By Holly Harris All season long, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet eagerly danced toward the zenith of its milestone 80th anniversary season, a retrospective slated to run at the Centennial Concert Hall in May. The mixed bill would have featured a trio of the company’s signature works chosen to celebrate the vision and legacy of three
By Holly Harris Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers began its 55th season this fall by welcoming new artistic director Jolene Bailie. The Winnipeg-born-and-raised dance artist and graduate of the Professional Program of the School of Contemporary Dancers was appointed last February, following a nearly yearlong international search, with Bailie taking over from Brent Lott, who led the
by Holly Harris There’s little doubt that HIV/AIDS has changed the dance world forever, with many artists lost since the pandemic first took hold during the 1980s. It has also fueled generations of choreographers to create powerful works as an artistic response. The premiere of Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers As Though I Had Wings by artistic