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Foreign Fields plough new furrows with second album “Take Cover”
Four years after an acclaimed debut, US duo Foreign Fields are back with a new album. The acoustic guitars of debut “Anywhere but where I am” have been backgrounded in favour of keyboards, loops and a hypnotic plunge into what proved to...
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Deconstructing Drake with Odario Williams
CBC's Eli Glasner chats with Grand Analog's Odario Williams about what sets Drake apart
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Exploring exile through dance
How does a body react when it is forced or prevented from moving? With his show ‘Displacement’, Syrian choreographer Mithkal Alzghair offers a reflection on his countrymen’s flight from civil war and the uncertainty of life in exile. His...
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Budapest in the swing with dance festival
Professional and amateur dancers from over 40 countries made their way to Budapest to participate in the 10th Lindy Shock University, a swing dance event. Katja Zavrsnik from Slovenia comes to the Hungarian capital every year for the...
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Forget the wake-up coffee, try a morning dance party
Some early risers eschew artificial stimulants, they believe that you should sleep all night and party all day
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The bad boy of ballet Sergei Polunin stars in ‘Dancer’ a documentary
At the age of 19 Sergei Polunin became the dance world’s brightest star. He was appointed principal dancer at the Royal Ballet. Then two years later he stunned everyone when he abruptly walked away from the prestigous role. At 25, at the...
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Cuba puts its best foot forward for world ballet festival
Seven U.S. companies, including the prestigious Martha Graham Dance Company, are in the Cuban capital for the 25th Havana International Ballet Festival. The gathering is the brainchild of 96 year-old former prima ballerina and Cuban...
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Dancing in the Rain at Lyon’s Dance Biennial
The French city of Lyon has been celebrating the 17th edition of its dance biennial with the traditional opening parade. However, amid security concerns following recent terrorist attacks in France, the event was not held in the city...
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GEM Fest a hedonistic jewel in the Georgian crown
The Georgian Black Sea resort of Anaklia hosts the GEM Fest short for the ‘Georgian Electronic Music Festival.’ Some 30,000 heads got down to latest sounds and the revelers got happy: “The people gathered here, look at them! The crowd,...
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Lettuce and livestock perform arabesques down on the farm
There is moonlight in Vermont and there is classical ballet down on the farm in Vermont. A troupe of dancers are in amongst the cows and pigs getting their tutus dirty to take ballet out of the auditorium and into the open air. Have you...
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Belarus: fire festival thrills crowds
Death-defying fire performers wow crowds in Belarus. Ratomka near Minsk was host to the 2016 International Fire Festival (MIFF) last week. Photo taken on Aug. 21 shows two-day fire festival, “Miff-2015,” in Minsk, Belarus. Check out the...
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TIFF's Cameron Bailey shares some early picks
TIFF's artistic director tells CBC's Eli Glasner about a few notable films to watch out for this fall at the festival
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Soko and Lily-Rose Depp star in ‘The Dancer’
French biographical musical drama ‘The Dancer’ is based on the life of American dancer Loie Fuller who found fame in Paris in the late 1800s. Director Stephanie Di Giusto chose singer and actress Soko to play the lead. “I’ve known her...
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe designs set for Cinderella
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe has taken on the role of a scenographer, designing the set for a new production of the classic fairytale Cinderella, at the Pantomime Theatre in Copenhagen. The Queen worked with Russian choreographer Yuri...
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Stonewall Inn: America's monument to gay rights
The gay rights movement in North America can trace its roots to an historic protest at a New York tavern
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Best foot forward for Millepied in documentary ‘Reset’
Benjamin Millepied’s tenure at Paris’ premier ballet company is the subject of a new documentary by French filmmakers Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai. ‘Reset’ follows Millepied as he attempts to put on his first production, ‘Clear,...