In this issue: "Athletic Art" by Ainsley Hawthorn, "That's a Wrap", "Empty Seats at the Table" by Tracey Norman, "Let’s Talk About Chronic Pain" by Sima Chowdhury, "Gurdeep Pandher: Teaching and uplifting from the North" by Saad Rajper, "Heath V. Salazar: Manifesting politics into drag" by Emily Latimer, "The List: What Inspires Guinevere Last?", "Hunger and Humility" by Brannavy Jeyasundaram, "What Lies Ahead?" by Patricia Allison, "Check it Out: @danceprompts" by Anne Dion, "The difference between mobility and flexibility" by Erika Mayall, "Poetry: serenade" by Kendra Guidolin

In this issue: "Dragged Home: Dropping anchor in Newfoundland’s drag scene" by Josh Murphy, "On Indigeneity: Unboxing the term 'Indigenous artist' with three generations" by Ange Loft, Byron Chief-Moon and Rayn Cook-Thomas, "102 Years of Beautiful Resistance: An excerpt from It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970" curated by Seika Boye, "To Profit or Not to Profit? Potential problems with the non-profit structure, and other options for artists" by Amy Hull, "Recovering Stolen Dances" by KJ Dowdie, "Talking With Nature" by Robyn Grant-Moran, "Dancing Spirit" by Joyce Fu, "Artifex" by Anne Dion, "To Our Teachers" by Eric Wright, Daphne Simon, Alana Simon, "movement is the medicine" poetry by Jasmin Bollman

"Travis Knights Wants His Own Table" By Catherine Abes; "Digital Uprising" By Jillian Groening; "Heart of the City Festival: A Retrospective"; "Presenters, What Do You Expect?" By Robyn Grant-Moran; "Scotiabank Dance Centre Celebrates 20 Years of Community Impact" By Anne Dion; "Breaking Glass Ceilings" By KJ Dowdie; "In the Throes of Wild Abandonment" By Roxy Menzies; "The Career Chronicles Part 3" By Emily Pettet; "Back to School" By Geneviève Renaud, Dinah Hampson; "A Playful Life" By Kara Latta; "Reforming a Broken Relationship" By Kristen Lawson; "To Our Teachers" By Christina de la Cruz, Samyuktha Punthambekar, Patricia Allison; "Cone Vision" By sarah koekkoek

In this issue: "I Am Pride" curated by Ralph Escamillan, "The Road Out" by Candice Irwin, "Dance Criticism: Perceptions, challenges and the future", "What Kind of World Do We Want?" by Robyn Grant-Moran, "Toronto Arts Council’s Black Arts Granting Program" by Anne Dion, "Checking In With the Mental Health of Performing Artists", "The Career Chronicles Part II" by Emily Pettet, "Soften Up" by Dr. Blessyl Buan, "Neighbourhood Dance Works Turns 40", "Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame", "The Winding Staircase to a Safer Place" by Giulia Tripoli, "Into a Malleable Flame" by Jérema Hewitt, "Poetry: The Reciting Body" by Emma Morris

In this issue: "The Definition of Sexy" by Robyn Grant-Moran, "Even Though No One Is Watching" by Adrien Barrieau, "On the Brink" by Dylan Schoenmakers, "Writing With A Sharp Pencil" by Grace Wells-Smith, "Can Everything Just End" by Stephen Low, "CoLABenDirect" by Anne Dion, "The Career Chronicles" by Emily Pettet, "Hard Landings" by Surabhi Veitch, "Leap [digitally] Forward" by Laura Murray and Brian Paterson, "Just What the Therapist Ordered" by Gina Fernandez, Summer Dance Directory, "Living in the Movement" by Sandra Lamouche, "the value of our form" by Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, "my body remembers" by Alex Mah

