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Royal Ballet and Opera and The Metropolitan Opera Join Forces with New Cinema Collaboration

By Newswire on 5 December 2024 Dance, Newswire, Opera

For the first time, the Royal Ballet and Opera and The Metropolitan Opera are joining forces for their cinema seasons on their respective home turfs, giving more audiences in both the UK and US the opportunity to see much loved opera and ballet productions from each world-leading company. The first-of-its kind collaboration will increase the reach of each company to hundreds more cinemas in new markets. As a result of this partnership, RBO’s cinema partner Trafalgar Releasing will broadcast The Met’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia to a larger number of screens in the UK than are currently carrying the Met, while Fathom, the Met Opera’s cinema partner in…

The 2024 Winners of the 14th Prix de la Danse de Montréal

By Newswire on 19 November 2024 Dance, Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire

Montreal, November 19, 2024 — Today, LES PRIX DE LA DANSE DE MONTRÉAL (PDM) announced the award winners of the 2023-2024 artistic season. Under the honorary presidency of exceptional choreographer, dancer, and educator, Lucie Boissinot, the ceremony was held in the Baryshnikov Studio at Espace Marie Chouinard and was attended by artists and numerous personalities from the dance community. The event was hosted by Anik Bissonnette, artistic director of l’École supérieure de ballet du Québec. At this 14th edition of the PRIX, a total of 11 awards were presented. FAYE DRISCOLL GRAND PRIX de la danse de Montréal 2024, presented by…

Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière: Baroque Dance

By Nathalie de Han on 11 November 2024 Baroque and Early, Dance, Montreal

In 2008, director, choreographer and dancer Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière founded Les Jardins Chorégraphiques, a company specializing in early dance She first performed Molière’s plays in Old Quebec with, among others, violinist Olivier Brault. “When Olivier moved to Montreal to do his master’s in Baroque music at McGill, he suggested I teach Baroque dance to a group of students,” says Lacoursière. “Dancing helps instrumentalists to feel the music so that they can physically understand its characteristics.” But how do you explain the success of these ancient dances in relation to contemporary dance? Baroque dance brings the music to life on stage—it’s a…

Artists of Alberta Ballet in Grimm. Photo: Paul McGrath

Review | Alberta Ballet’s perfectly nice Grimm

By Robin J Miller on 6 November 2024 Dance, La Scena Online, Scena Arts

Francesco Ventriglia became artistic director of Alberta Ballet in early 2024 with a vision: to blend tradition with innovation, to maintain the company’s roots in classical ballet while also exploring what it means to be a ballet company in the modern world. With his first production of the season, Ventriglia triumphed with one of the most traditional of all ballets, La Sylphide. His venture into innovation for his second production, Grimm (seen in Edmonton on October 25 and 26), proved to be far less exciting — but not because of the always excellent dancers. Choreographed for the company by Stefania…

Far From The Norm. Photo: Albert Vidal

Dance Calendar Fall 2024

By Nathalie de Han on 31 August 2024 Dance, Scena Arts

Calgary Alberta Ballet has commissioned Grimm, a work inspired by the darker side of the Grimm brothers’ fairy tales, from Stefania Ballone, a choreographer at La Scala in Milan. Taketo Gohara is composing the soundtrack. Visit the site for the entire season. Calgary, Oct. 17-19; Edmonton, Oct. 25-26. www.albertaballet.com Fluid Fest is Calgary’s largest festival of dance, movement and art. It celebrates contemporary creation and animates public space. Various locations, Oct. 23-Nov. 15. www.springboardperformance.squarespace.com Edmonton In The Wake is a triple bill by Anne Plamondon, emerging designer Anya Saugstad and Kirsten Wicklund, the artistic director of Ballet Edmonton. Triffo Theatre, Oct. 18-19. See…

William Christie: Uniting Generations with The Fairy Queen

By Justin Bernard on 31 May 2024 Baroque and Early, Dance, Orchestral, Toronto

In the summer of 2022 William Christie appeared at Canada’s Festival de Lanaudière with his orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, and proteges of his youth academy, Le Jardin des voix. Bolstered by the success of those performances of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, he won over audiences at the Quebec festival once again in 2023, with the same composer’s comic opera, Partenope. This summer, Christie is back again, this time with a production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, with performances at the Toronto Summer Music Festival on July 11 and two days later, back at the Festival de…

Newswire | Elora Festival 2024: Tickets Now on Sale!

By Newswire on 11 March 2024 Chamber Music, Dance, Newswire

Tickets for the 2024 Elora Festival are now on sale for dozens of incredible concerts throughout July, as they mark their 45th Anniversary Season!

The Préville Fine Arts Centre: Leading the Charge in Arts Education

By Viktor Lazarov on 2 February 2024 Arts Industry, Dance, Theatre, Vocal

Located at Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes in Longueuil, just across the river from Montreal, mornings at the Préville Fine Arts Centre kickstart a creative and stimulating weekend routine for many local families.

Mont Analogue (Photo by Maxyme G. Delisle)

Ballet Opéra Pantomime: Mont Analogue

By Nathalie de Han on 2 February 2024 Dance, Interviews, Montreal

Le Mont Analogue, an unfinished adventure novel by René Daumal, has philosophical and mathematical overtones, says Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse, co-artistic director and musical director of BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime.

Roy Thomson Hall's 2024 Salute to Vienna (Photo by Glatz Concert Productions)

Concert Review | Toronto Welcomes 2024 With A Scintillating Salute to Vienna

By Joseph So on 5 January 2024 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Dance, Orchestral, Toronto

Having attended Salute to Vienna concerts most years since the mid 2000’s, I must say I can’t think of a better way to musically usher in the new year.

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