How Nancy Johnson’s Appropriateness and The Proper Fit came to be hanging at the National Gallery of Canada again is as relaxed a story as the narrative at the core of the work. Associate curator Adam Welch was aware of Johnson’s work, though he had never
The Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin has been surprised by how people view her work Split which will be at the National Arts Centre for three nights starting on Oct. 24. "I have had so many different interpretations about this work from other people. Some see it
When Steven Price was a university student studying literature and thinking about making a living as a writer he was surrounded by novels — hip deep in them likely. But one stood out and it just wouldn't let go of his imagination. The book was The
In 1919 in Germany, the old order of the Kaiser and the imperial court, had been burned away in the fire of the First World War. There was room for new ideas and new ways of doing and being. Into this turmoil came Walter Gropius. He created
Megan Gail Coles hails from Savage Cove on Newfoundland's windswept and beautiful Great Northern Peninsula. Savage Cove is the most northernly sheltered harbour in the straits on the island. As a child, Coles used to look across the Strait of Belle Isle she could see
The influence of Baroque music was present across Europe in the 18th century. The French had their version; the English too. In Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach was leading the way from the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. But the Baroque also travelled east toward to the glittering court
Katherena Vermette lives near the Red River in Winnipeg. The flowing water has become a part of her life. Now the idea of the river has become the central metaphor of her latest collection of poetry called River Woman (House of Anansi). Vermette will be reading
The current Gladstone Theatre season may merit a prize for diversity. One show features someone called Queen Susan and an “anthropomorphised army.” Another spotlights the songs of Gordon Lightfoot. A third is David Mamet’s classic drama about sexual harassment and political correctness, Oleanna. This enticingly
Billy-Ray Belcourt's dad was a professional cowboy who competed on the rodeo circuit until an injury forced him to retire. That his dad was a cowboy explains Billy-Ray's name. That the young Cree man from the Driftpile First Nation on the shores of Lesser Slave Lake
Marlies Yearby remembers the musical Rent well. She should. She was the original choreographer for the groundbreaking musical and she was involved in the 20th anniversary tour that is coming to Ottawa on Oct. 22. For Yearby, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Rent the
