Thursday, March 10, 2016
The National Ballet’s Mixed Spring Program features two Balanchine ballets, Rubies and The Four Temperaments, alongside Ekman’s Cacti
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:02PMThursday, March 3, 2016
Canadian dancer Rachael McLaren she faced repeated rejections from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. She moved to New York and was invited to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:10PMIt has a hauntingly timeless quality – the story tragic, ineluctable, and then so excruciatingly familiar
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:47PMThursday, February 18, 2016
Using formations that shift between solos, duets and unified ensemble work, the piece has a delightfully charming messiness
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:09PMTuesday, February 16, 2016
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 12:00PMFriday, February 12, 2016
The New York/Toronto Project features works of New York-based choreographers Joanna Kotze and Jeanine Durning
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:54PMFriday, February 5, 2016
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 12:04PMFriday, January 29, 2016
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 02:16PMFriday, January 22, 2016
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 01:31PMSunday, January 10, 2016
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 12:00PMWednesday, December 23, 2015
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 01:13PMFriday, December 18, 2015
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 02:09PMWhat 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 02:09PMThursday, December 10, 2015
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 03:56PMFriday, November 13, 2015
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s adaptation of The Winter’s Tale comes to the National Ballet in Canada
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:49PMFriday, November 6, 2015
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 03:07PMFriday, October 30, 2015
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 02:48PMTuesday, October 20, 2015
The 24-year-old explores his craft’s complex relationship with contemporary values at TEDxToronto
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:58PMMonday, September 28, 2015
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 03:18PMFriday, September 25, 2015
Beautiful partner work and robust choreogrpahy highlight ProArteDanza’s triple bill at Toronto’s Fleck Dance Theatre
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:06PMTuesday, August 11, 2015
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 03:02PMTuesday, August 4, 2015
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 02:12PMWednesday, July 15, 2015
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 
