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“I don’t get nerves anymore—I’ve been doing this for a long time”: Principal dancer Heather Ogden on the National Ballet’s production of <em>Emma Bovary</em>
Culture

“I don’t get nerves anymore—I’ve been doing this for a long time”: Principal dancer Heather Ogden on the National Ballet’s production of Emma Bovary

Ahead of the show’s opening on November 11, Ogden talks about the adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s classic French novel and showbiz superstitions

“Karen Kain is not a Real Housewife”: How the filmmakers of <em>Swan Song</em> captured the subtle drama of the National Ballet of Canada
Culture

“Karen Kain is not a Real Housewife”: How the filmmakers of Swan Song captured the subtle drama of the National Ballet of Canada

The documentary by Chelsea McMullan and Sean O'Neill follows Kain as she directs a production of Swan Lake—her final act with the company after a legendary 50-year career

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #35, Karen Kain

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #35, Karen Kain

The boss of the ballet

Ten things the National Ballet’s brand-new principal dancer, Jurgita Dronina, can’t live without
Culture

Ten things the National Ballet’s brand-new principal dancer, Jurgita Dronina, can’t live without

Her mascara, her plastic pants and eight other favourite items

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #50, Karen Kain
Culture

Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #50, Karen Kain

Kain put the National Ballet back on stable financial footing

Five things you didn’t know about the National Ballet’s Heather Ogden, star of this June’s super-sultry Carmen
City

Five things you didn’t know about the National Ballet’s Heather Ogden, star of this June’s super-sultry Carmen

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 15–17

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 15–17

Food & Drink
Today in Toronto: The Nutcracker
The Weekender: A Christmas Carol, The Brothers Grimm and six other events on our to-do list

The Weekender: A Christmas Carol, The Brothers Grimm and six other events on our to-do list

Best of Fall 2012: Guillaume Côté shows off his brilliant ballet moves with three starring roles
City

Best of Fall 2012: Guillaume Côté shows off his brilliant ballet moves with three starring roles

The Weekender: The Junction Flea, Ellie Goulding and six other events on our to-do list
Food & Drink

The Weekender: The Junction Flea, Ellie Goulding and six other events on our to-do list

Spotlight: the National Ballet’s newest prima ballerina leaps from playing the chicken to dancing the lead
City

Spotlight: the National Ballet’s newest prima ballerina leaps from playing the chicken to dancing the lead

The National Ballet borrows from Johnny Cash, Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll for its 2012-13 season
Culture

The National Ballet borrows from Johnny Cash, Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll for its 2012-13 season

 

The Holiday Bar Cart

Festive drinks to celebrate the season
Food & Drink

Festive drinks to celebrate the season

Big Stories

The wildest stories from the legendary 888 Dupont art squat
Deep Dives

The wildest stories from the legendary 888 Dupont art squat

Why Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about AI
Deep Dives

Why Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about AI

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2023
Deep Dives

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2023

Toronto&#8217;s 25 Rising Stars of 2023
Deep Dives

Toronto’s 25 Rising Stars of 2023

The New Face: How unnatural beauty standards became a multibillion-dollar medical industry
Deep Dives

The New Face: How unnatural beauty standards became a multibillion-dollar medical industry

Merchant of Death: The case of Kenneth Law and the shadowy online network that helps people end their lives
Deep Dives

Merchant of Death: The case of Kenneth Law and the shadowy online network that helps people end their lives

Toronto Neighbourhood Rankings: The best places to live in 2023
Real Estate

Toronto Neighbourhood Rankings: The best places to live in 2023

Bad Builder: Inside Toronto&#8217;s epidemic of renovation fraud
Deep Dives

Bad Builder: Inside Toronto’s epidemic of renovation fraud

The Insatiable Janet Zuccarini: Inside the food empire of Toronto&#8217;s most consistent restaurateur
Deep Dives

The Insatiable Janet Zuccarini: Inside the food empire of Toronto’s most consistent restaurateur

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud
Deep Dives

The Inside Job: A crooked cop, a dead man and an $800,000 estate fraud

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto&#8217;s biggest stars
Deep Dives

The Kickstarters: Meet the mentors who helped launch Toronto’s biggest stars

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting
Deep Dives

The Killer in Suite 104: Inside the Vaughan condo shooting

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate
Deep Dives

Meet the most charming fraudster in GTA real estate

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus
Deep Dives

Students are cheating. Professors are panicking. The system is unravelling. Scenes from the AI revolution on campus

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto&#8217;s public transit disaster
Deep Dives

Who broke the TTC? Inside Toronto’s public transit disaster

&#8220;At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming&#8221;
Deep Dives

“At 31, I discovered that my parents had been keeping a shocking secret—and the surprises just kept coming”

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok&#8217;s reigning influencer
Deep Dives

The fabulous, terrifying, chaotic life of Josh Richards, TikTok’s reigning influencer

&#8220;We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew&#8221;: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto
Deep Dives

“We lived in a shelter downtown, and Honest Ed’s was the only store I knew”: Shania Twain on her years dreaming big in Toronto

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school&#8217;s descent into chaos
Deep Dives

Epic Fail: Inside York Memorial high school’s descent into chaos

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt
Deep Dives

Promised Land: Inside the debate raging around the Greenbelt

Cost of Living

This Upper Beaches writer makes $80,000 a year. How does he spend&nbsp;it?
City

This Upper Beaches writer makes $80,000 a year. How does he spend it?

This West Rouge couple makes $275,000 a year. How do they spend it?
City

This West Rouge couple makes $275,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This server and event cook makes $24,500 per year on minimum wage. How does she spend it?
City

This server and event cook makes $24,500 per year on minimum wage. How does she spend it?

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend&nbsp;it?
City

This Willowdale couple makes $163,000 a year. How do they spend it?

House of the Week

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a technicolour Georgian in Moore Park surrounded by gardens
Real Estate

House of the Week: $5.5 million for a technicolour Georgian in Moore Park surrounded by gardens

House of the Week: $4 million for a steel-framed detached in Trinity Bellwoods with 36-foot ceilings
Real Estate

House of the Week: $4 million for a steel-framed detached in Trinity Bellwoods with 36-foot ceilings

House of the Week: $3.5 million for a Summerhill century home built for a life of leisure
Real Estate

House of the Week: $3.5 million for a Summerhill century home built for a life of leisure

House of the Week: $4.8 million for a Parisian townhouse by Bellwoods with too many chandeliers to count
Real Estate

House of the Week: $4.8 million for a Parisian townhouse by Bellwoods with too many chandeliers to count

House of the Week: $1.6 million for a quaint duplex located at one of Little Italy&#8217;s busiest intersections
Real Estate

House of the Week: $1.6 million for a quaint duplex located at one of Little Italy’s busiest intersections

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