In this issue: "The Chaos of Possibility" by Jillian Groening, "Ballet in the Streets", "Honing Resiliency" by Lee Slinger, "Clicking Refresh" by Kallee Lins, "Circling Back to Healing" by Joy Henderson, "BIPOC Dance Health Directory" by Anne Dion, "Adding Colour to Dance Health" by Blessyl Buan, "You've Got Mail" by Dylan Schoenmackers, "Five Strategies for Teaching Hands-Off" by Scotty Mac, "Why I left Toronto" by Samyuktha Punthambekar, "Defining Posture and Alignment" by Donna H. Krasnow and Andrea E. Downie, "Poetry: Jamaican" by Peter Chin

In this issue: "(Literally) Dancing to Her Own Tune" by Brannavy Jeyasundaram, "Masks, Beads and Ribbons" by Jonathan Elliott, "All That We Are" by Ravyn Ariah Wngz, "Where Do We Go From Here?" by Patricia Allison, "Matthew 'Creeasian' Wood: The connections between hip hop and powwow" by Jillian Groening, "Zab Maboungou: Since being featured in 2003, she has been racking up awards" by Collette Murray, "The List: What Inspires Rosario Ancer?", "Avoiding Cultural Appropriation in Competitive Dance" by Ming-Bo Lam, "Three Reasons to Be At Peace With A Less-than-perfect Response to COVID-19" by Onika Green, "Check it Out: Essays from Made in BC's 2019 Creative Residency" by Anne Dion, "Poetry: Dancing the Contours of Protest" by Susanne Zelazo

In this issue: "Andrew Nemr: Welcome to Tap Dance Land" by Philip Szporer, "Out of Studio" by Alvin Collantes, Mika Manning and Marlowe Porter, "Spinning Around Stigma" by Kendra Guidolin, "How Do You Understand Your Work As Queer?" by Stephen Low, "Faye and Bryant Lopez: 'Like Fred Astaire dancing on the wall'." By Leah Borts-Kuperman, "Tatiana Lerebours: An Apprenticeship Full of Obstacles" By Dylan Schoenmakers, "The List: What inspires Lisa Odjig?", "Dancing (or not) Through Loss" Kathleen Rea, "What About the Teachers?", "The Home Studio" by Dr. Blessyl Buan, reflections on the role of the dancer during the COVID-19 crisis, a message from the Canadian Dance Assembly.

In this issue: "Yvonne Chartrand: An artist awakened" by Tessa Perkins Deneault. "Judgment-Free: How educators are teaching dance for all bodies" by Deanna Paolantonio. "Immigrant Lessons: What it means to coexist." "Dancing on a Fine Line: Does hype choreography cloud cultural appropriation?" by Esie Mensah. PLUS: Tanya Burka: The science of silks. Lorna Geddes's six-decade career with The National Ballet of Canada. Thoughts about how the dance community is handling the COVID-19 crisis.

The scoop, the action, the issues, the artists! Inclusive of all genres, The Dance Current is a magazine that takes the reader inside the art and culture of dance in Canada.

In this Issue: "Moving toward confidence" by Francesca D'Amico-Cuthbert. "It's Time". "Getting the Part - Ensuring Safety at Dance Auditions" by Kendra Guidolin. "Born Flexible: Managing Hypermobility" by Andrea Downie. PLUS: "Organic Mechanic". "Do You Call Yourself a Dancer." "A Tiny Partner". "Reflections"

In this Issue: 
"Marilyn Yadultin Jensen and the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers" by Aimée Dawn Robinson. "Images from Undivided Colours." "Cross-Pollination: Making Space for Movement in Canadian opera" by Michael Zarathus-Cook. "A View From the Middle: An intergenerational conversation about dance curation" by Ann-Marie Williams. PLUS: "Kiara DeNae Felder: A Balancing Act." "Healing From the Ground Up: Experiencing Reflexology from the other side of the table." "Building Empathy: Introducing social justice to students through dance."

In this issue: "A Second Homecoming for Chan Hon Goh" by Jillian Groening. "The Politics of Form" by Robert Kingsbury. "Leading the Corps" by Grace Wells-Smith. PLUS: An App for Mapping Choreography. Dance Victoria's Choreographic Lab. Summer Rehab: How to avoid overuse injuries by Dr.Mikaela Buchli-Kelly.

