News Releases
-
Prestigious Arctic Inspiration Prize Awarded to Groundbreaking Qaggiq Project to Support Northern Performing Artists
January 27, 2016
Qaggiq, a project dedicated to supporting northern performing artists, has won the very prestigious Arctic Inspiration Prize. Qaggiq is led by the Qaggiavuut Society, a Nunavut-based arts organization in partnership with organizations across the North and southern Canada The award, worth $600,000, will allow Qaggiavuut to develop and nurture Arctic performing artists through training... Read more
-
Nadia Sirota Joins Alexander Shelley in the Canadian premiere of Nico Muhly’s Electrifying Viola Concerto
January 25, 2016
OTTAWA (Canada) – Nadia Sirota and the National Arts Centre Orchestra will perform the Canadian premiere of Nico Muhly's Viola Concerto at the National Arts Centre on Feb 17-18. This much anticipated work was commissioned by an international consortium of orchestras and organisations made up of Orquesta Nacionales de España, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Festival of Saint... Read more
-
NAC Historian Sarah Jennings To Kick Off Library and Archives Canada's Free Signatures Interview Series
January 20, 2016
Sarah Jennings, arts journalist and author of the book Art and Politics: The History of the National Arts Centre, will be interviewed by Guy Berthiaume, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, as part of Library and Archives Canada’s Signatures Series, a free public event featuring original interviews with individuals who provide insights into parts of the collection. The discussion will take... Read more
-
ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET PERFORMS A POIGNANT BALLET ABOUT CANADA’S RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
January 18, 2016
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) delves into one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history in its heart-rending Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation. Commissioned by RWB Artistic Director André Lewis with the support of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the ballet will be performed at the National Arts Centre on January 28, 29 and 30. Based on... Read more
-
Le cœur en hiver
January 13, 2016
Once upon a time lived another Snow Queen… One fine morning Kay decides to leave Gerda. He wants to go far away, over there where the snowflakes dance and the ice glistens, but that’s not what the courageous little girl hears. She decides to brave the cold and, at the risk of freezing, embarks on a long quest to find her friend. Sound familiar? The result of a collaboration between... Read more
-
Indigenous storytelling at the NAC this week: World premiere concert, youth song project, art and reconciliation exhibition and panel discussion
January 11, 2016
OTTAWA – This week the National Arts Centre (NAC) invites the media to attend two days of Indigenous storytelling with fascinating performances, discussion and exhibition about the painful legacy of the residential school system in Canada. A highlight will be the world premiere of I Lost My Talk, composed by John Estacio and performed in Southam Hall by the NAC Orchestra under the direction... Read more
-
NAC English Theatre Presents Shakespeare's Twelfth Night As You've Never Seen it Before - January 20 - February 6 NAC Theatre
January 6, 2016
NAC English Theatre production Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Jillian Keiley As Imagined by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop Featuring the 2015/16 Ensemble and Guest Artist January 20 – February 6, 2016 January 6, 2016 – OTTAWA (Canada) – “Someday very soon there will be a style...that will be come to be known as ‘Old Trout-like’ –... Read more
-
DADA MASILO REINVENTS A ROMANTIC CLASSIC WITH CANADIAN PREMIERE OF SWAN LAKE.
January 4, 2016
Choreographed by prominent South African dance artist Dada Masilo, a cutting-edge Swan Lake combining African dance and classical ballet makes its Canadian debut at the National Arts Centre Theatre on January 12*. Famous for her unconventional adaptations of traditional ballets, the innovative 30-year-old choreographer and dancer from Johannesburg has taken on one of the most notorious romantic... Read more
-
National Arts Centre to Shine the Spotlight on Indigenous Storytelling and Reconciliation
January 4, 2016
The National Arts Centre (NAC) will showcase Indigenous storytelling and reconciliation on its stages in the New Year. In the context of recent news events – from the recent publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s final report, to the Government of Canada’s renewed focus on Indigenous issues – the NAC is presenting a series of... Read more
-
GENERAL AUDITIONS National Arts Centre English Theatre will be conducting general auditions in Ottawa on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
January 1, 2016
GENERAL AUDITIONS National Arts Centre English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley and Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton Stanley will be conducting general auditions in Ottawa on Saturday, January 23, 2016. NAC English Theatre is committed to inclusive casting. We encourage submissions from all professional artists, regardless of cultural identity, age, disability, gender or any... Read more
