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Melting Moments for Valentines Day
February 13, 2014NAC Executive Chef John Morris first made these cookies when he was in play school in Scotland. Like any 4 year old he thought it was so much fun to roll out the balls of dough, mark them with your thumb and fill them with jam — it's a fun craft activity that ends with a sweet treat! This…
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Alain Trudel Goes Back to School: It’s where it all began
February 3, 2014When NAC Orchestra Principal Youth and Family Conductor Alain Trudel visited Nepean High School he got right down to business and took a seat in the brass section during rehearsal. Within a very short time Alain had adjusted some key elements to their performance and students could hear the…
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Jade squatte le Tf with Le projet pupitre
January 31, 2014Jade meets with Yann Godbout and Guillaume Lévesque, performers from Le projet pupitre presented at the NAC Studio on february 1 and 2, 2014.
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Alain Paré receives the NAC Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring
January 30, 2014The National Arts Centre is pleased to announce that Alain Paré has been awarded the 2014 National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring in the Performing Arts. The award was be presented at a special dinner during the Canadian Arts Presenting Association’s (CAPACOA)…
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Interview with Canadian playwright Ins Choi
January 29, 2014Canadian actor and playwright Ins Choi speaks about his play Kim's Convenience which has made the journey from the Toronto Fringe Festival to touring across Canada and is now being presented at the National Arts Centre. The story speaks to many Canadians who have immigrated to build a new…
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Dancing on the edge in Face 2 Face
January 27, 2014Dancing on the edge in Face 2 Face: 12 performances, 7 choreographers. 4 solo artists, 3 intimate venues, 1 week of dazzling dance! Dance Producer Cathy Levy welcomes you to the NAC's second edition of Face 2 Face, a mini-series of contemporary dance which explodes on the Ottawa scene from…
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Choreographer James Kudelka imparts vivid new life, depth, and complexity to a...
January 27, 2014The National Ballet of Canada’s Swan Lake: Choreographer James Kudelka imparts vivid new life, depth, and complexity to a 19th-century ballet classic. All performances feature the NAC Orchestra. James Kudelka’s reinterpretation of Swan Lake restates the ballet’s essentially fable-like…
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NAC Presents Lynn Miles
January 23, 2014Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles captivated the Ottawa audience with her music and soulful, heartfelt lyrics. Lynn describes her first visit to the NAC as a teenager and the freedom of performing in front of a hometown crowd.
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Music Alive Program: Nunavut - Keyboards for Cape Dorset
January 22, 2014Do you have a portable keyboard at home that is not being used? Not sure what to do with it? The NAC’s Music Alive Program in Nunavut is interested in acquiring used portable keyboards to donate to Peter Pitseolak High School in Cape Dorset. This school recently acquired a beautiful…
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Brigitte Haentjens presents the second half of the 2013-14 Théâtre français season
January 20, 2014Artisitc Director Brigitte Haentjens presents the second half of the 2013-14 season.
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Royal Wood speaks about his new album ‘The Burning Bright’
January 17, 2014On May 10th Royal Wood will perform at the NAC theatre once again treating audiences to his carefully crafted melodies and imaginative lyrics. Royal's latest album The Burning Bright was written in the small Irish town of Slane. Surrounded by nature and without distraction Royal was able to…
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Hip-Hop in Kugluktuk
January 17, 2014The Music Alive Program: Nunavut, a National Arts Centre program dedicated to supporting the incredible musical culture of Nunavut, is bringing Nelson Tagoona, a Baker Lake, Nunavut throat boxer, and hip-hop artist Aaron “Godson” Hernandez of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to work with…
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Banana-nana-nana
January 15, 2014Here is a crowd-pleasing dessert recipe from le café that is served warm and guaranteed to chase away the winter doldrums. First you bake fluffy and delicious banana bread. Then cube and mix it into a bread pudding-style custard with chunks of premium white chocolate. Bake it again and add…
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Meet Germaine Knight
January 15, 2014Wardrobe Mistress Germaine Knight began her career with the NAC in 1970. Fourty-four years later, at 77 years of age, Germaine is still taking care of costumes and actors backstage at the NAC. She welcomes the actors, puts them at ease during performances and helps with quick costume…
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Hockey Sweater author at Roch Carrier Elementary School
January 14, 2014The elegant and always-inspiring Roch Carrier met students at the school named for him in Kanata, Ontario. Monsieur Carrier, the celebrated poet and writer who also served as director of the Canada Council for the Arts and National Librarian of Canada, is in Ottawa narrating sold-out…
