News Releases
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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
June 16, 2014
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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Highlights of the 2013-2014 French Theatre Season
June 16, 2014
Une saison d’émerveillement, de succès et de surprises Pour sa deuxième saison à la barre du Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts (CNA), Brigitte Haentjens poursuivait sa démarche de direction artistique en offrant une programmation diversifiée, novatrice, marquée par un souci de présenter... Read more
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NAC Presents In partnership with BMO Financial Group JUNO-award-winning Digging Roots Wednesday, June 18 NAC Fourth Stage, 8:00 p.m.
June 10, 2014
OTTAWA – Just a day after the release of their newest album “For the Light” NAC Presents, in partnership with BMO Financial Group, is thrilled to welcome the genre-blurring indie-roots/Aboriginal-alternative band Digging Roots to the NAC Fourth Stage. Musical partners Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish form the basis of the Digging Roots sound, blending influences of... Read more
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TO MARK A SIGNIFICANT BIRTHDAY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOE CLARK'S FAMILY COMMISSIONS A MAJOR ORCHESTRAL WORK AS A GIFT TO CANADA
June 5, 2014
June 5, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) – It’s not easy to surprise a former Prime Minister, but that’s exactly what the Right Honourable Joe Clark’s family did at the National Arts Centre this evening when they announced that their gift to him for his 75th birthday is a new piece of music commissioned for the National Arts Centre Orchestra that will be shared across the... Read more
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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE CELEBRATES 45TH ANNIVERSARY ON MONDAY JUNE 2
May 30, 2014
Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) will celebrate its 45th anniversary on Monday June 2. That day, a special online photo gallery will be available at http://www.nac-cna.ca to mark this milestone. Later on Canada Day, as part of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada History Week, the public will be able to visit a free exhibition in the NAC’s Southam Hall foyer... Read more
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CELEBRATE CANADA DAY AT THE NAC National Captial's Own Kellylee Evans Performs with NAC Orchestra on July 1!
May 29, 2014
CELEBRATE CANADA DAY AT THE NAC! National Capital’s own Kellylee Evans performs with the NAC Orchestra for two concerts on Canada Day The NAC opens its door all day, rain or shine, to offer FREE concerts and activities for this annual celebration May 29, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre will be the place to be on Canada Day, offering a full slate of free... Read more
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LARA DEUTSCH WINS $7,000 NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA BURSARY COMPETITION
May 27, 2014
After an impressive performance this afternoon, a jury of musicians at the National Arts Centre named Lara Deutsch winner of the 2014 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition. National Capital Region music students who are studying for careers as orchestral musicians competed for prizes totaling over $19,000. The eight finalists were selected by a jury of six NAC Orchestra musicians and two special... Read more
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The National Arts Centre hopes to minimize transportation and parking challenges for NAC patrons on Ottawa Race Weekend May 24-25
May 21, 2014
OTTAWA, May 21, 2014 — The National Arts Centre wishes to advise all patrons that they may face significant challenges getting to, and parking nearby, the NAC during Ottawa Race Weekend, May 24-25. Tens of thousands of people will converge on the downtown core during the weekend, some roads will be closed, and parking may be difficult to find. Because of road closures and the predicted high... Read more
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"Gretel et Hansel" at the NAC Studio
May 20, 2014
Ottawa, 20 May 2014 – The Théâtre français will be concluding this season’s program of tales and stories for children with Gretel et Hansel, a gripping reworking of the famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm as presented by Suzanne Lebeau. In this version, the playwright speaks directly to children about one of their most intense and secret... Read more
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Wanted: teenage performers for "Ce qui nous relie?" 2015
May 9, 2014
After an invigorating first edition, Ce qui nous relie? is back and raring to go! But it’s back to square one; we’re starting from scratch. Young people aged 14 to 20 of all backgrounds are invited to take over a creative space in the company of the writer and multidisciplinary artist Anne-Marie Guilmaine. In a series of get-togethers and spirited, exploratory workshops, she... Read more