Embracing artistic director Victor Quijada’s unusual journey from the streets of Los Angeles to the helm, Montreal-based RUBBERBANDance uses the spontaneity of hip-hop, the sophistication of ballet and the expressiveness of contemporary dance to create fresh and dynamic. A reflection of the freedom and openness of Montreal’s bubbling dance scene, the March 24 show entitled […]
Posted: Mar 18, 2018 12:00 a.m. Earth may be just a point in the vast Milky Way galaxy we call our galactic home, but the young dancers of the Newtown Center of Classical Ballet & Voice delivered a planetary performance as bright as the stars in the night sky. when they visited Middle Gate Elementary […]
On Saturday afternoons, Alexandra MacDonald performs one of the most difficult movements in classical ballet – the Rose Adagio. “The adage of the rose is iconic,” MacDonald said, speaking weeks before her performance of Princess Aurora in the National Ballet of Canada’s 2018 production. Sleeping Beauty. The technically demanding move comes in the first act […]
There’s something remarkably charming about the mix of the traditional and the contemporary – as if two completely different cultures and eras were merged into one. “Jangala” by the Oakland Ballet Company is an example. The production is the brainchild of Graham Lustig, Artistic Director of the Oakland Ballet Company, who wanted to bring the […]
On the eve of International Women’s Day, renowned Canadian company Ballet BC presents an electric trio of performances led by women Sadler’s Well March 07, 2018 On the eve of International Women’s Day, Sadler’s Wells invited BC Ballet, Canada’s premier contemporary ballet company, to present a captivating triple program – one by Emily Molnar (the […]