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Donor Open Rehearsal: Inside the Creation of a New Composition
October 9, 2019Attending open rehearsals is one of the many benefits donors receive when they support performance, creation and learning across Canada through the National Arts Centre Foundation. NAC Foundation supporters spent a wonderful September morning at a rehearsal of NAC Indigenous Theatre and…
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A Landmark Celebration: The NAC Orchestra 50th Anniversary European Tour
October 4, 2019This past spring, your NAC Orchestra performed under Music Director Alexander Shelley to captivated audiences across Europe. CROSSINGS featured six Canadian composers and five Canadian soloists and offered more than 60 learning and engagement activities, none of which would have been…
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Five Minutes with Margaret Grenier
October 4, 2019Margaret Grenier, Executive and Artistic Director for the Dancers of Damelahamid, an Indigenous dance company from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia, presented Mînowin in the Azrieli Studio as part of the Mòshkamo Indigenous Arts Festival. Margaret choreographed and performed in…
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Mòshkamo: The beginning of a new era
October 4, 2019On Saturday September 14 hundreds of people gathered by the Rideau Canal just outside of the National Arts Centre to witness a great, long awaited moment. On this beautiful day, the audiences, artists and Indigenous peoples across Canada and around the world officially welcomed Indigenous…
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Where the Blood Mixes: A Journey to the Heart
October 4, 2019The first-ever performance of Kevin Loring’s debut play Where the Blood Mixes was in his hometown of Lytton, British Columbia in 2008. It was a staged reading of an earlier draft of the script—part of a British Columbian workshop tour by the play’s producers, the Playhouse Theatre Company…
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A Glimpse Behind the Creation of Joni Mitchell’s The Fiddle and the...
June 5, 2019On Wednesday, May 15, NAC Foundation supporters spent an inspiring afternoon watching Alberta Ballet dancers engage in a working rehearsal of Act 1 of Joni Mitchell’s The Fiddle and the Drum, which would open that evening in the NAC’s Southam Hall. Prior to the rehearsal, donors were…
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Howard Shore’s Notable Journey from Lighthouse to The Forest
May 15, 2019Attending intermission 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 May 1, NAC Foundation supporters experienced a truly once-in-a-lifetime…
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The spectacular launch of Indigenous Theatre
May 15, 2019Don’t miss Mòshkamo: Indigenous Arts Rising, the two-week All-Indigenous Takeover at the NAC this fall Lori Marchand and Kevin Loring first met almost 20 years ago and quickly connected over a shared vision. It’s a vision they continue to share today as together they set the stage for the…
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Message from the National Arts Centre Foundation CEO - May 2019
May 15, 2019On June 2, 2019 our beloved National Arts Centre turns 50 years old. That’s quite a milestone for any organization and I hope you’ll join us in celebrating. After all, your support has played a key role in our success. Our public Open House on June 2 is a wonderful opportunity for arts…
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The best gift ever: NAC Music Alive Program makes an impact in...
May 14, 2019In the opinion of NAC Music Alive Program (MAP) Teaching Artist, Samantha Whelan Kotkas, the most important moment of the entire day happens at the very beginning. That’s when educators and students see Samantha and her MAP partner, Walter MacDonald White Bear, walk into the school…
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Carrefour
May 14, 2019Two-year residency program gives emerging, culturally diverse or Indigenous composers the chance to “live inside” the NAC Orchestra One of the things Ian Cusson will remember most about Carrefour, his two-year residency with the NAC Orchestra, is sitting on a bus on the way to…
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The NAC celebrates our 50th anniversary all year long
May 14, 2019June 2, 1969 was a special day for lovers of the performing arts in Ottawa and across the country. On that memorable day the doors of the National Arts Centre opened for the first time. The momentous occasion drew more than 40,000 people eager to explore the extraordinary,…
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Le cheval de bleu: Matching actions to words
May 14, 2019Inclusiveness. It’s a word you hear often from Milena Buziak, who directs the children’s play Le cheval de bleu, presented June 1 and 2 at the Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins. In a rare creative decision, sign language is at the root of the artistic concept. For the young director, this…
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Tea with a Ballerina: A day young dancers will remember all their...
May 14, 2019At first, the eight young dance students, ages five through 12, were shy and awestruck. After all, it’s not every day they have the opportunity to meet a ballerina from The National Ballet of Canada. But then they realized that Ottawa-born Meghan Pugh is a real person. “It’s at this…
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Vic and Flo Boyko: Dedicated to sparking a love for the arts...
May 14, 2019Vic and Flo Boyko have been there from the beginning. The couple still remembers their excitement when the National Arts Centre was built in 1969. They happily toured the new building. “Our passion is the NAC Orchestra but we’ve seen all kinds of performances in all the venues at the NAC…
