2013 GGPAA Recipient Announcement

Countdown to The Rite of Spring Part 2 of 5

The Igor Stravinsky Connection The virtually unknown Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was commissioned by Diaghilev to create the score for the full-length ballet The Firebird, choreographed by Fokine for the Ballets Russes’s 1910 Paris season. Stravinsky composed three further works for…

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty

The Famous 5 honours Northern Women during Northern Scene

As part of the National Arts Centre’s Northern Scene Festival, three extraordinary women from the North were honoured at a luncheon hosted by the Famous 5 Foundation in Ottawa. Each of them has played an integral role in the development of the North over the course of their lives,…

Interview with Justice Playwright Leonard Linklater

Countdown to the Rite of Spring – Part 1 of 5

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the premiere of The Rite of Spring, NAC Dance is launching a 5 part weekly blog  covering its history. Every Wednesday, leading up to the anniversary on May 29th we will present interesting facts about one of the most enduring and influential works of…

Projections of the North

What do you make of the North? Inspired by northern imagery drawn and photographed from storybooks, instructional texts and northern themed books, a variety of shapes represent how we have come to ‘project’ the north. Romantic, historical, and sometimes cliché, these images combine…

SWARM delivers a cutting-edge cultural experience

San Francisco’s acclaimed Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs Scheherazade and Resin (May...

Alonzo King LINES Ballet makes its NAC debut on March 4 —and its forthcoming appearance has been so popular that an extra matinee performance (at 2 p.m. on May 4) has been added. Maybe it's the stunning company photo on the cover of the 2012-13 Dance brochure? Why is the Company called…

Happy International Dance Day 2013

Happy International Dance Day! In celebration of this momentous occasion, NAC Dance brings you a message from the 2013 Message Author, Taiwainese choreographer LIN Hwai-min, Founder/Artistic Director of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Incidentally, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan is…

Northern Scene Welcome Ceremony

Celebrating our Planned Giving Donors

On Wednesday, April 17th, the NAC Foundation held its annual Emeritus Luncheon to thank donors who have provided a gift for the future, through a bequest in their will, a gift of life insurance or other planned giving arrangements. Emeritus Circle members and guests enjoyed a NAC Orchestra…

A taste of blues legend Big Mama!

What Makes SMI Unique? SMI faculty share their insight.

In preparation for SMI 2013, we’ve asked three faculty members – Patty Kopec (violin/viola), Grigory Kalinovsky (violin/viola), and Charles (Chip) Hamann (oboe) – to share some advice with students about preparing for the Young Artist Program (YAP), making the most of their time here, and…

Students prepare for the 15th annual Summer Music Institute (SMI)—Part Two

We’ve asked three SMI faculty members – Patty Kopec (violin/viola), Grigory Kalinovsky (violin/viola), and Charles (Chip) Hamann (oboe) – to share some advice with students about preparing for the Young Artist Program (YAP), making the most of their time here, and what makes SMI unique.…