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Celebrating our stories: the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
April 27, 2016"Telling stories about ourselves is like a highway that goes from coast to coast," says the celebrated film producer Robert Lantos, one of this year's recipients of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. "It's one of the ties that bind." In a career spanning over four decades,…
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Moh Faris and Family Donate $1 Million to National Arts Centre in...
April 25, 2016The National Arts Centre Foundation is honoured to announce a generous gift of $1 million from Mohammed (Moh) Faris and his family in honour of the late Yulanda Faris. Wife of Moh and mother of three daughters, Yulanda – who died at the age of 77 on April 23, 2015 – was a passionate…
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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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Art and Reconciliation Panel Discussion
January 18, 2016The recent landmark report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the abuses at residential schools states that art has the extraordinary ability to heal. The National Arts Centre hosted a timely panel discussion on art in the context of reconciliation moderated by Dr.…
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Moments on stage: A mother’s story
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A dream fulfilled: Royal Wood takes centre stage at Southam Hall
September 1, 2015It has been an incredible journey for Peterborough singer-songwriter Royal Wood. Since being proclaimed the “Songwriter of the Year”, by iTunes in 2008, Royal has continued to evolve and hone his musical craft – maintaining an unmistakable identity while uncovering and reinventing his…
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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…
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Hip-hop in Kugluktuk
May 27, 2014Imagine being a teenager and learning how to make a hip-hop video. Now imagine being taught how to do that by a famous Canadian hip-hop artist, at your school. It happened in Kugluktuk, Nunavut in late January through the NAC’s Music Alive Program in Nunavut, which is dedicated to…
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Students develop a three minute play and the skills to last a...
October 25, 2013The little girl was shy at first. She had recently arrived from China and didn’t speak much English. She wasn’t sure what the Three-Minute Play Festival was all about or how she could contribute. “She was part of a group but she would just disappear,” admits Kristina Watt,…
