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Flash dance

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Jen Doerksen
What would normally take five weeks to prepare took only eight days for choreographer Stephanie Ballard and students from the School of Contemporary Dancers. The VERGE Dance Dialogues performance debuted on Feb. 8 at...
Jen Doerksen
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Emerging composer from within the walls of Desautels

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Olivia Michalczuk
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) premiered one winning piece, and one piece each by the six other emerging composers that participated in the Composers Institute. Wachniak applied to the WNMF Composers Institute last fall...
Asha Nelson
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nirvanna the band the show, the interview

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Olivia Michalczuk
nirvanna the band the show began as an independent Canadian web series, and has since been picked up by Vice Canada. Its first episode aired on Feb. 2, 2017. The final episode of...
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Experimental art made accessible

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Jen Robinson
Approachable experimental art was the goal of last weekend’s second annual Forthwith Festival. From Feb. 2 to Feb. 4, local coffee shop Forth will host experimental music performances, visual art installations, and artist workshops...
Jen Doerksen
Arts & Culture

Student group swing dancing into the new year

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Jen Robinson
The University of Manitoba Swing Dance Club (UMSwing) is currently offering eight-week swing dance lessons starting Feb. 6. The student group programs lessons for four different types of swing dance, Charleston, jive, blues, and...
Jen Doerksen
Arts & Culture

Triple launch of local journal

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Jen Doerksen
On Jan. 26, Contemporary Verse 2: The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing (CV2) launched its three most recent issues at the Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts. The journal features to...
Jen Doerksen
Arts & Culture

Winnipeg New Music Festival returns with more envelope-pushing pieces

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Sara Wray Enns
The Winnipeg New Music Festival (WNMF), presented by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra runs Jan. 27 – Feb. 2, and brings some of the most innovative classical composers from across the world to our humble,...
Asha Nelson

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