Gold Winner Maritime Bhangra Group Silver Winner Halifax Dance Bronze Winner Serpentine Studios The five men of the Maritime Bhangra Group have continued their happiness journey across the country, raising money for charity (over $300K so far) and being ambassadors for Nova Scotia. This included an appearance on The Rick Mercer Report in March—Mercer wore […]
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Best Dance Company / Group
Gold Winner Maritime Bhangra Group Silver Winner Halifax Dance Bronze Winner Serpentine Studio Five of the happiest souls you’ve ever met have made an impact on Halifax and beyond in the past year, dancing their way into your hearts (and votes). What started as a YouTube sensation has transferred into real life, seeing Hasmeet Singh […]
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Lazier focus
There Might Be Others Directed and choreographed by Rebecca Lazier, music by Dan Trueman Sunday, June 4 at 7pm Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue $35 scotiafestival.ns.ca/concerts-tickets What happens when 15 dancers and 12 musicians take the stage together? “People who have seen the show before say it feels like humanity in action,” says […]
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Kinetic Studio’s open series
Open Studio Series March 18-19, 8pm DANSpace-on-Grafton Pre-Show: Lucy M. May 7pm Performances by Rhonda Baker (Halifax) Sarah Wendt (Montréal/Charlottetown) Ellen Furey (Montréal) Susan Wolf (Halifax/Toronto) Lucy M. May (Montréal) Kinetic Studio is dancing the night away with the final installation of its Open Studio series. Taking place around the city this month and this […]
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Six ways to LOL and get swole
Aquacize Centennial Pool, 1970 Gottingen Street Fitness, in a pool. It’s a funny enough concept on its own. It’s also a head-to-toe workout, accessible to any level of athleticism. Centennial has a whole bunch of options for class times (find the full schedule on its website) but the editor’s pick? Experience a Saturday evening session […]
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Better together: five ways to get fit with friends
1 CrossFit ”If you attend three to four classes a week, you’ll notice improvements in strength, flexibility, coordination, body awareness and, most importantly, confidence,” says Mel Clarke, CrossFit coach at Blended Athletics (580 Wright Avenue). With tailored work-out plans, CrossFit requires consistency to see results but the strong sense of community mixed with achievable personal […]
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Halifax Dance’s 35th anniversary
Dreaming, desperate, devoted: Thirty-five years since the start of Halifax Dance, the challenges of making it here are pushing local dancers in all kinds of new directions.