By Elaine Gaertner The Noverre Society — Friends of Ballet, founded in 1958 by ballet enthusiast Fritz Höver, was named to honour 18th-century dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre, whose treatise, Lettres sur la dance and sur les ballets, revolutionized the art of ballet. In 1961, Höver joined forces with Stuttgart Ballet director John Cranko and
By Michael Crabb Toronto’s 2019-2020 dance season was heralded in October by the fifth annual edition of Fall For Dance North, a sampler of Canadian and foreign companies representing everything from meticulously stylized Indian classical dance to no-holds-barred urban moves, frequently with live musical accompaniment. Apart from FFDN’s high profile mainstage shows, made as affordable
By Deborah Jones This year Bangarra Dance Theatre marks three decades of existence, a fine achievement for a contemporary dance company. It is, however, the merest sliver of time compared with the 65,000 years of First Nations history and culture that informs everything Bangarra does. Why, then, did the celebratory anniversary program include Jirí Kylián’s