April 10, 2015
Sweden’s rising star choreographer Pontus Lidberg makes his NAC debut with a new creation, the breathtakingly poetic Written on Water, as well as his 2013 masterwork, Snow. This is a Canadian premiere and an exclusive Canadian engagement. Pontus Lidberg Dance performs in the Theatre of the National Arts Centre on Tuesday April 14 at 7:30 p.m. Set to an original score by Stefan Levin,... Read more
March 30, 2015
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is wildly inventive and outrageously entertaining – an instant 21st-century ballet classic. The production enthralled audiences when it premiered in 2011 with its mind-boggling stagecraft, excellent choreography and perfect blend of classical dance and sheer entertainment. Having performed to sold-out houses in Toronto, London, New York City, Los... Read more
March 5, 2015
Canadian premiere of an exclusive Canadian engagement! Co-founded in 2012 by celebrated dancer-choreographer Benjamin Millepied (the new Director of the Paris Opera Ballet), the enormously successful L.A. Dance Project makes its Canadian premiere at the NAC. A highlight of the evening is two new works by Millepied: Moving Parts, a series of sharp, sophisticated scenes, and Hearts and Arrows, the... Read more
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
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
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
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
January 26, 2015
January 26, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Just because the winter winds are pushing at the door is no reason to stay in – especially when the NAC Winter Sale is back! The sale that keeps everyone warm and entertained at the same time is back to brighten the winter days with sizzling deals on 17 performances at the National Arts Centre! From January 26 – February 15, patrons can... Read more
January 23, 2015
5 choreographers + 3 intimate venues + 2 continents = 1 week of outstanding dance! The NAC’s Face 2 Face contemporary dance series returns for one sensational week of spectacular dance. This third edition of Face 2 Face brings you face to face with compelling personal performances created and inspired by experiences of Africa. Artists from South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the... Read more
January 8, 2015
Margaret Atwood’s harrowing, award-winning novel of speculative fiction is boldly interpreted as contemporary ballet (performed on pointe) by New York-based choreographer Lila York. The Handmaid’s Tale is the gripping story of the desperate Offred, concubine (“handmaid”) to the Commander. York’s thrillingly theatrical dance drama – highlighting dark romanticism,... Read more