News Releases
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THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE MOURNS THE LOSS OF FOUR ARTISTS KILLED IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT OUTSIDE OF REGINA
February 12, 2015
February 12, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) is mourning the loss of four well known Canadian artists who died in a tragic car accident that claimed five lives outside of Regina Tuesday. The NAC lowered its flag to honour the lives of Michael Green, Michele Sereda, Narcisse Blood and Lacy Morin-Desjarlais. Michael Green, one of the founders and Co-Artistic... Read more
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Shake the JAR.
February 12, 2015
Bye-bye daily life devoid of fantasy! The Théâtre français at the NAC presents Le projet bocal, a show where the logical and the rational take a holiday. Flipped on its head by the imaginations of the three writers and actors Sonia Cordeau, Simon Lacroix and Raphaëlle Lalande, the stage becomes a distorting jar that, like a funhouse mirror, twists the commonplace into... Read more
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SEASON STARTS FOR NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE’S WOLFGANG SESSIONS – MUSIC WITH A WILD SIDE
February 11, 2015
FEBRUARY 11, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre Orchestra is taking a walk on the wild side. Stepping out of their standard performance attire and away from their regular venue, Southam Hall, members of the NAC Orchestra launch the WolfGANG Sessions at the Byward Market’s Mercury Lounge. Co-presented by the Mercury Lounge, in partnership with the Arboretum... Read more
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THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA APPOINTS SUSAN GLASS AND ENRICO SCICHILONE TO THE NAC BOARD OF TRUSTEES
February 11, 2015
February 11, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Moncton lawyer, Enrico Scichilone and Winnipeg community volunteer and philanthropist, Susan Glass, to the NAC’s Board of Trustees. Ms. Glass will serve as the Vice-Chair of the Board at an exciting time for Canada’s home of the performing arts. The NAC will be... Read more
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THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE MOURNS THE LOSS OF CANADIAN DANCE LEADER GRANT STRATE
February 11, 2015
February 11, 2014 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) is mourning the loss of Grant Strate, a seminal figure in the Canadian dance community. The NAC has lowered its flag to honour his contribution to the arts in Canada. Strate joined the National Ballet of Canada in 1951, and later served as its first resident choreographer. He also worked closely with Artistic... Read more
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Shake that Skeleton! Les grands-mères mortes at the NAC Studio
February 5, 2015
NOTE TO THE LIVING: We’re organizing a party, and you are invited. Just so you know, it will be a celebration of the dead. I can hear you now – What’s up with that? I’m alive! – but after a few minutes your skeleton might start to boogie and shimmy, shaking back and forth. You might realize that we all have a skeleton that can move like that. And that just might... Read more
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Amanda Forsyth, NAC Principal Cellist and JUNO Award Winner Announces her Resignation from Orchestra to Pursue Solo Career
February 4, 2015
February 5, 2015 (Ottawa) – The NAC Orchestra’s own superstar principal cellist, Amanda Forsyth, has officially announced that she will be leaving the NAC Orchestra at the end of the 2014/15 season, so she can focus her energies on her global solo and chamber music career. On February 5 in her final solo performance with the NAC Orchestra as principal cello, Forsyth will perform... Read more
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A sizzling hot show for Valentine’s Weekend!
January 30, 2015
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui reinvents the passion and virtuosity of tango in m¡longa, a Sadler’s Wells London production, featuring 12 superb dancers and 5 onstage musicians. Larbi captures the drama of a milonga (a Latin social dance), with stark staging and a subdued, seductive mood, emphasizing the dancers’ humanity amidst their swiveling... Read more
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Angela Hewitt and National Arts Centre Orchestra recording nominated for Juno Award
January 29, 2015
OTTAWA (Canada) – Celebrated Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has been nominated for a JUNO Award for Best Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment) for Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 (Hyperion), recorded with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and conducted by Hannu Lintu. The recording was captured in... Read more
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NAC Extends Brigitte Haentjens' Contract as French Theatre Artistic Director to 2018
January 28, 2015
The National Arts Centre (NAC) announced today that Brigitte Haentjens, Artistic Director of NAC French Theatre, has agreed to extend her contract for two years, from September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2018. Ms. Haentjens was appointed in September 2012, and is the first woman to occupy this prestigious position since the NAC was established in 1969. Her... Read more