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The stage is yours!
Arts Alive is the learning and engagement hub at Canada’s National Arts Centre, where theatre, dance, and music come alive. We invite you to check out our performances for families and schools, workshops for students, professional development events, free resources for educators and teaching artists, and more, both virtual and in-person. We’re so glad you’re here – the stage is yours!
Great programs for your students!
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Workshop
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Singer/Songwriter
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Residency
Workshop
Francophone
Theatre
Youth
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Francophone
Theatre
Youth
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Music
Theatre
Dance
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Theatre
Youth
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Indigenous arts
Music
Hip-hop
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Professional
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Bring Reggae Roots to your school!
Give your classroom a front-row seat to our video-on-demand learning series about the evolution of Jamaica’s most famous export: Reggae music.
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Enfance/jeunesse
The theatre doors are open again. The artists are there, full of enthusiasm, eager to welcome you and a host of other children.
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interview
Sharing a passion for words
Award-winning musician and slam poet Yao has led over a decade's worth of writing workshops for high schoolers. Yao talks about how his music career and passion for education are inextricably linked.
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Under 30? Get $15 tickets!
We created Under30 to make it easier for you to bring your family to the NAC to enjoy amazing theatre, dance, and music.
Learn more from the artists
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Video on-demand
Enjoy encore performances, exclusive interviews and special series captured on-stage, backstage and beyond.
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NAC Podcasts
Power your arts obsession with exclusive interviews, insights and artistic explorations of music, theatre and dance.
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Arts Resources
Explore the NAC’s free performing arts resources for teachers, students, families and the public, including curriculum guides, podcasts, videos, articles and more.
Recent stories
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Chansons pour le musée: Multifaceted experience
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Making the Arts Accessible
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Eskasoni Theatre Camp: Sparking a passion for theatre
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Music as a tool for cultural exchange in schools
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Meet Omari Newton: actor, writer, educator and Arts Alive teaching artist
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Great Canadian Orchestra Field Trip
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Autorickshaw: a musical vehicle
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Reggae Roots or an Unexpected Rendez-Vous!
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ThisGen Fellowship 2022 Call for Applications
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NAC to co-present Arohafest, Diwali Edition
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Impact Report 2020-2021
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Arts Alive: Creating Lasting Connections
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Meet violist, composer and teaching artist Kathryn Cobbler
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BIG BANG: An Incredible Celebration of Music
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Discovering Common Ground Through Dance
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Enriching Communities Through Music
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Q & A: Natasha Harwood, Manager, NAC Music Alive Program
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Sharing Métis culture in Edmonton
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Spoken Word artist Zoey Roy discusses the NAC Music Alive Program
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Music Alive Program in Calgary
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Young Artist Summit for Indigenous Musicians
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Music Alive Program teaching artists come together to share, learn, and collaborate
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Kugluktuk students share message of hope and support through music
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From Sunrise to Sunset: MAP Saskatchewan
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Music Alive Program: Nelson Tagoona in Cape Dorset
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Hip-hop in Kugluktuk
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In children’s hands: Music Alive Program meets the music of R. Murray...
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Music, youth and the North
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Music Alive Program connects in Ottawa
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Music Alive Program: Nunavut - Keyboards for Cape Dorset
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Hip-Hop in Kugluktuk
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NAC Orchestra Brass Trio in Pangnirtung
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Sharing Music in the North
Support Performing Arts Learning and Engagement!
Your donations through the NAC's National Youth and Education Trust help the NAC provide learning and engagement opportunities for all — from young children in the classroom, to artists, to the lifelong learner.
Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. The Music Alive Program is made possible thanks to the leadership support of National Partner, The Azrieli Foundation, and Major Supporters, The Slaight Family Foundation and TD Bank Group. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.