By Rachel Silver Maddock In an age of unending video content through Instagram, TikTok and ever-increasing streaming platforms, F-O-R-M (Festival of Recorded Movement) is carving out space for a slower, more refined approach to making film art. The annual international festival commissions youth (ages 15-25) and emerging artists (25+) to make short films over a
By Silvia Poletti On April 9, at the end of the first edition of Gala Fracci — Teatro alla Scala’s celebration of the late Carla Fracci, intended to become an annual affair — the theatre’s red curtains closed on the dancers applauding the ballerina’s image projected onto the backdrop. With that moving conclusion to the
By Michael Crabb As the pandemic’s most recent quasi-lockdown ended and the provincial government began a phased return to “normal,” there was a welcome blossoming of live, in-person events. Friends and admirers of the late Patricia Beatty, co-founder of Toronto Dance Theatre, were finally able to gather for a celebration of her life and art.