everyday spectacularby Chad Dembski, Editor, DanceLe Délire Domestique is the latest creation by choreographer Deborah Dunn featuring seven solo dances focusing on daily domestic life. …
Here to Stayby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceBboyizm, the jubilant urban dance ensemble led by Yvon Soglo aka Crazy Smooth, exuded joy and enough swagger to delight the Cultch Vancouver audien…
Chorus IIA Beautiful Contradictionby Chad Dembski, Editor, Dance After one of the most bizarre mixes of two diverse companies I left the Cinquième Salle last night curious how programming d…
Another stunning dance video by David Cooper. This time it is Karen Pitkethly with Karen Flamenco. Take less than three minutes to watch this and you will make your day better.
John Oswald, Holly Small (photo by John Oswald)Crossing the Divide: Music meets Dance By Julie-anne SaroyanMovEnt's Artistic Producer, Julie-anne Saroyan loves sharing dance with everyo…
(photo by David Cooper)Girl Meets Wagner &nbs…
(photo by Gregory Batardon)Innate Appreciationby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceBorn out of an artistic residency at CERN in Geneva, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, Swiss …
Falstaff - now at the COC - is a joyous opera, it is a lovely opera, it is a musical opera and here, without a whisper, Michael Cooper has once again captured the piece's essence in a riot o…
(photo credit: Scott Gorman)F@*! I'm in the Wrong Fachby Gregory Finney@gregory_finney"Move to Toronto: you'll have no trouble finding work," was the advice given when I asked for feedback a…
(photo by Jeremy Mimnagh)"great dance, but could never do that stuff"...until you doby Laurence LemieuxDancer and choreographer Laurence Lemieux was born in Québec City and received her tra…
l-r Patricia Racette, Ella Larivière, Elizabeth DeShong (photo by Michael Cooper)Straight to Hellby Shannon Christy, Senior ContributorHave you ever been used? Perhaps you are a…
l-r Russell Braun, Gerald Finley (photo by Michael Cooper)You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dogby Shannon Christy, Senior ContributorAccording to Webster's Dictionary an "appetizer is a sm…
(photo by Ben Philippi)Never Aloneby Chad Dembski, Editor-DanceHors Je is a duet. A duet with the audience, a duet with video projection and a duet with a vast collection of dancers, b…