By Philip Szporer Daina Ashbee is a smart, powerful Montreal-based dance artist with Cree, Métis and Dutch heritage, gaining significant traction in her career. She’s been building a devoted following, international touring and accolades, like the 2019 Bessie (a New York Dance and Performance Award) for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer. This summer, the Festival Montpellier Danse
By Elaine Gaertner The Noverre Society — Friends of Ballet, founded in 1958 by ballet enthusiast Fritz Höver, was named to honour 18th-century dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre, whose treatise, Lettres sur la dance and sur les ballets, revolutionized the art of ballet. In 1961, Höver joined forces with Stuttgart Ballet director John Cranko and
By Holly Harris When she took over the reins last season as Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers’ artistic director, Jolene Bailie could never have imagined in her wildest dreams that her inaugural major production for the 56-year-old company would be forged in the crucible of a global pandemic. The dancers had to rehearse while wearing face masks