In this issue: "Mavis Staines: Life and Leadership in Dance" by Grace Elliott; "What Nurtures Blooming?", a collective photo essay; "I Bring My Dancer-Self Everywhere" by Emily Caruso Parnell; "Rusty Enough to Be New" by Roxy Menzies; "Marie Chouinard: The Early Years" by Clara Chemtov; "Rediscovering the Rhythm" by Genevieve Renaud; by "The Fifth Dance: Celebrating Five Years" and "Pole Dance, Opera 'and the Way They Come Together'" by The Dance Current staff

The scoop, the action, the issues, the artists! Inclusive of all genres, The Dance Current is a magazine that takes the reader inside the art and culture of dance in Canada.

In this issue: "Red River Jig Network" by Erin Joelle McCurdy; "Healthy Connections" by Geneviève Renaud; "Remembering Ethel Bruneau"; "Dancing the Parenting" by Lucy Fandel; "Dancer Transition Resource Centre Launches EVOLVE This Fall"; "Celebrating Danny Grossman" by Emily Pettet; "Family Matter(s)" by Candice Irwin; "Family Is What Moves Alongside Me" by Martin Austin; "Safe Lifting for Healthy Spines" by Joyce Fu; "The Clichettes" by Clara Chemtov

"Be Heintzman Hope Is Tending to Our Social Fabric" by Lucy Fandel; "Navigating a World of Intimacy" by Dylan Schoenmakers; "Reflections on Burlesque" by Swadhi Ranganee; "Pronoun(ced): Anecdotes of Identity in Dance Spaces" by Emily Losier; "Celebrating Canada's Oldest Drag Queen" by Clara Chemtov; "It's In the Bones!" by Genevieve Renaud; "An Exciting New Platform At the Intersection of Dance and Cinema" by Rachel Silver Maddock; "Dancers as Athletes" by Dr. Joyce Fu; "At Pactola Lake with My Boyfriend" by Ryan Bradshaw.

"Chosen Kinship: What does your community look like?"; "Directing the Lighthouse" by Josh Murphy; "Once More With Feeling"  by Grace Elliott, Serena Lopez, Candice Pike
and Dylan Schoenmakers; "Kunal Ranchod Is Staging Stories Ballet Rarely Tells" By Lucy Fandel; "25 Years of The Dance Current" by Clara Chemtov; "A Perfect Pairing"; "The Benefits of Community Dance Programs for Your Body and Mind" by Geneviève Renaud; "Creating an Economy of Care in the Arts" by Rachel Silver Maddock; "The Subtle but Mind-Blowing
Benefits of Yin Yoga for Movers" by Joyce Fu; "A New Name for a New Era"; "I Take to the Road" by Michèle Moss; "Finding flow with the floor" by Stephanie Tsabar.

"Staying Alive: Chai Folk Ensemble at (almost) 60" By Gdalit Neuman; "What We Wear" a photo essay; "The Patronage of Practice" by Brandy Leary; "Tradition in Our Times" By Swadhi Ranganee; "The Annual Black in Dance Conference and Festival" By Serena Lopez; "Out With the Heels, In With the Snowshoes" By Ryan Bradshaw; "Shuffle Along: Broadway's first all-Black musical stops in Toronto" By Clara Chemtov; "It's All in the Roots" By Anne Dion; "Who Is This Working For?" By Meera Kanageswaran and Arpita Bajpeyi; "night vision" By Peter Chin; "NARTHANA -- A dance" By Deepa Hettige.

In this issue: "Curious Linda" by Philip Szporer, "The Battle of Bodyshame" by Candice Irwin, "Academy of Peers" interview by Catherine Abes, "The Value of the Spirit" by Jenna Shummoogum, "The Place of Race" by Amy Hull, Sponsored: "The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Ushers in a Student-Centred Curriculum", "The Trailblazing Galway Sisters of St. John’s" by Donna Ball and Amy Bowring, "Ask the Chiropractor" by Stephen Gray, "Toronto-Born Choreography App Levels Up" by Anne Dion, "An Alternative Perspective" by Norah Wardell, "Sometimes I Am" by Mitchell Larsen.

