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Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport. But Frankie Perez wants to show the world that breaking still thrives in the streets

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Podcasts

Dance is a Universal Language

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 - by Menaka Thakkar

S3E18 of The Conversation Piece

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June 2021 / Society

Welcome to the Manor: Church by Day, Strip Club by Night

May 12, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Drew Nelles

Saturday nights are for dancing, but Sunday mornings are for Jesus

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Arts & Culture

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, 2018February 5, 2022 - by Martha Schabas

Crystal Pite will change the way you think about dance

Uncategorized

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

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July/August 2014

What a Feeling!

June 23, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Bill Reynolds

The high-minded writer behind Flashdance the Musical

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May 2014

Historic Drag

April 22, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Sarah Milroy

Kent Monkman’s new show redresses colonial art

March 2014

Body Politics

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

Ballet BC leaps into the twenty-first century

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