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Q & A: Geneviève Cimon – Director, Music Education and Community Engagement
March 31, 2016Q. How has arts education grown and changed since you arrived at the NAC in 2000? A. It’s grown exponentially! In fact it’s now part of our DNA. Our programs now reach many remote regions of the country. We used to offer about a dozen local programs. Now we reach over 100,000 national and…
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Royal Wood and Rose Cousins sing GO with the NAC Orchestra
March 30, 2016Two musical friends got together in Los Angeles to write some music. They decided to let the music guide them, not knowing where it would lead. PEI Juno Award winning singer-songwriter Rose Cousins and Peterborough multi-Juno nominee singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer…
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Rendez-vous à l’hôtel: dance in intimate spaces
March 9, 2016The Canada Dance Festival pushes the boundaries of dance as an art form and audiences can once again look forward to a unique and diverse program in 2016. Among the highlights is Montreal's La 2e Porte à Gauche, a creative collective that focuses on collaboration. Their works bring together…
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Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis - Forfait Bus-Spectacle pour Montréal
March 9, 2016Venez assister à la nouvelle création théâtrale de Joël Pommerat Ça ira (1) fin de Louis Présentée en exclusivité canadienne au Centre national des Arts à Ottawa Offre exceptionnelle pour le samedi 19 mars 2016 à 19 h 30 Une œuvre immense, vivante, foisonnante, sur la Révolution…
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Thank You to Our Generous Donors
March 8, 2016On May 19, 2016, Alexander Shelley and the National Arts Centre Orchestra will share the stories of four remarkable Canadian women through music, motion and word, in the world premiere of Life Reflected. This ground-breaking performance is the most ambitious creation project in the…
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BOOM: the cultural heartbeat of a generation
March 1, 2016BOOM chronologically documents a historical period stretching from that first ‘boom’ of the Atomic Bomb in 1945 all the way to the Apollo 11 landing the first human beings on the Moon in 1969. These two iconic moments span 25 of the most tumultuous years in modern history, fuelled by a…
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Farewell for now CD318
February 16, 2016Glenn Gould's beloved CD318 piano is once again on the move. This time the piano is being stored at the Museum of Nature while the National Arts Centre undergoes major renovations. "One of the most important pieces in our art and artifact collection is the Glenn Gould CD318 piano" says NAC…
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Sharing the Love of Dance
February 15, 2016“This was the most important, creative and bolstering outreach I have had the fortune to organize” These are the words of Sioned Watkins, NAC Dance Education Associate and Teaching Artist, following a week of dance workshops and outreach programs she organized in collaboration with the…
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NAC Ground Breaking Ceremony
February 12, 2016"It's another performance" says Kevin Skinner of PCL Constructors when describing the NAC's renovations. "That's what we want to make it. To make sure the public can see the whole project to completion and the ribbon cutting ceremony in 2017." Since its opening in 1969 the National Arts…
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Relive the Excitement of the NAC Opening in 1969
February 10, 2016The opening of the National Arts Centre in 1969 was a source of great pride for Canada and the Nation’s Capital. More than 40,000 people came to visit the building during an open house on May 30th. On June 2nd, some of Canada’s political and cultural icons were part of the sold-out audience…
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Florent Vollant: restoring dignity and pride through music
February 10, 2016On January 30, the NAC Presents series, in partnership with the BMO Financial Group, welcomed Florent Vollant, an artist and prominent figure from the Innu arts community. The singer-songwriter from Maliotenam, Québec, and former member of the famous folk‑rock duo Kashtin, returns to his…
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Setting up the Play: Donor Pre-Chats
February 3, 2016One of the many benefits of supporting performance, creation and learning across Canada through the National Arts Centre Foundation is having the opportunity to attend donor pre-chats to listen to the artists discuss their craft first-hand. On Thursday, January 21, 2016, donors joined NAC…
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A story of identity: Going Home Star - Truth and Reconcilation
February 3, 2016The Truth and Reconciliation's outcome report summary states that "These residential schools were created for the purpose of separating Aboriginal children from their families, in order to minimize and weaken family ties and cultural linkages, and to indoctrinate children into a new…
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Discovering ballet with the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre
February 1, 2016Never stop learning. It’s a phrase that Royal Winnipeg Ballet Outreach Coordinator Jaime Vargas lives by. A former principal dancer with the company, Jaime now channels his passion for dance into teaching and inspiring others. His gentle nature and obvious love for dance immediately puts…
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Shakespeare - the Old Trout way
January 29, 2016"We struggle against terrible obstacles to create things we think might help make the cruel world slightly more hospitable to the yearning and fragile souls that inhabit it." This is the mission statement of The Old Trout Puppet Workshop and their creative vision has profoundly shaped NAC…
