By Rachel Silver Maddock Moving into an independent career is a big shift, and three of Canada’s high-profile dance companies — Ballet BC, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, and the National Ballet of Canada — offer artist-in-residence positions to support former dancers in transition. Though the role at the three companies varies, the overall
By Veronica Posth Alan Lucien Øyen, a Norwegian director and choreographer, tackles human dualities and contradictions through narrative works that are often a combination of fiction and reality. Frequently, his multimedia performance works are inhabited by stories that come partly from his imagination and partly from fragments of personal anecdotes shared by his dancers and
By Bridgit Lujan People come to Spain from all over the world to witness authentic flamenco in the iconic performance space known as the tablao. This small cabaret-like theatre, with an acoustic stage and limited seating, allows audiences to have an up close and personal experience of flamenco. Typically thought of as being found throughout