In our bodies, the nerves that connect our muscles and organs to our brains are coated with a sheath. This myelin protects our vital highway and it grows as we do, expanding as we reach for new heights. That's an interesting metaphor for a dancer/choreographer with
Jesse Thistle's memoir From the Ashes has had an interesting impact. All of a sudden he has become sort of a go to spokesperson for the Metis people. That is a useful platform for the PhD candidate in history with a thesis that is looking into
You think you’re on the side of right when it comes to polarized issues like immigration and freedom of speech? The Assembly – Montreal, opening shortly at the NAC, might throw your certainty for a loop thanks to its verbatim theatre form. A creation of Montreal’s
The dancer/choreographer/performance artist Tedd Robinson has been putting works together through the lens of modern dance for some 45 years. These days, because of a neurological condition, he isn't dancing much but he can still create. And these days he's making something out of the collection
For about five years Jenn Grant and Dan Ledwell tried to have a baby. They eventually tried in vitro fertilization and the second time it worked. A boy was born about 15 months ago. For Grant, the pregnancy came at an interesting time. She was in
Richard Antoine White is an associate professor of tuba and euphonium at the University of New Mexico. He is also a tuba soloist and principal tubist of the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra. His journey is an improbable one from poverty in Baltimore to a life full of music
Robert Greene is an established American documentary filmmaker with six features under his belt. All of them are, in essence, an exploration of the intersection between performance and documentary film, he told ARTSFILE in an interview. "It started when I was filming my half-sister as she
I live in the noisy heart of downtown Ottawa, and once, while visiting my parents in their comparatively rural home, I discovered how oppressive an innocent silence can be. Late one night I smoked a cigar in their garage. It was January and there was an
There's more than cars travelling between Ottawa and Montreal every day on Highway 417. A lot of music travels up and down the corridor too. Bronwyn Thies-Thompson is part of that musical journey. The soprano is a regular in concerts in both cities. In fact,
In 2015, George Li made a musical breakthrough. The young Chinese American pianist took home a silver medal from the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. It's the kind of thing that can really launch a career. Not only did he take away some hardware. he picked up
