81 stories by "Martha Schabas"
The adaptation of the classic French novella is the National Ballet's first full-length commission in more than a decade
Marienbad was intriguing from the outset on account of the collaboration between a renowned veteran choreographer and a young, ubiquitous Toronto playwright
Is Ballet BC's all-female program of choreographers the exception to the rule? Few of them seem to be interested in discussing the gender politics
By assembling a team of internationally renowned indigenous women artists, she's put together an interdisciplinary show called Re-Quickening, which opens at Toronto's Fleck Dance Theatre nex…
National Ballet of Canada principal dancer triumphed in Russia performing as Albrecht in Giselle
One of the most exciting aspects of Singular Bodies, the Toronto Dance Theatre's current show " a collaboration between 10 dancers and 11 local visual artists " is its steadfast minimalism
In the Canadian Opera Company's upcoming production in Toronto, the title role will be played by two rising international stars with quite diverging takes on the role
The play, by the young, critically lauded British playwright, is about the famous Tank Man photo from the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The National Ballet's Mixed Spring Program features two Balanchine ballets, Rubies and The Four Temperaments, alongside Ekman's Cacti
Canadian dancer Rachael McLaren she faced repeated rejections from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. She moved to New York and was invited to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2…
It has a hauntingly timeless quality " the story tragic, ineluctable, and then so excruciatingly familiar
Using formations that shift between solos, duets and unified ensemble work, the piece has a delightfully charming messiness
The season full of opulent story ballets and repertoire classics, then contemporary work by Wayne McGregor, John Neumeier and Jerome Robbins
The New York/Toronto Project features works of New York-based choreographers Joanna Kotze and Jeanine Durning
Toronto theatre to show Michèle Anne De Mey and Jaco Van Dormael's Kiss and Cry and Cold Blood back-to-back
New production is the first major artistic project to come out of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission " even though ballet is bereft of First Nations dancers
Baker's latest creation, showing at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto, reflects her ever-increasing obsession with teamwork
Henrik Ibsen's divisive character is jealous and cruel, but a new production starring Cara Ricketts focuses on her desperation to project herself into parallel lives
Ballet depends on total, even irrational, self-reliance, and this makes the devotion to it so absolute and exhilarating
What is a moving body uniquely able to express about loss, desire, rage, sensuality, joy " all the vital human stuff?
What is a moving body uniquely able to express about loss, desire, rage, sensuality, joy " all the vital human stuff?
The Mississauga-raised soloist performs Three Muses, a concert of four solos, at the inaugural TOES For Dance Festival in Toronto this weekend
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's adaptation of The Winter's Tale comes to the National Ballet in Canada
Denise Fujiwara's adaptation of Eunoia uses choreography to parralel text, sometimes feeling too clever but Dancemakers' Rosé Porn, a free-flowing conceptual movement about heartache and lo…
Toronto Dance Theatre choreographer and artistic director talks about how his methods have changed, and stayed the same, over 21 years, and discusses the company's newest piece, Echo
