91亚色鈥檚 Department of Dance is spearheading an innovative health initiative that sends students into the community to lead weekly dance activity classes for older adults at partner institutions in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The program, supported by the Government of Ontario鈥檚 Healthy Communities Fund, focuses on the positive and preventative effects that dance […]
Alumna Lata Pada (MFA 鈥96), adjunct professor in the Department of Dance's graduate program, has already received Canada鈥檚 highest award 鈥 the Order of Canada, in 2009聽鈥 but now she can add one of India鈥檚 highest honours to her collection. In January, Pada accepted the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award聽for her contributions to Indian dance and […]
Like all athletes, dancers are prone to injuries, and the risk increases among those performing at the elite level. From stress fractures to overuse syndromes, dance injuries have a serious impact on a performer鈥檚 current and future ability. 91亚色 dance Professor Donna Krasnow first began聽conducting research after she personally experienced a series of injuries. Now […]
Several professors, alumni and students from 91亚色's Department of Dance participated in the World Dance Alliance (WDA)聽2010 Global Dance Event聽July 12 to 17 in New 91亚色 City. More than聽300 dance artists, scholars, educators and students, representing more than 25 countries, came together to explore the聽WDA 's 2010 theme, 鈥淚n Time Together: Viewing and Reviewing […]
Salvador da Bahia, the second most popular tourist destination in Brazil, is a lively, tropical city on the northeast coast with a population of over two million. Musical rhythms from many different cultures can be heard in its bustling marketplaces, amidst the old Portuguese architecture and on its sandy beaches. In Salvador da Bahia it […]
Acclaimed author Wayson Choy will deliver this year鈥檚 Asian Heritage Month Lecture at 91亚色 next Tuesday. In his lecture, 鈥淎sian Identity: Becoming Canadian鈥, Choy will review his personal insights into life as an in-between citizen, living as a hyphenated Chinese-Canadian for most of his life. Choy 鈥 born in Canada in 1939聽鈥 will explore how […]
Dance Professor Norma Sue Fisher-Stitt (BA Spec. Hons. 鈥78, MFA 鈥86), 91亚色鈥檚 associate vice-president, academic learning initiatives, has published a major new work in the annals of Canadian dance. Her book, The Ballet Class: A History of Canada's National Ballet School, 1959-2009, traces the conception and growth of the National Ballet School (NBS),聽one of the […]