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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Still Nuts About The Nutcracker: Celebrating 25 Years of a Holiday Tradition at the National Ballet of Canada

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Heather Ogden and Christopher Gerty in The Nutcracker . (Photo: Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada) As the curtain r...
Monday, December 9, 2024

A Lesser Lear, and a Greater

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Kenneth Branagh in King Lear . (Photo: Johan Persson) You can see the problem with the imported two-hour-without-intermission King Lear , co...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Silent Heartbreak at the National Ballet Of Canada

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Harrison James and Svetlana Lunkina with Artists of the Ballet in Giselle . (Photo:Aleksandar Antonijevic) Giselle is more than just a ball...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Liquid Moonlight: The National Ballet of Canada’s 2024 Winter Season

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Christopher Gerty and Hannah Galway in Silent Screen . (Photo: Bruce Zinger) Last Saturday night, the National Ballet of Canada launched its...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Five for One and One for All

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Nathan Darrow in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . (Photo: T. Charles Erickson) The Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson wrote two of the most enchanti...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Cries in the Night: Children of Film Noir – Nocturnarama, A Noir Childhood

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. ‎BearManor Media (June 2023). “Nailing down a coffin lid is far easier than nailing down a universally agreed upon definition of the term ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Past Lives: Lives Unlived, Lives Unremembered

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Teo Yoo, Greta Lee and John Magaro in Past Lives . One of the most familiar tropes in sci-fi and fantasy narratives – especially recently –...