Review | National Ballet of Canada’s Nutcracker at 30
National Ballet of Canada’s production of The Nutcracker celebrates its 30th anniversary this season. Set in late-Imperial Russia, it was created by choreographer and former…
Browsing: Ballet
Review | National Ballet’s Disturbing and Cathartic The Winter’s Tale
The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare’s strange amalgam of tragedy and rustic comedy, was given ballet form in 2014 by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot,…
Review | Fall For Dance North Kathak & Ballet
Kathak & Ballet was a featured signature program this year at Toronto’s Fall For Dance North Festival held Oct. 15-26. It was co-curated by the…
Review | Alberta Ballet’s perfectly nice Grimm
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…
Review | Alberta Ballet makes the case for La Sylphide
La Sylphide is an important ballet, but one that few of today’s ballet fans have ever seen. Alberta Ballet makes the case for it to…
Concert Review | Beautiful parts fail to add up to a dramatic whole in Opera Atelier All is Love
All is Love, the new Opera Atelier production is a heterogeneous mix of numbers that impress individually but fail to add up to a dramatically satisfying whole.
Conductor David Briskin on the National Ballet’s Eugene Onegin
David Briskin’s remarkable leadership in the world of ballet has made him a bridge builder—forging relationships and respect, wordlessly, using only music and gesture.
The Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur Offers Unique Programming
MONTRÉAL, May 2, 2018 /CNW/ – Today the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced the renewal of the Government of Canada’s support for…
