By Jenn Edwards When I left competitive figure skating at age 18, I thought I was done with the ice. I wasn’t interested in being a coach or in dressing up as a Disney character on skates. In my mind, it was all or nothing — land all my triple jumps and become an international
PART 1 Researching the Potential of Dance By Naomi Brand In 2016, while waiting in line for a show, VocalEye Descriptive Arts Society executive director Steph Kirkland and I started chatting. We quickly tumbled into an exciting conversation about live description, the blind community and the possibilities (and impossibilities) of describing dance. Our brief conversation
The range of work included in this triple bill showcased not only Davida Monk’s depth as a narrative choreographer in Ashes for Beauty, but also her skill as a contemporary dancer in Helen Husak’s solo The Return and a duet, For Antigone, by Paras Terezakis. Based in Calgary, Monk has been performing and choreographing for