In this issue: "Fly Lady Di: All Hail the Queen" by Jillian Groening. "In-Between Moments with Francesca Chudnoff." "The Shoestring Renaissance: A survey of current screendance events and artists in Canada" by George Turnbull. "All that Glitters...: How do studios decide to compete?" By Grace Wells-Smith. 

PLUS: Stéphanie Audet: Building on determination. Hiding and Revealing: What learning to work with masks can teach dancers. Dancing and Doctors: Communicating with health-care professionals.

In this issue: "France Geoffroy: New Dance Vocabularies" by Shay Erlich. "Submerged: Dancing Underwater." "Dancing Words into Being: Three performance works inspired by poetry" by Carolyn Boll.  "Myth-Busting: What dance artists wish people knew about their practice."  

PLUS: Micha St-Pierre: Accessing the atmospheric. The Slowest Person in the Room: Composing music for dance. Real Change from School to Stage.

In this issue: 
"Shay Kuebler: Loud and Clear" by Rachel Maddock. "Unzipped: Burlesque groups across Canada and their bold political work." "The Red Wall: How social media is changing commercial dance in Canada" by Deanne Kearney. "Transforming with Intent: Community-engaged art practices" by charles c. smith.
 
PLUS: Nikola Steer: Seeking the swing of a dip. Physical Literacy for Dancers.
Telling Stories of Oppression: A discussion of truth, process and objective  in No Woman's Land.

In this issue: "Natasha Powell's Vernacular" by Collete Murray. "Embodied Economies: A dialogue about dance, performance and creation in late capitalism" by Jillian Groening.  Gallery feature by Damian Siquerios in Photo-Painting.  "Beginnings are Everywhere" by Jane Gabriels, reflecting on her experience at the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival. PLUS: Jerimy Rivera: Fluent in form. Check it Out: The Story of Heather Williams.  Singing Feet: A tap teacher teaching a tap teacher.

In this issue: "The Enchanted Spaces of Isabelle Van Grimde" by Philip Szporer. "Resurrections: Two new projects reimagine century-old works." "Collective Copyright: Navigating authorship within contemporary dance" by Lee Slinger. "Dancehall Diplomacy: How music and movement can be a vessel for intercultural learning, social change and economic development" by Ola Mirzoeva. 

PLUS: Fan: Simple props and precious partners. Jera Wolfe: Coming full circle. Fear and Moving: The ethics and risk of choreography.

In this issue: "The Deliberate Footing of Neena Jayarajan" by Brannavy Jeyasundaram.

"In Review: The Dance Current looks back at a year of dance writing."

"Caribana is Our Stage: Embodying tradition, ritual and art in Canadian Carnival" by Kevin Ormsby. 

"Give Me a Break: Confronting sexism in ballet culture" by Deirdre Kelly.

PLUS: Diving In: A manifesto for a feminist pedagogy in dance. From Stage to Screen: Roberto Campanella. Rina Pellerin: Walking the walk. Rest to Keep Perspective.

In this issue: "Nath Keo: That 'Shiver Quality'" by Grace Smith with Editorial Advisor Yasmina Ramsay. "Provocations: Dance artists address their communities" by Kate Stashko, Dr. Seika Boye, Lee Su-Feh, Angie Cheng, Ravyn Ariah Wngz, Jenn Goodwin, Olivia Davies, Vivek Patel, Robyn Breen, Aimée Dawn Robinson and Gerry Morita.  "Creative Critique: What is the future of dance criticism in Canada?" by Brittany Duggan.
PLUS: Musical Chairs: Sitting in on a Wheel Dance class. Full Out: Krump pioneer Valerie "Taminator" Chartier builds strength and strength of character. Tracing Blackness: Mpoe Mogale on the weight of representation.

In this issue: "Tanya Lukin Linklater: Elemental Conversation" by Brandy Leary.  "Inviting Contradiction: The women of LA TRESSE Collective" by Geneviève Boulet, Erin O'Loughlin and Laura Toma. "Policy Initiatives: As voices emerge, organizations scramble to build scaffolding for support" by Kallee Lins. "What We Carry With Us: A conversation about intergenerational exchange" by Alexa Mardon. 
PLUS: Intergenerational Vogue Communities. Re-Imagining Dance Training with Nu-DanCe. Intuitive Choices: Scott Fowler. Healthy Turnout, Happy Dancer.

