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 biggest single event of the 2021 Fall For Dance North Festival, September 11 to October 29, was the screening before a live 450-member audience in Toronto’s 3,200-seat Meridian Hall of a triple bill of films called Signature Program — this despite the fact that according to recently eased public health mandates