From February 17 to 23, nearly 7000 households across Canada pressed pause on their favourite streaming subscriptions to tune into the Canadian exclusive premiere of Crystal Pite’s Body and Soul, performed by the legendary Paris Opera Ballet. The full-length recording of Body and…
Back in 2007, Cathy Levy, Executive Producer of NAC Dance, announced the creation of the National Arts Centre Associate Dance Artist (ADA) program, an initiative of the NAC Dance Department with support from the Canada Council for the Arts. The goal was to create a community of Canadian…
A creative collaboration by two of Canada’s most adventurous artists NAC Dance continues to invest in the creation and development of new work, and to date we have supported dozens of co-productions that have gone on to tour worldwide, carrying our name alongside. The NAC Associate Dance…
NAC Dance is proud to present Canadian work. But it also has a long history of co-producing with Canadian dance artists and actively partnering in the creation and development of new work. “Co-producing allows the NAC to be one of a series of important organizations around the world in the…
In a NAC Dance Podcast interview with Cathy Levy in 2009 at the time of her show Dark Matters, the acclaimed Vancouver dancer-choreographer Crystal Pite spoke about her first time coming to the NAC. It was 25 years ago, and she was then a dancer with Ballet British Columbia. “All I…
The NAC has played a very important part in helping me develop my company. — José Navas Building Bridges. That was the goal in 2007 when National Arts Centre Executive Producer of Dance, Cathy Levy, established the Associate Dance Artists program. “Canada is such a vast country that many…
Hi y’all. Christmas came early this year for two talented Canadian choreographers. Ame Henderson (of Toronto) and Wen Wei Wang (of Vancouver) were both chosen by Dance Producer Cathy Levy to join the ranks of NAC Associate Dance Artists. Ame Henderson and Wen Wei Wang are two of the hottest…
The story of Shakespeare’s The Tempest was retold last night to a captivated audience attending the season premiere of the NAC Dance season, launched with a Canadian premiere of Crystal Pite-Kidd Pivot’s The Tempest Replica. It is hard to believe that with only seven cast members and a…
Those of you who follow Dance at the NAC -- and who doesn't?! -- will be thrilled to learn that the very first show of the 2012-2013 Dance season is The Tempest Replica by Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot. Inspired by Shakespeare's final play -- and one of his most poignant -- multi-award-winning…