ballet | The Walrus

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The Plague Story We’re Living Through

April 16, 2020May 1, 2020 - by Michael Lista

Romeo and Juliet reminds us that all the best human things are unhygienic—sex, kissing, a touch from the person you love

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Justice

Why I Decided to Join a Class Action Against the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

October 23, 2019October 25, 2019 - by Serena McCarroll

I have been speaking out about alleged misconduct and abuse of power for years. Now seventy other women have added their own voices

Arts & Culture / March 2018

Can Choreography Help Us Understand the Refugee Crisis?

February 28, 2018August 6, 2019 - by Martha Schabas

Crystal Pite will change the way you think about dance

Theatre

Self and Soul

June 10, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Daniel Baird

The National Ballet’s adaptation of Le Petit Prince is a journey back to childhood

March 2014 / Theatre

Body Politics

March 6, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Kaija Pepper

Ballet BC leaps into the twenty-first century

Arts & Culture / May 2012

Stories With Legs

May 12, 2012October 25, 2019 - by Kaija Pepper

Danced in socks and bare feet, Crystal Pite’s edgy choreography has been dubbed the future of ballet. “Modern dance” is an outdated term. Maybe “ballet” is, too