Three Left Feet

Este zanquero es un Makishi; personajes que reaparecen durante la mascarada que marca el fin de la Mukanda, un rito anual de iniciación hacia a la adultez q...ue todavía se practican en algunas comunidades de Zambia. Los Makishi son espíritus enmascarados que vienen desde la tierra de los ancestros para instruir, divertir y apoyar a los más pequeños en su proceso de convertirse en adultos. See more

Redefining our stage & reclaiming our season!

Luminescent Tall Tales is inspired by winterlights illuminating February nights. Coming Feb. 11-28, our LED costumes will light up a window display down in the Core. Our Wardrobe Wizard, Teigan Blondin de Boer, is making her final adjustments this week. We're getting excited to see them! For more details about the festival and to see all of the arts organizations involved in Calgary's midwinter round-up, check out the website chinookblast.ca.

How gorgeous was the sunny weekend we had? Sunshine on our faces was much needed! We hope you have a great start to the week! Be sure to keep checking out www.chinookblast.ca and our social channels for updates & details on everything #chinookblast : @lbourgeault

Luminescent Tall Tales is our stiltwork offering to Chinook Blast. Check out an interim drawing by our Wardrobe Wizard Teigan Blondin de Boer. We like her style!

The Ghost of NYE Past just jumped up with a reminder of fun times past. Stilts are an excellent source of wonder and spectacle. They are the conduit to meeting new people who invariably start our first conversations with "Don't fall." To which the only response is: "I might and I'm counting on you to help me back up." May we all bring each other back up in 2021. Happy New Year everyone. We'll see you again soon. Throwback opportunities provided by the awesome people from the City of Calgary with performances by Allara Gooliaff, Veronica Rawnsley, Zack McKendrick and Tara Blue. Photo credit: Peter Gibson

"The essential nature of the arts We are living in a time of great uncertainty. But I want to reiterate that some certainties are unshakeable: the essential nature of the arts in our lives and the development of our societies is an absolute." --Simon Brault

Super pleased to be able to share this... After a five-year research process and based on research conducted in the UK and Canada, 'COVERT: A Handbook - 30 Mov...ement Meditations' is finally being released into the world! Co-authored by me and Phil Smith, ‘Covert’ proposes a method for protecting your unconscious from the increasing onslaught of screen time and its associated algorithms. Providing a philosophy, a process and specific techniques for nurturing your subjectivity, the handbook compiles 30 ‘scores’ simple movement meditations that can be done in everyday environments. With each meditation accompanied by a descriptive photo, ‘Covert’ offers an active and accessible way to diminish the lure of the screens and cultivate your interiority through a physically dynamic engagement with the wider world. For more information, see: See more

We asked our NDEO members what their vision for the future of dance education looks like, NDEO Member Jenifer Kemper, Owner and Director of Kemper Dance Academy..., said: "My vision for dance education is for acceptance within society. Society still looks at dance as something that can be replaced, but you cannot replace the experience of a quality dance education for students. You can not replace the life skills students learn from dance: time management, self acceptance, acceptance of others, and so much more. Dancers are the most open hearted, accepting people I know because we allow others into our space." Align yourself with dance educators who share your vision of #DanceEducationforALL by joining the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) today at ndeo.org/membertypes. Save 10% this month only using code "Dec2020" when you join!

We're getting used to our outdoor stiltdance practices. #getoutside #yycarts Embrace your Winter. #chinook #adjustyoursails

Our plans may be revised and reënvisioned, but let us keep creating. Let us dive "heartlong" into our vivid imaginations and the vast potential of the human experience. Something new and exciting peeps over the horizon. We'll see you there.

These are such a brilliant gift idea for ballet artists everywhere and lovers of the ballet. --by Natalka Lewis- Dance Artist