"Rufi Oswaldo In Many Arenas" by Cristina Paolozzi; "Waves of Change" by Donna Ball; "Worth a Thousand Words" by Francesca Chudnoff, sarah koekkoek, Michaela Gerussi, Lauren Runions and Naishi Wang; "Inside a Changing Institution" hosted by Esie Mensah; "Little Red River Traditional Pow-Wow" by Ryan Bradshaw; "Queering the Studio" by Samantha Ketsa; "Tkaronto's Caribana Weekend" by Indigo Dowdie; "Ask the Chiropractor" by Stephen Gray; "The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies" by Valérie Herdes; "The Man I Am Today" by Willem Sadler; "lemons" by Amanda Pye.

In this issue: "In Tribute: Menaka Thakkar" by Dhriti Gupta; "From Moncton With Love" by Dhriti Gupta; "Rebuilding the Big Top" by Dylan Shoenmakers; "Tiny Showgoers" by Kallee Lins; "CoMotion Festival Set to be Biggest Disability Arts Festival in North America" by Serena Lopez; "What Is Blackness?" by KJ Dowdie; "Freeing My Body" by Maura García; "Long and Strong" by Surabhi Veitch; "Ask the Chiropractor" by Stephen Gray; "The Dance Teacher (Not the Doctor) Is In" by Genviève Renaud; "There Is Always a Spot" by Gwendolyn Mitchell; "Chezzetcook (an excerpt)" by George Stamos.

In this issue: "Dragged Home: Dropping anchor in Newfoundland’s drag scene" by Josh Murphy, "On Indigeneity: Unboxing the term 'Indigenous artist' with three generations" by Ange Loft, Byron Chief-Moon and Rayn Cook-Thomas, "102 Years of Beautiful Resistance: An excerpt from It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970" curated by Seika Boye, "To Profit or Not to Profit? Potential problems with the non-profit structure, and other options for artists" by Amy Hull, "Recovering Stolen Dances" by KJ Dowdie, "Talking With Nature" by Robyn Grant-Moran, "Dancing Spirit" by Joyce Fu, "Artifex" by Anne Dion, "To Our Teachers" by Eric Wright, Daphne Simon, Alana Simon, "movement is the medicine" poetry by Jasmin Bollman

"Travis Knights Wants His Own Table" By Catherine Abes; "Digital Uprising" By Jillian Groening; "Heart of the City Festival: A Retrospective"; "Presenters, What Do You Expect?" By Robyn Grant-Moran; "Scotiabank Dance Centre Celebrates 20 Years of Community Impact" By Anne Dion; "Breaking Glass Ceilings" By KJ Dowdie; "In the Throes of Wild Abandonment" By Roxy Menzies; "The Career Chronicles Part 3" By Emily Pettet; "Back to School" By Geneviève Renaud, Dinah Hampson; "A Playful Life" By Kara Latta; "Reforming a Broken Relationship" By Kristen Lawson; "To Our Teachers" By Christina de la Cruz, Samyuktha Punthambekar, Patricia Allison; "Cone Vision" By sarah koekkoek

In this issue: "I Am Pride" curated by Ralph Escamillan, "The Road Out" by Candice Irwin, "Dance Criticism: Perceptions, challenges and the future", "What Kind of World Do We Want?" by Robyn Grant-Moran, "Toronto Arts Council’s Black Arts Granting Program" by Anne Dion, "Checking In With the Mental Health of Performing Artists", "The Career Chronicles Part II" by Emily Pettet, "Soften Up" by Dr. Blessyl Buan, "Neighbourhood Dance Works Turns 40", "Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame", "The Winding Staircase to a Safer Place" by Giulia Tripoli, "Into a Malleable Flame" by Jérema Hewitt, "Poetry: The Reciting Body" by Emma Morris

In this issue: "The Definition of Sexy" by Robyn Grant-Moran, "Even Though No One Is Watching" by Adrien Barrieau, "On the Brink" by Dylan Schoenmakers, "Writing With A Sharp Pencil" by Grace Wells-Smith, "Can Everything Just End" by Stephen Low, "CoLABenDirect" by Anne Dion, "The Career Chronicles" by Emily Pettet, "Hard Landings" by Surabhi Veitch, "Leap [digitally] Forward" by Laura Murray and Brian Paterson, "Just What the Therapist Ordered" by Gina Fernandez, Summer Dance Directory, "Living in the Movement" by Sandra Lamouche, "the value of our form" by Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, "my body remembers" by Alex Mah

