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Jayne Watson on the challenges and opportunities of arts fundraising during COVID-19
April 28, 2020Jayne Watson is the CEO of the National Arts Centre Foundation. Q. What donor trends are emerging due to the crisis? A: We’re seeing, not surprisingly, donors stepping up to assist what I’d call frontline services: health care, hospitals, food banks during this unprecedented global…
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Catching up with NAC donors: Denzil Feinberg and June Wells
April 28, 2020Denzil Feinberg and his spouse June Wells are enthusiastic NAC donors and patrons. Their apartment into which they moved in 2005 after living in Winnipeg for about 30 years is within walking distance of the NAC. Denzil was President of Canada's first professional financial planning…
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Five Minutes with Lara Deutsch
January 9, 2020Flutist Lara Deutsch performs regularly with the NAC Orchestra and with orchestras across the country. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Grand Prize of the 2014 National Arts Centre Orchestra Bursary Competition, and is an alumna of the NAC’s Young Artists Program. Lara…
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Zones Théâtrales and Indigenous Theatre Join Forces
January 9, 2020Every two years, the National Arts Centre and venues throughout the National Capital Region celebrate French theatre with Francophone communities across Canada during Zones Théâtrales. Under the artistic direction of Gilles Poulin-Denis, Zones Théâtrales took place from September 9 to 14.…
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Ahead by a Century: Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha Re-imagined
January 9, 2020Created in 1911 by Scott Joplin, Treemonisha is one of the few surviving live performance pieces about the immediate post-slavery era written by a Black person who actually lived through it. More than a century later, this first all-African American opera is being reinvented thanks to help…
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Sharing the Gift of Live Performance
January 9, 2020For a decade, the NAC has helped thousands of children and their families experience the magic of live performance through the Share the Spirit program. Presented by Sun Life Financial, Share the Spirit provides free tickets to vulnerable populations in the National Capital Region through…
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Behind the Scenes with Boston Ballet
November 29, 2019Attending open rehearsals is one of the many perks donors receive when they support performance, creation and learning across Canada through the National Arts Centre Foundation. During the first snowfall of the season on November 7, NAC Foundation supporters spent a wonderful afternoon…
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David and Susan Laister - A happy association
July 29, 2019Forty-six years is a long time. But for David and Susan Laister, it represents years of happy and satisfying association with the National Arts Centre. Originally from the United Kingdom, the Laisters came to Canada in 1969. David was attending Queen’s University, Kingston, on a…
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Daryl Banke and Mark Hussey
July 29, 2019“We love the NAC!” And with their long association and financial support of the National Arts Centre it’s clear that Daryl Banke and Mark Hussey mean what they say! Both Mark and Daryl began attending NAC performances after their move to Ottawa in 2001. They subscribed to the ballet and…
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The Transformative Power of Angélique
April 3, 2019On Thursday March 21, the first full day of spring, director Mike Payette spoke to NAC supporters about the play Angélique, a play that invites its audience to look deep within and emerge anew. Mike gave NAC supporters an overview of the challenging play by the late Lorena Gale that they…
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who we are in the dark
October 2, 2018It began with an unexpected collaboration between two diverse artists. For most of her career as a Canadian dance artist, Peggy Baker had worked mainly with classical musicians. For her latest piece Peggy wanted to collaborate with a woman from the rock-and-roll world. “I wrangled an…
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Message from the National Arts Centre Foundation CEO - October 2018
October 2, 2018A new season of music, theatre and dance is always a reason for celebration. And this September we have another cause for celebration as we look ahead to 2019 and the 50th anniversary of our beloved National Arts Centre. We will have many exciting events to mark this milestone year, which…
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Apprenticeship gives university students a real-life orchestral experience
October 2, 2018It was an opportunity University of Ottawa (uOttawa) student Shang Jung (Kitty) Chan couldn’t pass up. This was her chance to spend three weeks apprenticing with the NAC Orchestra. “I’ve always looked up to the musicians in the NAC Orchestra,” says Kitty. “Being able to rehearse with…
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Production renewal takes sight and sound at the NAC to a whole...
October 2, 2018For 14 weeks this past summer the performance spaces at the NAC appeared to be dark and quiet. After all, there were no performances to grace our stages. But appearances can be deceiving. Beginning in 2016, a lot has been going on behind-the-scenes. Thanks to a $114.9 million investment…
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Moving Stories gives students the chance to express themselves in a powerful...
October 2, 2018The student was understandably uncomfortable. Before enrolling in a dance class at his high school, he had never danced before. “He was more prepared than he thought. He shone in the show,” says NAC Dance Associate Education and Teaching Artist Siôned Watkins. “That’s part of what Moving…
