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A new kind of ice dancing
February 12, 2015NAC Dance steps from the concert stage to centre ice! Le Patin Libre is a Canadian collective of professional skaters who are breathing new energy into skating by bringing urban street dance and high-level artistic expression to contemporary skating. Vertical Influences, co-produced by NAC…
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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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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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The inside scoop: Pre-chats, open rehearsals and previews
December 5, 2014Attending pre-rehearsal chats and open rehearsals are one of the many benefits donors receive when they support performance, creation and learning across Canada through the National Arts Centre Foundation. On November 6, Cathy Levy, Executive Producer of NAC Dance, spoke to donors about…
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Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch returns to the NAC!
October 29, 2014Cathy Levy is Executive Producer of Dance at the National Arts Centre. She has flawless taste in Dance – and a golden Rolodex. As head of the NAC Dance department since 2000, she has seen thousands of dance performances across the globe, choosing to bring to Ottawa only the very best from…
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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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Under Pressure: Louise Lecavalier on her first self-choreographed work
September 18, 2014I don’t have to worry about words. I have to act, dance, create movement. — Louise Lecavalier Canada dance icon Louise Lecavalier talks about her first self-choreographed work, So Blue, and making the transition from dancer to choreographer. Louise Lecavalier is an NAC Associate Dance…
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Alice’s Adventures at the Capital Pride Parade
August 24, 2014To help celebrate the Magic of Alice that will take place at the National Arts Centre this season, Dance and English Theatre sent a marching float of Alices to join the Capital Pride Parade festivities. They were joined by five playing card soldiers who helped keep the party going as…
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NAC Dance Masterclasses open new horizons for students
August 15, 2014It’s only 10:30 on a Saturday morning but a group of eager dance students have already worked up a sweat. The students are in the middle of a masterclass at the NAC with Pierre Lapointe, principal ballet master with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montréal, and he’s really putting them…
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Down the rabbit hole and through the looking-glass
August 7, 2014“No, no! The adventures first… explanations take such a dreadful time.” – The Gryphon in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland There’s something about young Alice that has been inspiring artists and creators since 1865 when Lewis Carroll first told her tales in his classic…
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“My magic castle”: Growing up at the NAC
July 14, 2014My love affair with the National Arts Centre began at a young age. Whether it was the beautiful Nutcracker ballet or the hilarious Christmas pantomime, I’m not 100% sure which show was my first, but I have clear memories of the long hike up to the balcony level, gazing up and then down at…
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Choreographer Michael Greyeyes speaks about A Soldier’s Tale
May 26, 2014The Canada Dance Festival, in partnership with the National Arts Centre as co-producer, has been presenting, advancing and celebrating Canadian dance excellence in the Nation’s Capital for more than 25 years. The 2014 edition will open with Signal Theatre's new work A Soldier's Tale. The…
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Red carpet highlights of the GG Performing Arts Awards
May 23, 2014The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala is the culmination of a weekend-long celebration of some of Canada’s greatest artists and arts volunteers. Award recipients are honoured in the House of Commons, at Rideau Hall and at the Gala at the National Arts Centre. "If we are a…
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Catalysts of Creation: The Canada Dance Festival and the NAC
May 21, 2014Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) has a long history of co-producing work with Canadian dance artists, acting as a catalyst and partner in the creation, development and performance of new work. “Co-producing allows the NAC to be one of a series of important organizations around the world…