In this issue: "The Chaos of Possibility" by Jillian Groening, "Ballet in the Streets", "Honing Resiliency" by Lee Slinger, "Clicking Refresh" by Kallee Lins, "Circling Back to Healing" by Joy Henderson, "BIPOC Dance Health Directory" by Anne Dion, "Adding Colour to Dance Health" by Blessyl Buan, "You've Got Mail" by Dylan Schoenmackers, "Five Strategies for Teaching Hands-Off" by Scotty Mac, "Why I left Toronto" by Samyuktha Punthambekar, "Defining Posture and Alignment" by Donna H. Krasnow and Andrea E. Downie, "Poetry: Jamaican" by Peter Chin

In this issue: "Athletic Art" by Ainsley Hawthorn, "That's a Wrap", "Empty Seats at the Table" by Tracey Norman, "Let’s Talk About Chronic Pain" by Sima Chowdhury, "Gurdeep Pandher: Teaching and uplifting from the North" by Saad Rajper, "Heath V. Salazar: Manifesting politics into drag" by Emily Latimer, "The List: What Inspires Guinevere Last?", "Hunger and Humility" by Brannavy Jeyasundaram, "What Lies Ahead?" by Patricia Allison, "Check it Out: @danceprompts" by Anne Dion, "The difference between mobility and flexibility" by Erika Mayall, "Poetry: serenade" by Kendra Guidolin

In this issue: "(Literally) Dancing to Her Own Tune" by Brannavy Jeyasundaram, "Masks, Beads and Ribbons" by Jonathan Elliott, "All That We Are" by Ravyn Ariah Wngz, "Where Do We Go From Here?" by Patricia Allison, "Matthew 'Creeasian' Wood: The connections between hip hop and powwow" by Jillian Groening, "Zab Maboungou: Since being featured in 2003, she has been racking up awards" by Collette Murray, "The List: What Inspires Rosario Ancer?", "Avoiding Cultural Appropriation in Competitive Dance" by Ming-Bo Lam, "Three Reasons to Be At Peace With A Less-than-perfect Response to COVID-19" by Onika Green, "Check it Out: Essays from Made in BC's 2019 Creative Residency" by Anne Dion, "Poetry: Dancing the Contours of Protest" by Susanne Zelazo

In this issue: "Andrew Nemr: Welcome to Tap Dance Land" by Philip Szporer, "Out of Studio" by Alvin Collantes, Mika Manning and Marlowe Porter, "Spinning Around Stigma" by Kendra Guidolin, "How Do You Understand Your Work As Queer?" by Stephen Low, "Faye and Bryant Lopez: 'Like Fred Astaire dancing on the wall'." By Leah Borts-Kuperman, "Tatiana Lerebours: An Apprenticeship Full of Obstacles" By Dylan Schoenmakers, "The List: What inspires Lisa Odjig?", "Dancing (or not) Through Loss" Kathleen Rea, "What About the Teachers?", "The Home Studio" by Dr. Blessyl Buan, reflections on the role of the dancer during the COVID-19 crisis, a message from the Canadian Dance Assembly.

In this issue: "Yvonne Chartrand: An artist awakened" by Tessa Perkins Deneault. "Judgment-Free: How educators are teaching dance for all bodies" by Deanna Paolantonio. "Immigrant Lessons: What it means to coexist." "Dancing on a Fine Line: Does hype choreography cloud cultural appropriation?" by Esie Mensah. PLUS: Tanya Burka: The science of silks. Lorna Geddes's six-decade career with The National Ballet of Canada. Thoughts about how the dance community is handling the COVID-19 crisis.

In this Issue: "Moving toward confidence" by Francesca D'Amico-Cuthbert. "It's Time". "Getting the Part - Ensuring Safety at Dance Auditions" by Kendra Guidolin. "Born Flexible: Managing Hypermobility" by Andrea Downie. PLUS: "Organic Mechanic". "Do You Call Yourself a Dancer." "A Tiny Partner". "Reflections"

In this Issue: 
"Marilyn Yadultin Jensen and the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers" by Aimée Dawn Robinson. "Images from Undivided Colours." "Cross-Pollination: Making Space for Movement in Canadian opera" by Michael Zarathus-Cook. "A View From the Middle: An intergenerational conversation about dance curation" by Ann-Marie Williams. PLUS: "Kiara DeNae Felder: A Balancing Act." "Healing From the Ground Up: Experiencing Reflexology from the other side of the table." "Building Empathy: Introducing social justice to students through dance."

