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 Michael Crabb Danny Grossman, once hailed as among Canada’s boldest, most innovative, and prolific choreographers, died of heart failure in Toronto on July 29 at the age of 80. During his long career Grossman created a total of 67 dances, mostly for his own Danny Grossman Dance Company, founded in 1978, but also, whether
By Philip Szporer The rapturous crowd at this past year’s Prix de la danse de Montréal listened when Ginelle Chagnon launched into her acceptance speech. The beloved figure had just received the Ethel Bruneau Prize, an award created expressly to put the spotlight on members of the dance community who work in the shadows. “Having been