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By Rhonda Ryman Ryman’s Dictionary is a guide to the complex language of Classical Ballet compiled by one of the world’s leading experts on the language of dance. Rhonda Ryman has spent more than 30 years exploring the complexity and evolution of Classical Ballet terminology, aided by her expertise in kinesiology, Laban and Benesh notation…
By Kaija Pepper Vancouver’s Kay Armstrong was applauded for her Flamenco style dances. She was a former member of the corps de ballet at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. She had appeared in the Broadway musical Show Boat. Yet, as dance writer Kaija Pepper astutely notes in her examination of Armstrong’s career,…
By Kaija Pepper Vancouver-based Peter Bingham has been a driving force in Canada’s contact improvisation scene for 30 years. Influenced by his early training with dancer/choreographer Linda Rubin, he later studied with American proponents of contact, Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith. In 1977, he co-founded Fulcrum with Andrew Harwood and Helen Clarke and the…
By Kaija Pepper It was the same in every new town … the saloons came first then the general store then a church next there was a bank and then a theatre Vigour, variety and imagination have consistently characterized dance in Vancouver. In the earliest days of the city, dance was a small part of…
LOW STOCK – ONLY 1 COPY AVAILABLE Compiled and Edited by Carol Anderson This remarkable collection of original essays captures the indefinable, the instance of inspiration, the fleeting image, the passionate moment that is the essence of dance. This Passion is the work of 18 authors, all of them dance professionals, as they reflect in…
By Mary Jane Warner In May, 1822, a newspaper advertisement in the Town of York, Upper Canada, later to become Toronto, informed readers that Mrs. Cockburn, would be including dance in her school’s curriculum. Over the next 100 years, dance would evolve through a fascinating array of styles and techniques ranging from fancy dress balls,…
By Carol Anderson with a foreword by Mikhail Baryshnikov Edmonton-born Peggy Baker is acclaimed as one of the most outstanding dance artists of her generation. For decades, she has influenced dancers in both modern dance and ballet, and has captivated audiences across North America, Asia and Europe. Baker has worked with the world’s leading dance…
LATEST RELEASE! Written and Curated by Brannavy Jeyasundaram Foreword by Peggy Baker We Will Remember This: Nova Bhattacharya’s Svāhā! holds a moment in the life of a dance company and its artistic work during the global pandemic. With shuttered theatres and empty rehearsal halls, dance artists searched for new ways of working when all performances stopped and close…
LATEST RELEASE! (eBook Version) Written and Curated by Brannavy Jeyasundaram Foreword by Peggy Baker We Will Remember This: Nova Bhattacharya’s Svāhā! holds a moment in the life of a dance company and its artistic work during the global pandemic. With shuttered theatres and empty rehearsal halls, dance artists searched for new ways of working when all performances stopped…
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