Dance
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Luminato review: KIRA, The Path/La Voie
Fara Tolno's drumming resonates more effectively than the dance in Lua Shayenne Dance Company's West African-influenced show Read more
Toronto Dance Theatre's Christopher House to step down after 25 years as artistic director
After creating over 60 original works for the company, the 64-year-old dancer and choreographer leaves "one of the best jobs in Canada" on his own terms Read more
Review: Nureyev doc about the ballet legend doesn't need its stylistic flourishes
Never-before-seen VHS footage of Rudolf Nureyev offers a sense of the dancer's talent and personality Read more
Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh
James Kudelka's Four Old Legs is a duet to fall in love with
Series of dance vignettes for Evelyn Hart and Zhenya Cerneacov is sketched out in subtle, yet very legible shades Read more
TV review: FX's Fosse/Verdon works best in its showy moments
A superb Michelle Williams steals the spotlight in this erratically structured look at the intertwined lives of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon Read more
Photo by Brue Zinger
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland: the magic doesn’t go deep enough
National Ballet of Canada's revival of Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet looks great but the dance itself doesn’t deliver Read more
Carlos Lema Posada
Luminato 2019 lineup: a mirror maze, a Leonard Cohen tribute and Roomful of Teeth
The 13th annual arts fest lines up two big Indigenous music concerts, a dance tribute to Leonard Cohen and Kazuo Ohno and a theatrical show about Robert Mapplethorpe Read more
Revisor, by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young, asks some tough questions
Kidd Pivot's dance/theatre look at bureaucracy, corruption and human failings begins as farce but ends up creating something completely new Read more
National Ballet of Canada Mixed Program delivers marvels
Next to Balanchine's stunning Apollo and virtuosic excerpts from Paquita, Robert Binet's short ballet feel a bit anemic Read more
Interview: Santee Smith becomes McMaster University's chancellor
The Kahnyen’kehàka (Mohawk) dancer and choreographer talks Indigenous visibility, leadership in education and land acknowledgments Read more
Next Stage review: Anatomy Of A Dancer
Entertaining homage to song and dance man Gene Kelly recreates some classic numbers Read more
Anna Karenina is too long and often head-scratching, but there are rich rewards
John Neumeier’s new ballet inspired by the Tolstoy novel is intense and often challenging, but it’s beautifully danced and always watchable Read more
Trace proves audiences are hungry for narratives from Indigenous perspectives
Jera Wolfe's choreography is fun to watch, and the production and performances are strong, but the work doesn't offer anything genuinely transformative Read more
Subversive Figaro 2.0 is relevant and user-friendly
ProArteDanza's beautifully danced spin on Mozart's comic opera comments on inter-gender social tensions in the #MeToo era Read more
Akram Khan's Xenos is a powerful achievement by an artist at the top of his game
The UK-based dancer/choreographer's ode to Indian soldiers fighting for Britain in the First World War features riveting dance and a near-perfect blend of sensory elements Read more
Andre Cornellier
Five (six, actually) dance artists to watch in October 2018
This month is unofficially dance month in Toronto as talented up-and-comers and proven talents deliver some major moves Read more
Toronto arts incubator hub14 to lose its Queen West home
After 14 years of providing studio space and artist residencies to the indie performance community, the cultural hub must vacate its Markham Street space in December Read more
SummerWorks review: A Room to Perform
Katie Lyle and Shelby Wright's work-in-development is alternately enchanting, cinematic and banal Read more
SummerWorks review: YES
Linnea Swan takes potshots at modern dance and stays right on the edge of bitterness and hilarity Read more
SummerWorks review: fantasylover
Funny and deeply weird ensemble dance show puts a surreal spin on romantic love Read more