March 13, 2013
The National Arts Centre Orchestra and Music Director Pinchas Zukerman launch their 2013-14 season today, including a new Casual Fridays concert series! Designed with an earlier start time, a compact program and inspired tapas-style offerings from NAC Executive Chef John Morris, Casual Fridays captures an additional audience of young urbans and commuters for its stellar lineup of guest artists:... Read more
March 7, 2013
Internationally-renowned company BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal returns to the NAC in the midst of celebrating its milestone 40th anniversary season. Under the artistic direction of Louis Robitaille, the troupe presents a mixed bill of contemporary works from three contemporary choreographers: Closer by France’s Benjamin Millepied; Night Box by Chinese-Canadian Wen... Read more
March 7, 2013
Cellist Johannes Moser returns to the NAC after his acclaimed debut in 2010 to perform Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, an elegiac and expressive work that showcases the young cellist’s virtuosity. Concerts are Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, 2013, at 8 p.m. in the NAC’s Southam Hall. Ticket holders are invited after this energizing concert to join cellist Johannes... Read more
March 1, 2013
National Arts Centre English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley and Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton Stanley will be conducting general auditions in Halifax Sunday, March 17 and Monday, March 18, 2013. Priority to be given to members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Actors are asked to prepare either two contrasting monologues (of no more than two minutes... Read more
February 25, 2013
Heather Moore, Producer and Executive Director of the National Arts Centre’s Scene festivals, today announced the complete programming lineup for Northern Scene. An eclectic, multi-disciplinary arts festival featuring the work of 250 of the best established and emerging artists from Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as Nunatsiavut and Nunavik, Northern Scene will... Read more
February 22, 2013
The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, National Arts Centre President and CEO Peter Herrndorf, and Heather Moore, Producer and Executive Director of the National Arts Centre’s Scene Festivals, will announce the complete programming lineup for Northern Scene on Monday, February 25 at 11 a.m. in the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage. This... Read more
February 20, 2013
Ottawa, Ontario , February 20, 2013 - From one of the most famous and controversial cases in Canadian judicial history comes a compelling true story that changed a small community forever and sent shockwaves around the world. The National Arts Centre English Theatre presents, in co-production with Centaur Theatre Company, Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott, playing February 27... Read more
February 13, 2013
Norway’s National Company of Contemporary Dance, Carte Blanche, makes its National Arts Centre debut with the high-energy, theatrical 3 O’Clock in the Afternoon. Choreographed by the award-winning Ina Christel Johannessen, this is a poetic, political, and gripping dance piece which focuses on boundaries: -geographical and political; those in our minds; and, those of the physical... Read more
February 12, 2013
Saturday, February 16 & Monday, February 18 An Opera for Young People Sanctuary Song By Abigail Richardson-Schulte and Marjorie Chan Directed by Lynda Hill NAC Studio Monday, February 18, 12pm-4pm 3rd Annual NAC English Theatre Family Day NAC Lobby Ottawa, ON – The NAC English Theatre celebrates the long weekend in February with families in mind. ... Read more
February 5, 2013
Vancouver-based Ballet BC (under the artistic direction of Emily Molnar) returns to the NAC to perform a terrific triple-bill of exhilarating contemporary ballets from three of the world’s leading choreographers. Bold and innovative, the company has a distinctive style and approach, and its 18 exceptional dancers blend their rigorous classical technique with muscular athleticism and a... Read more