In this issue: "Céline Cassone: Magnetic Candour" by Philip Szporer. "Hopak Across Canada: A look at Ukrainian dance traditions and innovations" by Inga Bekbudova and Andrea Roberts. "Domesticating Dance: Magical encounters in everyday spaces" by Helen Simard.  "Recreating vs. Representing: An intersectional dialogue about gendered violence onstage" by Amelia Ehrhardt. 
PLUS: Cross-Canada Check In.  Moving Past the Fear Factor. Daina Ashbee: In the deep end and on the edge. The Silence After the Applause: Dealing with post-performance depression.

In this issue: "Casimiro Nhussi: A Driving Force" by Jillian Groening. "Northern Romance: The wild success of bachata in Canada" by Geovanny Ricardo and Kim Ramos. "Embodying Nijinksy: Dancing history and myth at The National Ballet of Canada" by Patty Argyrides. "Decolonizing Dance Stages: Presenters talk about breaking barriers" by Rhodnie Désir.  "Dancing from the Grassroots: Thoughts and provocations from the World Dance Alliance Global Summit" by Tanya Evidente, Kristin Harris Walsh and Evadne Kelly.
PLUS: Precious Pixels. Teaching Gender-Fluid Partner Dancing. Breaking the Mould: Sze-Yang Ade-Lam. Put Your Best Foot Forward.

In this issue: "Liliona Quarmyne: Searching for the questions" by Michael Lake.  "Putting the K in Canada: How krumpers across the country are shaping their communities" by Lucy May, with editorial advice from Vladimir "7Starr" Laurore.  "The Virtual is Sensual: Dance's fascination with augmented reality" by Hilary Bergen. "Classical Forms in the Current Moment: Three artists consider their relationship with technique" by Aparita Bhandari. PLUS: DIY Screen Dance. September Support: Suggestions for dance educators. Complex Textures: Simon Renaud. Hands in Motion.

In this issue: "Hanna Kiel: Life, Creativity and Persistence" by Colleen Snell.  "Moving Spirit: Indigenous dance artists from across Canada" collated and written by Semiah Smith.  "Moving Forward, Looking Back: A special three-part feature on the past, present and future of dance in Canada" by Carol Anderson, Kate Stashko and Helen Simard. "The Politics of Dance: The current moment of arts advocacy at the federal level" by Kate Cornell.  PLUS: Working in the United States. Moving Relationships: Eryn Dace Trudell. Business and Brotherhood: Scott Forsyth. The Mechanics of Healthy Turns.

In this issue: "Alone and Together: Lisa Gelley of Company 605 investigates the group mind" by Zoe Quinn. "Healing as Performative Practice: Archiving the Young Lungs Dance Exchange Research Series" Photos by Leif Norman and text by Jillian Groening. "Broadening the Stage: Body diversity, Representation and Inclusivity" by Cristina Matteis. "Legacies: Three Leading South Asian Dance Artists and Teachers Discuss Creating Communities and Sharing Knowledge" by Aparita Bhandari. PLUS: Managing Childcare . Teaching in Small Communities . Weaving Movement with Olivia C. Davies. Hip Help.

In this issue: “Poetic Désir: A profile of Rhodnie Désir, an artist trying to make connections across borders”
By George Stamos . “Young in Spirit: A photo essay exploring the active role of seniors in Canadian dance”
By Rachel Silver . “The Great Divide: Dance creators discuss the opportunities and tensions of making art with amateurs”
By Mark Mann . “Creating Safe Spaces: A conversation about abuse prevention in dance training” By Marie France Forcier . 
PLUS: Ensuring Your Financial Future . Melissa Klassen Tumbles to the Forefront . Moving in Time with Pulga Muchochoma . 
Backstage at Paraskevas Terezakis’s In Penumbra . + Summer Dance Directory

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