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Jill Barber: Music and motherhood
January 29, 2015Singer-songwriter Jill Barber is a repeat performer at NAC Presents, a concert series showcasing Canada’s best singer-songwriters. Inspired by many musical styles, she deftly combines a Motown groove with sophisticated retro pop on her sixth album Fool’s Gold. Music and motherhood,…
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Face to face with new dance
January 28, 2015Cathy Levy, the National Arts Centre’s Executive Producer of Dance, has brought some of the world’s very best dance artists to Canada, such as Germany’s Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch who recently performed two sold-out shows in the NAC’s Southam Hall. As she travels the globe looking…
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Following the tracks of Pierre-Guy B.
January 27, 2015Creators Philippe Soldevila, Christian Essiambre and Pierre Guy Blanchard talk about the creation of the bio-fiction show Le long voyage de Pierre-Guy B.
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Une cerise sur le sundae
January 24, 2015This article is only available in French Anne-Marie Guilmaine MATIÈRE : GÂTEAU Le goût d’un processus moelleux Le projet des Grands-mères mortes a germé dans un nid de cœur tendre, là où se déposent les événements de la vie. Une grand-maman qui meurt. La nécessité d’inventer un…
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Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra receives NAC Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring
January 22, 2015Touring has been an essential part of life at the NAC since the beginning. For example, the Orchestra has toured to every province and territory, and 18 countries around the world. Most recently, the UK Tour, which marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and…
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Chef John Morris modernizes the classic surf n turf
January 21, 2015Feast your eyes on this modern version of a classic surf n turf. Here we have delectably tender filet of Quebec milk-fed veal from the Charlevoix region paired with plump prawns poached in lemon and garlic butter. Organic baby turnips, beets and kohlrabies sustainably farmed at Juniper…
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The Summit: English Theatre explores the power of Indigenous stories
January 20, 2015Excerpt from Prelude Magazine Sarah Garton Stanley, Associate Artistic Director NAC English Theatre, admits she was nervous. She and Yvette Nolan, co-curators for The Summit, were about to bring together a distinguished group of 12 Indigenous leaders and artists from across the country…
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Taking flight: Scene festivals
January 20, 2015The NAC’s biennial Scene festivals showcase hundreds of established and emerging artists from different regions of Canada. It began with Atlantic Scene in 2003, followed by Alberta Scene (2005), Quebec Scene (2007), BC Scene (2009), Prairie Scene (2011), Northern Scene (2013) and the…
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A violin’s personality: Timothy Chooi and his 1729 Guarneri del Gesù
January 19, 2015When musicians perform they become one with their instrument. For violinists, the bow is an extension of their arm, and the sound communicates their emotions and interpretation of the score. While training at the National Arts Centre's Summer Music Institute, Timothy Chooi (age 20) took…
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Xavier Forget and the “art” of presenting Canada’s most talented Francophone artists
January 17, 2015Xavier Forget, Associate Producer of French Programming – NAC Presents Q. It’s said that NAC Presents “shines a spotlight today on the music stars of tomorrow.” Seven of the top ten winners at the 2014 ADISQ awards gala—Quebec’s Grammys—had recently performed in the NAC Presents series. Do…
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From the ground up: NAC Dance, catalyst of creation
January 17, 2015NAC Dance is proud to present Canadian work. But it also has a long history of co-producing with Canadian dance artists and actively partnering in the creation and development of new work. “Co-producing allows the NAC to be one of a series of important organizations around the world in the…
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La fabuleuse errance de Pierre-Guy B.
January 14, 2015* This text is only available in French par Josianne Desloges, journaliste au Soleil Ce texte est préalablement paru en septembre dernier dans le Cahier Cinq, le numéro d’automne 2014 des Cahiers du Théâtre français. Je ne connaissais pas Pierre Guy Blanchard et, même maintenant,…
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Ce qui nous relie? Creating. Trying. testing.
January 6, 2015The young participants are deep into the creative theatre process. Creating, trying, testing their presence on stage by performing simple, fun and original actions. This involvement gives place to wonderful things. Cassandra performs a lyrical dance. Aurel laughs out loud when evoquing his…
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Dark and friendly: Christopher Millard on why he loves bassoon
January 6, 2015Q & A with Christopher Millard, Principal Bassoon, NAC Orchestra A Bassoon Concerto – since WHEN does a bassoon get up and solo as frontman to an entire orchestra and audience, please? Not often. We are usually content to sit amongst our more flamboyant woodwind colleagues, trying to…
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Standing Out: Paul Wells on conductor John Storgårds
January 5, 2015Audiences could be forgiven if guest conductors start to blur together after a while. For the space of two hours (or so it seems to us from our seat in the auditorium), our beloved NAC Orchestra is in the hands of a visitor from afar who, as often as not, doesn’t say a word and spends most…
