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Dance, theatre arts makes connections

Dance, theatre arts makes connections

Dancers of all ages eagerly participated in a Scottish country dance session held Saturday at the Stratford Festival Discovery Centre, pointing, skipping, whirling and changing partners as instructed. The demonstration of the social form of Scottish dancing, as distinct from more individualistic highland dancing, was staged by the Stratford Scottish Country Dance Group and was […]

Original work geared to children debuts at Factory163

A collaboration between cellist Ben Bolt-Martin of the Stratford Festival Orchestra and INNERchamber artistic director Andrew Chung is bringing a unique musical presentation to Stratford’s Factory163. Lucky is a 40-minute music drama featuring live musicians and actors. The show created by Bolt-Martin was developed following a conversation this past summer with Chung when the INNERchamber founder […]

Avonova forum examines digital impact on art

So where exactly does digital technology collide with art? Last night, it happened at 163 King St. in Stratford. That’s where some photographers, videographers, writers, publishers, filmmakers, theatre technicians and visual artists gathered to discuss how digital media has changed the creative process, and the creative landscape. “We wanted to have a conversation about the […]

Culture Days opens hearts, minds

Culture Days opens hearts, minds

Rachel Schieldrop, 8, does an ‘interpretive dance’ with a ribbon outside Factory163 at Culture Days on Saturday morning during a music presentation.   Culture doesn’t have to be highfalutin and inaccessible. It could be as simple as a beautifully made cookie or as ethnically significant as Highland dancing or Tai Chi. Culture in all its […]

Chamber music series kicks off third season

Organizers of the INNERchamber music series are kicking off the 2012-13 season in Stratford in dramatic fashion this weekend with “The Drama Within”. The Sunday evening concert, to be held at Factory 163, takes place during Stratford’s Culture Days weekend. The Factory Arts String Quartet will join with clarinetist Peter Shackleton for Mozart’s famous Clarinet […]

Putting culture front and centre

Putting culture front and centre

Want to learn a Scottish dance? How about fly over Stratford? These are just some of the possibilities during Culture Days Sept. 28-30. Fanshawe College students will set up a green screen and take a video that will look like you’re flying over the city. If you’ve never performed a Scottish dance, Culture Days is […]

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