News Releases
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JAPAN’S LEGENDARY KODO PERFORMS KODO ONE EARTH TOUR: MYSTERY AT THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ON MARCH 9
March 2, 2015
Discover why percussion is the primal source of all movement and rhythm as Japan’s Kodo returns with its most ambitious production yet! Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery, conceived by brilliant Artistic Director Tamasaburo Bando, creates onstage the mood of mystery and wonder common to sacred places everywhere. Known for power and precision, for discipline, endurance, and sheer spectacle, these... Read more
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NAC Unveils Full Ontario Scene Lineup
March 2, 2015
Heather Moore, Producer and Executive Director of the National Arts Centre’s Scene festivals, today announced the complete programming lineup for Ontario Scene. The seventh in a successful biennial series of multidisciplinary festivals showcasing the work of established and emerging artists from a specific region of the country, Ontario Scene will take place at more than 30 venues across... Read more
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NAC Presents The Once with Special Guest Sarah Mac Dougall - March 13 NAC Theatre
February 26, 2015
NAC Presents The Once with special guest Sarah MacDougall March 13, NAC Theatre February 26, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – “Just as the sea refuses no river, The Once turns back no listeners. These three Newfoundlanders gracefully and evocatively offer gem-like maritime music – foot-stomping shanties, heart-rendering ballads, salt-aired interpretations (of Tom Waits and Leonard... Read more
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THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE HOSTS ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING
February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) will hold its Annual Public Meeting on Thursday, February 26, 2015 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Le Salon. Speakers include NAC Board Chair Adrian Burns, NAC President and CEO Peter Herrndorf, and Canadian architect and keynote speaker Donald Schmitt, who will speak about the architectural renewal of the National Arts... Read more
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MIAMI CITY BALLET RETURNS TO THE NAC TO PERFORM A TANTALIZING TRIPLE BILL – FEATURING RICHARD ALSTON’S CARMEN – ON MARCH 5-7
February 23, 2015
Miami City Ballet, making a triumphant return under the Artistic Directorship of former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Lourdes López, showcases talent, versatility, and superb classical technique. Carmen, by British choreographer Richard Alston, is graceful and fluid yet lightning fast, an enthralling ballet, performed on pointe, set to a sharp adaptation of the iconic score by... Read more
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NAC DANCE PRESENTS MONTREAL’S EXTRAORDINARY LE PATIN LIBRE IN VERTICAL INFLUENCES AT THE MINTO SKATING CENTRE ON FEBRUARY 27-28
February 19, 2015
NAC Dance moves from the centre stage to centre ice! Le Patin Libre, a Montreal-based collective of professional skaters, are breathing intoxicating new energy into contemporary skating with their urban street style and high-level artistic expression. Dance, skating, and hockey fans alike will not want to miss seeing them perform the Canadian premiere Vertical Influences, an NAC co-production,... Read more
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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE DANCE ADDS A NEW NAC CO-PRODUCTION TO THE 2014-15 SEASON! MONTREAL’S LE PATIN LIBRE PERFORMS VERTICAL INFLUENCES – ON ICE – ON FEBRUARY 27-28
February 19, 2015
Cathy Levy, Executive Producer of Dance at the National Arts Centre, announced today that a new show has been added to the stellar 2014-15 NAC Dance season. Le Patin Libre is a Canadian collective of professional skaters who are reinventing ice skating by bringing urban street dance and high-level artistic expression onto the ice. The iconoclastic Montreal-based troupe will perform Vertical... Read more
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Obaaberima Written and Performed by Tawiah M'Carty - NAC Studio March 3 - 14
February 18, 2015
NAC English Theatre presentation Obaaberima Written and Performed by 2014/15 Ensemble member Tawiah M’Carthy directed by evalyn parry a Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production (Toronto) March 3 - 14, NAC Studio February 18, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – “As a performance it’s a tour de force and more than earned M’Carthy the raucous ovation it received. As a play... Read more
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L'histoire du grillon égaré dans un salon
February 17, 2015
A living room. A clock. A child seated in an oversize armchair. Time drags on, the seconds tick by, things come to a standstill. Then suddenly a sound, a tiny little sound, unusual and intriguing, comes from the lethargic child. Now the tableaux gradually spring to life, the mirror perks up, the books start to tell their stories, the closets and drawers become passageways to an imaginary world... Read more
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GUEST CONDUCTOR THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS SIBELIUS
February 17, 2015
FEBRUARY 16, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Patrons may feel a brisk gust of Scandinavian air in Southam Hall as Danish guest conductor, Thomas Søndergård, takes the stage twice this week. On both Thursday and Friday, he will lead the NAC Orchestra through Sibelius’s Symphony No. 7, an emotional and sumptuous tour de force. Considered a symphonic masterwork, this was the... Read more