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  • To The Moon and Back with Sarah Garton Stanley and the National...

    March 27, 2023

    In July 2022, Sarah Garton Stanley (SGS) joined the NAC’s National Creation Fund as its new Artistic Producer. As an award-winning theatre maker, a change maker and a highly sought-after director and dramaturg, SGS seeks to forge connections between the performing arts and the questions of…

  • Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music

    March 10, 2023

    Chineke! Orchestra kicks off its Canadian tour with a performance at Southam Hall on March 16. The orchestra, making its debut in Canada, was founded in 2015 to provide career opportunities for Black and ethnically diverse classical musicians in the UK and Europe.  After its first concert…

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    Spotlight on Women Leaders at the NAC

    March 8, 2023

    On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate, elevate and support women leaders in the arts. The contribution of women to the vibrancy of the performing arts in Canada was in the spotlight at the NAC Gala on November 5, 2022. We took the opportunity to introduce some of the women who…

  • “Canada’s Secret Source of Funding”

    February 28, 2023

    This one goes out in honour of the memory of Peter Herrndorf. Peter passed away on Saturday February 18th, and is survived by his family and thousands upon thousands who were lucky to have known him. The National Creation Fund was established under his watchful eye, and every success the…

  • Yao, artist and educator: Sharing a passion for words

    February 22, 2023

    Throughout his career, Yao has struck the perfect balance of singer-songwriter and artist-educator. Hailing from Ottawa, with roots in Togo and Côte d’Ivoire, Yao is most famous for his work as a rapper and slammer and has led over a decade’s worth of writing workshops for high schoolers.…

  • The NAC mourns the loss of Peter Herrndorf

    February 20, 2023

    The National Arts Centre is mourning the loss of Peter A. Herrndorf, C.C., O. Ont., one of Canada’s greatest cultural leaders, who died on February 18 at the age of 82. He was the NAC’s visionary former President and CEO who served from 1999 to 2018.   Peter led the NAC for nearly 19 years…

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    “Onah,” or the Idealism of Black Art

    February 13, 2023

    In February, Jimmy Baptiste’s Onah is featured on the National Arts Centre’s Kipnes Lantern, lighting up the downtown area. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the Afrofuturistic colours of the Haitian-Canadian artist’s work, which was specially commissioned by the NAC for Black…

  • Caroline Ohrt Named Next Executive Producer of NAC Dance

    February 13, 2023

    The NAC has announced the appointment of Caroline Ohrt as the next Executive Producer of NAC Dance, effective March 20, 2023. She succeeds Cathy Levy, C.M., who will be stepping down March 31, 2023, after planning and programming her 23rd and last NAC Dance season for 2023-2024. Caroline…

  • Jayne Watson to step down as CEO of the NAC Foundation

    February 9, 2023

    The National Arts Centre has announced that Jayne Watson will step down as CEO of the NAC Foundation on May 31, 2023. Jayne Watson joined the NAC in 2001, serving as Director of Communications and Public Affairs until 2009 before she was appointed CEO of the Foundation. Under her…

  • Twelve for Twelve

    January 26, 2023

    2023 is dedicated to experiments. Here’s 12. One for each month. Why? Because that’s really what it’s all about. Experiments! Happy New Year! (And…in true storytelling style I am saving the most exciting news – about our latest investment – for the end).  1. Previous Track Record. You need…

  • Is God Is introduces the first NAC Black Out night

    January 16, 2023

    NAC English Theatre is excited to begin 2023 with the Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning presentation of Aleshea Harris’ Is God Is, running February 9-18. As one of the milestones in a series of offerings over Black History Month, this genre-smashing production will introduce the first of two…

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    Workshopping the Movement of Fall On Your Knees

    January 13, 2023

    National Arts Centre English Theatre, Vita Brevis Arts, Canadian Stage, Neptune Theatre and Grand Theatre are preparing for unprecedented partnership that will bring the world premiere stage adaptation of the Canadian classic Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald to four cities –…

  • KEEP GOING. CELEBRATE. KEEP GOING.

    December 20, 2022

    Last month I asked what works of performance had changed the world around you. Responses were eclectic and fascinating. From Wagner's Parsifal at the Met, to a first experience with Holy Body Tattoo, through to Neworld's King Arthur, it was a list of introductions and recollection. I loved…

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    Pangawogo Ninga Akì: The art of walking gently on the land

    December 14, 2022

    In some Indigenous cultures, the days leading up to the December 21 Winter Solstice is a time of storytelling. “It’s a season of change, when the autumn harvest makes way for the period when elders gather the children and share knowledge,” said Emily Akikodjiwan Brascoupé-Hoefler, an…

  • When your dream tastes like coffee!

    December 1, 2022

    With its equally popular music and choreography, the holiday classic The Nutcracker transports us instantly to the kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Rat King, and enchanted figurines. A few notes from Tchaikovsky's magnificent score and a Pas de deux will make even the grumpiest in the…

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