The Magic Flute Aug 8, 7:30pm; Aug 10, 2pm Sir James Dunn Theatre 6101 University Avenue $20 W hen Nina Scott-Stoddart, artistic director of the Halifax Summer Opera Festival, steps into the spotlight to introduce The Magic Flute, she tactfully draws our attention to both the beauty of the music and the antiquated libretto. She […]
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Scotia Festival of Music and Chris Wilcox: 40 years and 40 festivals
O ften referred to as the “music of friends,” chamber music has stood the test of time as a genre that, from the Medieval period to present day, has relied on the cohesion, synchronicity and mutual respect of all involved. For musicians of the genre, the intimate sense of community, memories and moments shared are […]
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The MAN show
It’s no easy feat for a solo performer to keep an audience spellbound on their own. For Norwegian choreographer Sølvi Edvardsen, dancer Sudesh Adhana is one of the few artists capable of such a feat. Though the pair have been collaborating for years, she remembers the first time she saw Adhana perform like it was […]
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Mocean Dance’s new Versions
These Versions of Us April 26-28, 8pm Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue $20-$30 For the final production of its season, Mocean Dance is turning dance inside out. From April 26-28, the company will present These Versions of Us, a new work by Toronto-based choreographer Heidi Strauss that forwent fixed steps and was instead […]
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Dancing to the power of women at Prismatic
“R e-Quickening is the first moment a woman feels life in her womb,” says Santee Smith. “When a baby starts to move and you feel that life, that is a term called ‘re-quickening.’ In my Mohawk background we have a re-quickening address, which is about bringing people back to wholeness and wellness.” Smith is the […]
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Slut provides a jumping off point for larger discussions
Slut August 24-26 Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Ave free What is a “slut?” That’s a question that’s been on the minds of over a dozen Halifax women who are bringing Katie Capiello’s play, Slut to the stage, presented by LunaSea Theatre Company. It follows 16-year-old Joey del Marco’s deposition in her sexual assault […]
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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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Open Waters music festival swims against the mainstream
Open Waters Festival 2017 January 6-10 Sir James Dunn Theatre, The Company House $10-$25 at Dal Box Office Festival passes $55-$60 The Open Waters Festival is about to flood two local venues with events featuring “exploratory music.” Lukas Pearse is the artistic director of the Upstream Music Association, which presents these events every year. He […]
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James Ehnes wants to play for you
James Ehnes’ virtuosic talent feels like a force of nature. Making sounds that are sometimes bombastic and often impressively nuanced, he plays the violin with a confidence and an elegance that are nearly unparalleled. Now, on the occasion of his 40th birthday—celebrated in January—Ehnes has been hitting the road to play compositions both new and […]
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Juxtapose is a performance to smash the patriarchy
From Thursday to Saturday, Live Art Dance presents the North American premiere of a one-hour duet between Finnish-born choreographer Cecilia Moisio and Polish performer Katarzyna Sitarz. Juxtapose is an interdisciplinary feminist dance that’s frilly but fierce, subdued yet savage. Moisio explored these seeming contradictions in a recent conversation (Q&A has been edited and condensed). How does […]
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Dive into Open Waters
“There the jazz archipelago and the classical archipelago. They can be traversed, it’s not impassable, there’s no barriers between them, except maybe distance,” says Lukas Pearse, the artistic director of this year’s Open Waters Festival. From Thursday to Sunday, Upstream Music will collaborate with Symphony Nova Scotia, SuddenlyListen and more for 14 extraordinary music events. […]
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Triple treat
From Thursday to Saturday, Live Art Dance is bringing together several forms of art for very special performances. One set will be performed by the Montreal-based Canadian-Swedish dance duo Tentacle Tribe, choreographed to reflect contemporary dance and modern hip-hop. The opening set will be a unique collaboration between Halifax MC Ghettosocks, Toronto rapper NiLLa and […]