In this issue: "A Second Homecoming for Chan Hon Goh" by Jillian Groening. "The Politics of Form" by Robert Kingsbury. "Leading the Corps" by Grace Wells-Smith. PLUS: An App for Mapping Choreography. Dance Victoria's Choreographic Lab. Summer Rehab: How to avoid overuse injuries by Dr.Mikaela Buchli-Kelly.

In this issue: "Fly Lady Di: All Hail the Queen" by Jillian Groening. "In-Between Moments with Francesca Chudnoff." "The Shoestring Renaissance: A survey of current screendance events and artists in Canada" by George Turnbull. "All that Glitters...: How do studios decide to compete?" By Grace Wells-Smith. 

PLUS: Stéphanie Audet: Building on determination. Hiding and Revealing: What learning to work with masks can teach dancers. Dancing and Doctors: Communicating with health-care professionals.

In this issue: "France Geoffroy: New Dance Vocabularies" by Shay Erlich. "Submerged: Dancing Underwater." "Dancing Words into Being: Three performance works inspired by poetry" by Carolyn Boll.  "Myth-Busting: What dance artists wish people knew about their practice."  

PLUS: Micha St-Pierre: Accessing the atmospheric. The Slowest Person in the Room: Composing music for dance. Real Change from School to Stage.

In this issue: 
"Shay Kuebler: Loud and Clear" by Rachel Maddock. "Unzipped: Burlesque groups across Canada and their bold political work." "The Red Wall: How social media is changing commercial dance in Canada" by Deanne Kearney. "Transforming with Intent: Community-engaged art practices" by charles c. smith.
 
PLUS: Nikola Steer: Seeking the swing of a dip. Physical Literacy for Dancers.
Telling Stories of Oppression: A discussion of truth, process and objective  in No Woman's Land.

In this issue: "Natasha Powell's Vernacular" by Collete Murray. "Embodied Economies: A dialogue about dance, performance and creation in late capitalism" by Jillian Groening.  Gallery feature by Damian Siquerios in Photo-Painting.  "Beginnings are Everywhere" by Jane Gabriels, reflecting on her experience at the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival. PLUS: Jerimy Rivera: Fluent in form. Check it Out: The Story of Heather Williams.  Singing Feet: A tap teacher teaching a tap teacher.

In this issue: "The Enchanted Spaces of Isabelle Van Grimde" by Philip Szporer. "Resurrections: Two new projects reimagine century-old works." "Collective Copyright: Navigating authorship within contemporary dance" by Lee Slinger. "Dancehall Diplomacy: How music and movement can be a vessel for intercultural learning, social change and economic development" by Ola Mirzoeva. 

PLUS: Fan: Simple props and precious partners. Jera Wolfe: Coming full circle. Fear and Moving: The ethics and risk of choreography.

In this issue: "The Deliberate Footing of Neena Jayarajan" by Brannavy Jeyasundaram.

"In Review: The Dance Current looks back at a year of dance writing."

"Caribana is Our Stage: Embodying tradition, ritual and art in Canadian Carnival" by Kevin Ormsby. 

"Give Me a Break: Confronting sexism in ballet culture" by Deirdre Kelly.

PLUS: Diving In: A manifesto for a feminist pedagogy in dance. From Stage to Screen: Roberto Campanella. Rina Pellerin: Walking the walk. Rest to Keep Perspective.

In this issue: "Nath Keo: That 'Shiver Quality'" by Grace Smith with Editorial Advisor Yasmina Ramsay. "Provocations: Dance artists address their communities" by Kate Stashko, Dr. Seika Boye, Lee Su-Feh, Angie Cheng, Ravyn Ariah Wngz, Jenn Goodwin, Olivia Davies, Vivek Patel, Robyn Breen, Aimée Dawn Robinson and Gerry Morita.  "Creative Critique: What is the future of dance criticism in Canada?" by Brittany Duggan.
PLUS: Musical Chairs: Sitting in on a Wheel Dance class. Full Out: Krump pioneer Valerie "Taminator" Chartier builds strength and strength of character. Tracing Blackness: Mpoe Mogale on the weight of representation.

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