News Releases
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Kodo One Earth Tour 2011 at the NAC on March 7, 2011
March 1, 2011
Kodo Drummers return to the National Arts Centre following a sold-out performance in 2007. Kodo presents their 30th Anniversary - One Earth Tour 2011 North America in Southam Hall on March 7, 2011 at 8p.m. For three decades Japan’s spectacular Kodo Drummers have electrified audiences with their rhythmic virtuosity and breathtaking graceful athleticism. Exploring the limitless possibilities... Read more
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The National Arts Centre unveils the full artist lineup for Prairie Scene. Tickets now on sale for 80 events featuring 500 artists
February 28, 2011
OTTAWA— Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) has announced the full programming details of Prairie Scene, an eclectic, multi-disciplinary arts festival featuring 500 of the best established and emerging artists from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Prairie Scene will present 80 different music, theatre, dance, visual and media arts, literature, film and culinary arts events in more than 30... Read more
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VÉRITÉ DE SOLDAT
February 28, 2011
VÉRITÉ DE SOLDATExclusive North American engagement.Dramatized docufiction, based on the book Ma vie de soldat (“My Life as a Soldier”) by Soungalo Samaké, adapted for the stage by Jean?Louis Sagot Duvauroux, directed by Patrick Le Mauff, with Adama Bagayoko (Soungalo), Michel Sangaré (Amadou) and Darrah Sanogo (Catherine). Artistic collaborators: Alioune... Read more
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Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performs for the first time at the NAC March 3 and 4, 2011
February 23, 2011
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet presents Orbo Novo in the NAC Theatre March 3 and 4, 2011. The company currently setting the American dance world alight makes their NAC debut collaborating with one of contemporary dance’s most renowned artists, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Under the charismatic leadership of Benoit-Swan Pouffer, and thanks to the exquisite skill and individual styles of its... Read more
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The NAC Orchestra performs in two free lunchtime concerts in Ottawa/Gatineau as part of NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA WEEK a week-long celebration of marvelous music from March 7 to 13, 2011
February 21, 2011
In a much-anticipated annual ritual, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will declare March 7-13, 2011 to be NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA WEEK in the National Capital Region. This marks the fifth year in a row for this high-spirited series of events highlighting the role of the NAC Orchestra and its musicians in the local community. Throughout each year, NACO musicians participate in hundreds of educational... Read more
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Mariinsky Ballet (The Kirov) performs La Bayadère with the NAC Orchestra February 24-27, 2011
February 18, 2011
One of the greatest classical ballet companies in the world returns to the National Arts Centre following a sold out run in 2006. Mariinsky Ballet (The Kirov) performs La Bayadère on Southam Hall stage February 24-27, 2011. For dance lovers around the world, the mere mention of the Kirov Ballet is evocative of unparalleled technical expertise, breathtaking elegance, and unrivalled... Read more
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Pinchas Zukerman and the Wild Rose Trio – Jessica Linnebach (violin), Amanda Forsyth (cello), and Angela Cheng (piano) – are featured in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s sixth 2010-2011 Bostonian Bravo Series concert on March 3-4
February 17, 2011
The sixth Bostonian Bravo concerts of the season – entitled Beethoven’s Triple Concerto – will be performed on Thursday March 3 and Friday March 4 at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall. These concerts feature conductor Pinchas Zukerman leading the NAC Orchestra and three extraordinary female musicians who hail originally from Edmonton. Amanda Forsyth, principal cello of the NAC Orchestra,... Read more
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Pinchas Zukerman and the Wild Rose Trio – Jessica Linnebach (violin), Amanda Forsyth (cello), and Angela Cheng (piano) – are featured in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s sixth 2010-2011 Bostonian Bravo Series concert on March 3-4
February 17, 2011
The sixth Bostonian Bravo concerts of the season – entitled Beethoven’s Triple Concerto – will be performed on Thursday March 3 and Friday March 4 at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall. These concerts feature conductor Pinchas Zukerman leading the NAC Orchestra and three extraordinary female musicians who hail originally from Edmonton. Amanda Forsyth, principal cello of the NAC Orchestra,... Read more
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The National Arts Centre presents a photo exhibition by NAC Orchestra violinist Lev Berenshteyn – “From the Stage of Southam Hall”
February 16, 2011
The National Arts Centre presents a new exhibition – “From the Stage of Southam Hall” – of photographs taken by longtime NAC Orchestra violinist Lev Berenshteyn. The exhibition is free and is located in the main foyer of Southam Hall. Mr. Berenshteyn says that the theme of the exhibition is an artist’s public face vs. a private face. These thirteen photographic... Read more
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The National Arts Centre presents a photo exhibition by NAC Orchestra violinist Lev Berenshteyn – “From the Stage of Southam Hall”
February 16, 2011
The National Arts Centre presents a new exhibition – “From the Stage of Southam Hall” – of photographs taken by longtime NAC Orchestra violinist Lev Berenshteyn. The exhibition is free and is located in the main foyer of Southam Hall. Mr. Berenshteyn says that the theme of the exhibition is an artist’s public face vs. a private face. These thirteen photographic... Read more
