By Rebecca Hope Terry There it is, a fresh split on the bottom of my thick-skinned dancer’s foot, just round the corner of the bunion. Looks like a fish gill, we used to say. To fix it, I dig out my little brown suitcase, full of safety devices. It’s been awhile since I have opened
By Michael Crabb The Toronto dance scene has sprung back to a close approximation of pre-pandemic normality with a welcome stampede of live performances by local and visiting artists. Dancer-choreographer Nova Bhattacharya was first out of the gate in September with the premiere of Svāhā!, a joyful work for an all-female 22-dancer cast. The title comes
By Michael Crabb The pandemic has presented dance artists everywhere with financial and creative challenges that no amount of resilience can easily overcome. It presents an existential threat that, even with the arrival of vaccines, shows no sign of vanishing any time soon. If you can’t make dances and perform them for audiences, what in