By Victor Swoboda In the Lingala language of Congo, where Zab Maboungou passed her formative years, “nyata nyata” means stomp your feet. The phrase became the apt name of the African contemporary dance company that she founded in Montreal in 1987. From the outset and to this day, Maboungou has taught, displayed and honed not
By David Mead Taiwan has never been short of female choreographers. Dance was historically made by women, who often led their own companies, too. The country did not face the issue of lack of female opportunities found in many other parts of the world, issues that now are quite rightly a hot topic for debate.
By Rachel Silver Maddock In 2018, Ballet BC traded in the traditional model of apprenticeship for their new and more substantial Emerging Artists program. The venture is reimagining the transition of young dancers into working professionals, and creating new roles in the company structure somewhere between apprentice and junior company member. “We wanted to build