By Jenn Edwards Since the pandemic, there’s been a trend of artists leaving urban centres for less crowded, more affordable places. Canadian dance artist Shelby Richardson was ahead of the curve, having moved to Prince George, a town in British Columbia’s Northern interior, in 2015. Since then, she’s been challenging the notion that innovative art
By Susheela Menon The dancer moves to the beat of the idakka, a highly revered percussion instrument of Kerala, at a 2000-year-old temple in South India. She moves from one sanctum to the other till reaching the shrine of Kali, the most powerful goddess in the Hindu pantheon. A crowd gathers as she dances before
By Madelaine Burnett My natural stage presence is positive, even playful, but dancing in Echoes of War, inspired by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, required something more delicate and subtle. Over the rehearsals and performances, I found myself growing as a dancer, and as a person. The choreography was by Alison Cook-Beatty, created for her