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April 15, 2013

Explore new creative outlets with Fine Arts Summer Intensive at York U

Are you looking for a creative learning experience this summer? Want to hone your existing skills, extend your professional knowledge, or simply explore an exciting new art form for personal interest and... Read more

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April 11, 2013

York Dance Ensemble celebrates its 25th anniversary and The Rite of Spring centenary with "Rite Redux"

The York Dance Ensemble, the exuberant resident company of York University’s Department of Dance, marks its 25th anniversary with "Rite Redux", a celebration of dance, music and spectacle culminating... Read more

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April 04, 2013

Sacre Celebration: Dance conference at York U revisits, reflects and revisions “The Rite of Spring”

From the near-riot at its Paris premiere in 1913 to the impressive number of remounts and re-interpretations it has inspired worldwide, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), choreographed by Vaslav... Read more

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March 13, 2013

York dance prof profiles Philippine Ati-atihan festival in film

Dance ethnographer Patrick Alcedo has created a documentary film about the Ati-Atihan Festival, a hybrid, layered performance melding pre-colonial and colonial traditions, the carnivalesque and the... Read more

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March 05, 2013

Creative industries leader Hael Kobayashi speaks on the nexus of art, technology and intelligence

Hael Kobayashi, executive director of Creative Intelligence at the University of Technology, Sydney and chair of Digital Sydney, Australia, is the featured speaker for the 2013 Wendy Michener Lecture... Read more

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February 12, 2013

Dance thesis productions go far afield

MFA candidates in York’s Graduate Program in Dance – choreography and dramaturgy premiere a cluster of original works in The Field, opening Feb. 13 in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre,... Read more

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November 19, 2012

“Dance Innovations: Frost Moon Dances” celebrates the season at York U

As autumn afternoons segue into nippy winter nights, the Department of Dance celebrates the turn of the season with “Dance Innovations: Frost Moon Dances”, running Nov. 22 to 24. York’s rising... Read more

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November 15, 2012

Faculty of Fine Arts students and grads connect and reconnect

More than 35 graduates in dance, design, digital media, film, music, theatre and visual art/art history returned to campus Oct. 20 for Connect/Reconnect, the Faculty of Fine Arts’ fourth annual... Read more

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October 22, 2012

Rising dance masters go solo

Five rising choreographers in York’s Dance MFA program in Contemporary Choreography and Dance Dramaturgy have discovered that, despite diverging interests, they have a lot in common. Read more

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September 25, 2012

York Fine Arts talent at Nuit Blanche

This Saturday, September 29 from dusk until dawn, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will transform downtown Toronto into a giant, all-night art party. An estimated one million visitors are expected to turn out for... Read more