Had a northern and a southern artist, each unknown to the other, not both signed up for an ocean expedition a few years back, we might not be seeing them (this week) at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in a co-production with the NAC's Indigenous
The Wizard of Oz has been presented in many forms. First as a novel written by L. Frank Baum and published in 1900. In 1902 there was a Broadway musical and in 1939, one of the most watched Hollywood movies of all time featured a
In the National Gallery of Canada, there be monsters. An exhibition of prints and drawings called Beautiful Monsters offers a journey into the dark corners of our imagination. But a two-dimensional print can only do so much to communicate the feeling of looking at things that
Feeling excluded from a space you simply assume is yours can be, for a white, middle-class person like me, disorienting. Not quite sure what to make of the situation, the natural reaction is to seek a mental accommodation that renders the new experience if not
Battleground, the latest offering by Canadian dance icon Louise Lecavalier, is described in the program notes as taking place in a “ring”. But with its rectangular floor marked with black and white squares, a chessboard would be a more apt description of its arena. Lecavalier has
Say what you will about online call-out culture; it can be a catalyst for positive change. Take composer diversity. Over the past few years, a small but vocal group of journalists, musicologists, performers and other advocates have been taking orchestras, opera companies and festivals to
Art galleries come and go, and 14 years is not a bad run. “We are proud to have survived as long as we have in a volatile and sometimes capricious art market,” says Don Monet, who with spouse Becky Rynor ran Cube Gallery in the
"A stranger I arrived; a stranger I depart." — From Gute Nacht, Die Winterreise Franz Schubert's Die Winterriese is one of two song cycles that set the poetry of the German Romantic Wilhelm Müller. The 24 songs are among the best known and loved works by the composer. They
Canada will be represented at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2021 by the Vancouver-based artist Stan Douglas. His multidisciplinary practice involves film, photography, and, more recently, theatre productions. His work tends to "reflect on the dynamic potential embedded in pivotal historical moments," the National Gallery of
It was chilly in Smithers, B.C., Alex Cuba said, on the day of this interview. But after 18 years in the city, he's used to all that. That's he's touring his latest album Sublime in Eastern Canada in January, well there's a method to his madness. "I
