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The NAC Orchestra’s U.K. Tour: Following in their footsteps
October 15, 2014This week the National Arts Centre Orchestra kicks off its tour to the United Kingdom, where it will perform five concerts to commemorate the start of the First World War. One of them will be in the historic Salisbury Cathedral, a few steps from Salisbury Plain where Canadian troops first…
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Get Ready for a Wilde Time! Ted Dykstra Discusses Oscar Wilde and...
October 10, 2014With The Importance of Being Earnest soon to open the English Theatre’s 2014-15 Season, we sat down with director Ted Dykstra, whom English Theatre audiences will remember from the runaway hit, 2 Pianos 4 Hands. During a break in rehearsal we talked with Ted about Oscar Wilde, why his play…
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Epic influences and dancing in socks: Q+A with dancemakers Amber Funk Barton...
October 8, 2014Amber Funk Barton and Josh Martin – two of Vancouver’s hottest young choreographers – make their NAC Dance debut in the 2014-15 season, each performing a solo contemporary work and coming together for a high-impact duet, Hero & Heroine. Their program was conceived especially for the NAC and…
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Building Bridges: behind the scenes at the Associate Dance Artists portrait shoot
October 3, 2014The 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…
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NAC GALA raises $917,000 for National Youth and Education Trust
October 2, 2014Tonight’s 18th annual National Arts Centre Gala put a shining new face on music education in Canada, raising the second-highest amount in its history and delighting concert-goers with a succession of astonishing performances. The NAC Gala with Pinchas, Itzhak & Friends was sold out, and…
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Discussion about the book “Un regard qui te fracasse” by Brigitte Haentjens
October 1, 2014Discussion between Brigitte Haentjens and Sylvain Schryburt about the book Un regard qui te fracasse, Propos sur le théâtre et la mise en scène by Brigitte Haentjens. (In French) The discussion took place at the NAC Salon on September 25, 2014
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It’s Wilde Time! The 2014-15 English Theatre Ensemble begin work on The...
September 30, 2014Since her arrival in 2012, NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley envisioned an Ensemble of artists that would represent and influence each chosen season. The 2014-15 Ensemble came together through a nation-wide search by her and Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton…
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Pinchas, Itzhak & friends: Classical Greats share NAC Gala stage with rising...
September 26, 2014Violinist Jessica Linnebach met Pinchas Zukerman in 1999, at the first ever National Arts Centre Summer Music Institute (SMI), the young artist training program Zukerman founded after becoming the NAC Orchestra’s Music Director. She was 15. Despite her young age, Linnebach was already a…
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The strong relationship between photography and dance
September 24, 2014Développé is an exhibition featuring artists from the 2014 Canada Dance Festival (CDF) and emergent photographers from the School of the Photographic Arts. This exhibit, presented in partnership with SPAO and supported by the National Arts Centre (NAC) and Patrick Gordon Framing,…
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Sharing the Dream: Klô Pelgag
September 24, 2014NAC guest blogger Guillaume Moffet is an avid fan of Canadian music and a respected journalist known for his reviews of a multitude of music artists. He is the former editor in chief of Voir Ottawa‑Gatineau and the Ottawa Xpress, and the former editor in chief of BRBR for TFO. He has served…
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Jessica Linnebach’s journey of friendship with Pinchas Zukerman
September 24, 2014Violinist Jessica Linnebach joined the National Arts Centre Orchestra in 2003 and became Associate Concertmaster in 2010. She has distinguished herself among the next generation of Canadian classical artists being lauded on concert stages nationally and around the world. In this interview…
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Sustainable seafood at le café
September 24, 2014The National Arts Centre’s le café is proud to showcase the fresh flavours and ingredients of Canada. Executive Chef John Morris is passionate about cooking with fresh ingredients harvested through sustainable methods. This halibut dish is a perfect example. It was caught using a hook and…
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Culture Days at the NAC: unleashing your inner artist
September 23, 2014They are two of the most prestigious performance stages in North America, the National Arts Centre’s Theatre and Southam Hall. Luciano Pavarotti, Bob Dylan, Oscar Peterson, Rudolf Nureyev, Yo Yo Ma, Leonard Cohen and thousands of the world’s most iconic artists have performed here. For a…
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Cadieux is a sensual “tour de force” as Molly Bloom
September 22, 2014Molly Bloom, the famous monologue that marks the conclusion of James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses is presented this week in a translation by Jean-Marc Dalpé, with staging by Brigitte Haentjens. Alone onstage, Anne-Marie Cadieux is Molly Bloom. In a performance space that leaves room for the…
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Musical inspiration fuelled by coffee
September 22, 2014NAC Orchestra violinist Carissa Klopoushak is passionate about music and coffee. She has travelled around the globe performing and takes great pleasure in discovering the local coffee shop scene in the cities she visits. "I think we all care about the details in life. In making sure that…