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“Third time is the charm” could have easily been the mantra for the 2021 Chinook Fund Fundraising Dinner held Mach 3 in the Hemingway Room at The Commons. The…

“Third time is the charm” could have easily been the mantra for the 2021 Chinook Fund Fundraising Dinner held Mach 3 in the Hemingway Room at The Commons. The…

Thursday, May 13th In partnership with the National Arts Centre (NAC), Springboard Performance is proud to present three new livestream performances as part of #DanceForth, a new series from NAC Dance that supports and celebrates the Canadian dance milieu through residency and performance opportunities nationwide. Place/Is a city written on this body? is a solo trilogy of cities with significant professional, personal and bodily impact on interpreter Rosanna Terracciano inlcuding Na...

Article content A mural at Sunnyside’s containR park has been painted over, just days after the brilliantly colourful image was finished on Saturday. Elena Bushan’s lush painting of a young girl included an owl flying off with a worn blue mask with the words “Let Us Breathe” imprinted on it. The image was also on her Instagram account where it included the hashtags #letchildrenbreathe, #unmaskourkids and #stopchildabuse. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing yo...

The Globe and Mail Newsletter Nestruck on Theatre: Three cheers for a summer of theatre liberated from Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (and Big Shakespeare too)! Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Stoo Metz Photography Here are a couple of great pieces of theatre news out of Prin...

Wednesday, April 14th In partnership with Digidance, Springboard Performance is proud to offer a new film celebrating Red Sky Performance’s 20th anniversary story as a leading company of contemporary Indigenous performance in Canada and worldwide. More Than Dance, We Are A Movement contains excerpts from their award-winning work and interviews with collaborators who have participated in this remarkable journey. This film captures the creative drive of founder and Artistic Director...

The mission of Red Sky Performance is “to create inspiring experiences of contemporary Indigenous arts and culture that transform society.” The new film More Than a Dance, We Are a Movement marks the 20th anniversary of dance company Red Sky Performance. It’s being presented online April 14-20, 2021, by the Digidance initiative (which includes Alberta’s Springboard Performance.) Sandra Laronde, founder, Artistic & Executive Director of Red Sky Performance.