In this, its 50th anniversary season, the National Arts Centre is making a serious foray into summer programming with the announcement that it will stage three major productions. The centre will bring back a pops concert that has been a favourite in the past. NACO will
Cuba has been a hotbed for dance for decades, notably in classical ballet, most of it for export. Alicia Alonso, Carlos Acosta, Xiomara Reyes, Lourdes Lopez and José Manuel Carreno are just some of the great Cuban dancers who left their mark on big European
Noel Lynch is a likeable guy. Sure, he’s feckless, an alcoholic, the embodiment of underachievement and over-denial. But he wants to do the right thing. And by the end of Minding Frankie – Shay Linehan’s stage adaptation of the novel of the same name by
SAW Gallery is the surprise inside the Kinder Egg, the happy discovery revealed after the exterior shell has been unwrapped and enjoyed. As the Ottawa Art Gallery opened in 2018 and the city savoured a new arts space it can be proud of, work quietly continued
This will be a season of firsts for the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. The people of the city it enriches have seen the first first
It is always good timing to have a conversation with the well-known Canadian historian and author Margaret MacMillan when something momentous is happening. The Brexit vote in the British House of Commons earlier this week that handed Theresa May one of the worst defeats in the
As a three year old, Anne Innis Dagg says, she was taken for the first time to the Chicago Zoo by her American-born mother where she was especially captivated by the giraffes. It was "love at first sight!" she told ARTSFILE in an interview by email. She
Six years ago, three people got together to form Malpaso Cuba's only independent contemporary dance company. The trio are are Daileidys Carrazana, the associate artistic director and a dancer in the ensemble, Osnel Delgado, who is the artistic director and choreographer and Executive Director Fernando Saez. The
The talented young American pianist Claire Huangci will be performing in the Upbeat! Productions Master Piano Recital Series this week at Southminster United Church. She recently won the Concours Geza Anda Zurich 2018. This concert will be her Ottawa debut. Before her demanding performance, she
Marc Mayer is a man unbound, or at least he looks like one. Mayer sits in his office at the National Gallery of Canada, where his last day as director is Jan. 18, and he’s relaxed. Amid the high shelves of heavy art books, looking out
