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Inspiration Point
October 29, 2021Project Summary The NAC Artistic Residency program allowed me to adapt the play Inspiration Point by John Garfield Barlow and have a reading of the final draft. Inspiration Point: Poised between hope and despair, 3 Migmaw face how best to move beyond the past and adapt to a future in which…
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NAC to co-present Arohafest, Diwali Edition
October 26, 2021Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists. In India it’s the most important holiday of the year. The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika (between mid-October and…
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Grand Acts of Great Hope: An Enormous Creative Gift
October 15, 2021Following the success of Grand Acts of Theatre, this summer NAC English Theatre once again brought together some of Canada’s most inventive artists with Grand Acts of Great Hope. “This open call ignited the imaginations of theatre and dance companies across the country, while also opening…
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EXPO 2020 Dubai
September 28, 2021The NAC is collaborating with Global Affairs Canada to present a broad spectrum of Canada’s performing arts at Expo 2020 Dubai, taking place in the United Arab Emirates from October 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022. Jill Barber, Les Grands Hurleurs and Beòlach kick off Canada’s dynamic and…
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Franco-Ontarian Day 2021
September 24, 2021Afin de pouvoir nous rapprocher, d’ici jusqu’à Fauquier… To mark Franco-Ontarian Day, on September 25, the NAC is proud to showcase the talented mural artist Mique Michelle on its Kipnes Lantern once again. The NAC’s doors were closed and the streets of downtown Ottawa were pretty quiet…
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Orange Shirt Day and the First Ever National Truth and Reconciliation Day...
September 22, 2021On September 30, Canadians observe Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new federal statutory holiday. This is the day Canadians wear orange to remember the Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools and never returned, and to honour Survivors,…
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Six personnages en quête d’auteur.ice
September 15, 2021For 17 years, Joe Jack and John have been calling for the right to play something other than our realities: the freedom to be the neighbor, the brother, the friend... and not the disabled. Today, the company notes that the vice is tightening in a worrying way around artistic freedom. Will…
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Abigail Sinclair and Ria Kim
September 14, 2021Through the NAC Free Rein residency program, collaborative pianist Ria Kim and I participated in the Banff Centre Evolution: Classical 2021. During Evolution: Classical, Ria and I were fortunate to receive valuable feedback in coachings with acclaimed vocalists, instrumentalists and stage…
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Aisslinn Nosky
September 14, 2021As a faculty member of the Banff Centre Evolution: Quartet program, the NAC Free Rein residency program made it possible for me to work in person with Evolution: Quartet participant quartets. While the Banff Centre remained closed due to Covid, NAC support allowed me to secure studio space…
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Daniel Dastoor
September 14, 2021Thanks to the National Arts Centre’s generous support through their summer artistic residencies, my participation in the Banff Centre Evolution: Classical program was possible. This invaluable support enabled use of the wonderful Array Space studio in Toronto, where we had access to…
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Dior Quartet
September 13, 2021The NAC artistic residency program Free Rein made it possible for me to participate in the Banff Centre Evolution: Quartet program together with my Dior String Quartet colleagues at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana. Directed by the Gryphon Trio, the program provided coachings with the…
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Duo Beija-Flor
September 13, 2021The NAC artistic residency program, Free Rein, has been instrumental in our duo’s participation in the Banff centre’s program, Evolution: Classical. Thanks to their generous financial support, our duo, Duo Beija-Flor, has been able to secure a location as well as rent all of the equipment…
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Trio Indigo
September 13, 2021The NAC artistic residency program, Free Rein made it possible for me to participate in the Banff Centre Evolution: Classical Residency with my group Indigo Trio, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This program has been an opportunity to work with incredible mentors like the Gryphon trio, Tom…
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Kalliope
September 13, 2021Kerry Bursey and Ellen Torrie “Kalliope” The NAC Free Rein artistic residency program made it possible for Ellen Torrie and I to participate in the Banff Centre Evolution: Classical online program under the banner of our newly formed group, Kalliope. Directed by the Gryphon Trio, the…
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Marie-Josée Chartier
September 13, 2021As we have all been too much aware in the past 20 months, the opportunity to work in person has become a true gift and something that is deeply affecting how we can interact; in this context as artists, having the chance to be together for a few days and truly be given the time to…
