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“At home, our theatre doubles as our bomb shelter”: A National Ballet of Ukraine dancer on touring across Canada
Award-winning dancer Nikita Sukhorukov talks about performing in wartime, representing Ukraine abroad and raising money for refugees
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Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #35, Karen Kain
The boss of the ballet
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Behind the scenes with the cast of the National Ballet’s
The Sleeping Beauty
In 1972, the sneering, stately Russian dance icon Rudolf Nureyev joined the National Ballet of Canada to stage a sumptuous new...
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The naked ambition of National Ballet artistic director Karen Kain
Beneath her poised veneer is an exacting perfectionist, a tenacious fundraiser and a total control freak. Which explains how she turned the floundering National Ballet of Canada into one of the world’s premiere arts organizations
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Watch a former Bolshoi dancer stretch her boundaries with the National Ballet
Until last year, the doe-eyed ballerina Svetlana Lunkina was a principal dancer at Moscow’s world-famous Bolshoi Ballet, where...
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How National Ballet dancer Heather Ogden would spend a perfect Saturday in Leslieville
“I’m not one for sleeping in, but I do like lounging in bed. My husband, Guillaume, is a coffee addict. That’s the first...
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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 1 to 3
In this edition of The Weekender: dachshunds run the United Nations, a ramen party at the Great Hall and three more things to do...
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Primer: how to choose between Toronto’s big holiday shows
It’s time to suspend your cynicism and surrender to one of the city’s big, gooey, hurt-your-teeth-sweet holiday...
The Weekender: A Christmas Carol, The Brothers Grimm and six other events on our to-do list
1. A CHRISTMAS CAROL For the sixth time in his Soulpepper career, founding member Joseph Ziegler steps into Scrooge’s shoes in...
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Current Obsession: Desmond Heeley spins dollar store dross into gold with his National Ballet costumes
Desmond Heeley is stage royalty. The 81-year-old designer has created sets and costumes for major theatre, ballet and opera...
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The Weekender: Dan Deacon, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and six other events on our to-do list
1. ROYAL WOOD With a name as smooth as his voice, Canadian crooner Royal Wood brings his signature debonair persona to his upbeat...
Today in Toronto: Playing Cards 1, Loreena McKennitt and more
Chroma, Song of a Wayfarer, Elite Syncopations This triple bill seems designed to show off the National Ballet’s various...
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The Weekender: Hamlet, Whoopi Goldberg and six other items on our to-do list
1. HAMLET Arguably Shakespeare’s most famous play, Hamlet is the classic story of the titular character, a young prince whose...
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The Weekender: Doors Open Toronto, Bonnie Raitt and six other items on our to-do list
1. DOORS OPEN TORONTO This long-running design event is really the architectural equivalent of a peep show. For one weekend of...
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The Pick: the Bolshoi’s Swan Lake, a breathtaking production of the quintessential classical ballet
Late last year, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre reopened after a seven-year, $760-million renovation. There was a splashy gala, where...
Today in Toronto: Rent, Swan Lake and more
Miles Perkin Trio Canadian double bass player Perkin, who divides his time between Montreal and Berlin, is renowned for honouring...
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The Weekender: Sleeping Beauty, Canada Blooms and six other items on our to-do list
1. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY This classic ballet, adapted by legendary dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev, is based on Marius...
Today in Toronto: Cosi Fan Tutte, Dancing With Rage and more
Cosi Fan Tutte Despite its somewhat contrived happy ending, Mozart’s opera about two men testing their fiancées’ affections...
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The National Ballet borrows from Johnny Cash, Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll for its 2012-13 season
The National Ballet of Canada revealed its program for 2012-13 yesterday morning (it’s the season for that kind of thing ), and...
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Watch National Ballet of Canada hottie Guillaume Côté ripple, jeté, pirouette and glisten
When was the last time someone described male ballet dancers as studly? Taut, maybe. Focused, surely. Poised, definitely. Studly...
Today in Toronto: The Nutcracker and Chagall Through Toronto’s Artists
Ballet Jörgen Canada: The Nutcracker Same old score, but choreographer Bengt Jörgen moves the action from Russia to Canada (not...
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Watch Rob Ford make his ballet debut in The Nutcracker and totally nails his part
Mayor Rob Ford , by now a veteran of the theatre, made his hotly anticipated debut in the National Ballet’s production of The...
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Date of Rob Ford’s cameo in The Nutcracker revealed
Get your tickets right now: this Saturday at 2 p.m., Mayor Rob Ford will dress up in a ridiculous clown costume for the National...
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Weekend Reading List: top stories from our sister sites, from ballet stars to wine bars
Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. Check them out, after the...
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
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The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
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The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
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Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
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Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
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Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand