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
For the past 52 years, Fernand Nault’s version of The Nutcracker by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens has filled Montreal’s largest stage at Place des Arts during the month of December. Since 2014, Nault’s Nutcracker has also drawn audiences to the elegant Janacek Theatre in Brno, the second-largest city in the Czech Republic, in a production