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A Kindred Artist Soul: Playwright Anita Majumdar on being mentored by John...
May 12, 2014The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Mentorship Program helps past recipients of the Awards inspire mid-career Canadian artists. The program serves as a creative catalyst and an investment in future Canadian artistic achievement. Each year, a past recipient is invited to act as…
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Felix Mendelssohn, age 13: Benjamin Hochman on the composer’s “precocious gifts”
May 8, 2014At Canada’s National Arts Centre, we are delighted to showcase some of the most exceptional artists in the world today on our national stage. The Boston Globe has called pianist Benjamin Hochman “a rising star on the classical music scene.” Here are his thoughts on Mendelssohn’s Concerto…
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The power of humanity: Jillian Keiley on the true story of Oil...
May 6, 2014On February 18, 1942, the USS Truxtun, along with the supply ship the USS Pollux, battered by a severe winter storm, were forced onto the rocks of the southeast coast of Newfoundland. Hundreds of men from both ships died. Among the survivors was an 18-year-old African-American serviceman by…
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A home for Canada’s artists: NAC Presents enters its fourth year
May 6, 2014It’s been nearly three years since the National Arts Centre launched the first season of NAC Presents, in partnership with BMO Financial Group, an all-Canadian series that showcases legendary artists and the icons of tomorrow. For Producer Simone Deneau, it’s been “overwhelmingly amazing”…
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Happy Music Monday from Maestro Pinchas Zukerman!
May 5, 2014On May 5, Canadians from across the country will join together to celebrate Music Monday, a day to emphasize the importance of music education. To celebrate Music Monday’s tenth anniversary, schoolchildren from 10 Canadian cities will be linked through a live webcast to perform and share in…
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Lorraine Pintal, Rita Lafontaine and Jorane talk about Albertine
May 2, 2014Director Lorraine Pintal, original cast member (1984) Rita Lafontaine and music conceptor Jorane were at the opening of Albertine, en cinq temps at the NAC Theatre on April 30, 2014.
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huff: Finding empathy, love and hope
May 2, 2014"We're in this together when we come and do this story. And you can feel that. It's palpable in the room." - Cliff Cardinal huff, a play by award-winning Aboriginal writer, actor and musician Cliff Cardinal, has moved audiences across Canada on its national tour, and we are delighted…
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BMO Financial Group, Meet Oliver Jones
May 1, 2014NAC Presents, in partnership with BMO Financial Group, is the newest programming stream at Canada’s National Arts Centre. The all-Canadian concert series showcases both legendary and emerging Canadian artists in contemporary music on the national stage. On Thursday, April 24, BMO…
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Driven to Create: Interview with Dancer Louise Lecavalier
April 28, 2014“It’s amazing, and humbling.” – Dancer Louise Lecavalier on receiving a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Critics and audiences around the world have lauded Dancer Louise Lecavalier for her artistry. And yet, she says she must remind herself that she is a deserving recipient of the…
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Albertine, en cinq temps returns, 30 years after its creation at the NAC
April 25, 2014Michel Tremblay’s classic play Albertine, en cinq temps was first created at the NAC in 1984. Thirty years later, the play returns to the NAC. In this Radio-Canada interview, journalist Jean-François Chévrier speaks to actresses Marie Tifo (2014 cast), Rita Lafontaine (1984 cast) to…
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True love, and a miniature horse: Coppélia at the NAC
April 23, 2014The National Arts Centre strives to be a catalyst for performance, creation and learning. Part of that last piece – learning – means we are passionate about helping build the audiences of the future by programming performances that the whole family can enjoy. That’s why we are delighted to…
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Peter Quanz on Rodin/Claudel and the Value of Mentorship
April 23, 2014Peter Quanz, a man who dreamed of being a choreographer since he was nine years old, knows you need mentors to make a dream like his come true. In Rodin/Claudel, a work he choreographed for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal about the two famous sculptors, he explores that very…
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huff National Tour: A Creative Exploration of Hope
April 22, 2014huff, from award-winning Aboriginal writer, actor and musician Cliff Cardinal, is wrenching yet darkly comic, a journey into a First Nation heart of darkness in a land called Ontario. A charismatic storyteller who combines ancestral history with brutal honesty and biting humour, Cliff…
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Ten youth occupy the stage with Ce qui nous relie ?
April 22, 2014Ten local youth will occupy the stage on April 25 and 26. Come see this unique and exceptional project by authors Anne-Marie Guilmaine and Mélanie Dumont at the Ottawa Arts Court.
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The UK’s Wayne McGregor | Random Dance dazzles with stunning visuals and...
April 17, 2014FAR: The UK’s Wayne McGregor | Random Dance dazzles with intellectual inquiry, stunning visuals, and extraordinary dancing Dance wunderkind Wayne McGregor takes a fascinating creative journey, drawing on a radical cognitive research process. FAR is an abbreviation for “Flesh in the Age of…
