Podcasts by NAC Dance with Cathy Levy

Louise Lecavalier, Choreographer and Dancer, Fou glorieux from 2020-01-24T14:47:11

In this podcast interview, the incomparable Louise Lecavalier chats with Cathy about her ...

Greta Hodgkinson, Principal Dancer, The National Ballet of Canada from 2019-12-16T12:38:57

The sublime Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson spoke with Cathy Levy<...

Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director of Boston Ballet from 2019-11-15T12:31:54

Over the course of a fast-paced conversation with Cathy Levy, Helsinki-born Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director of Boston Ballet, describes how he stumbled into dance and how a strong technique and i...

Margaret Grenier, Artistic Director, and Andrew Grenier, Creative Producer, Dancers of Damelahamid from 2019-09-30T17:39:36

Guest host Lindsay Lachance, Artistic Associate with the National Arts Centre’s brand new Indigenous Theatre Department, chatted with Margaret and Andrew Grenier of the family-led Indigenous dance ...

Peggy Baker, Artistic Director, Peggy Baker Dance Projects from 2019-05-07T12:17:39

Cathy Levy’s conversation with acclaimed Canadian contemporary dance performer, choreographer, master teacher and mentor Peggy Bake...

Crystal Pite, Choreographer and Artistic Director, Kidd Pivot from 2019-03-06T16:11:48

Cathy converses with internationally acclaimed, award-winning Vancouver dance artist Crystal Pite following the NAC opening nigh...

Karen Kain, Artistic Director and Rex Harrington, Artist-in-Residence, The National Ballet of Canada from 2019-02-04T10:28

In this NAC 50th Anniversary podcast, Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada...

Jean Grand-Maître, Artistic Director and choreographer, Alberta Ballet from 2019-01-18T16:54:48

Cathy Levy chats with Jean Grand-Maître, Artistic Director of Alberta Ballet, choreographer and recent rec...

Alonzo King, Founder and Artistic Director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet from 2018-11-16T16:36:51

Cathy Levy leads a captivating conversation with Alonzo King the day of his company’s Listen

Tedd Robinson and Charles Quevillon from 2018-05-23T11:22:16

Cathy Levy chats with NAC Associate Dance Artist Tedd Robins...

Aaron S. Watkin, Artistic Director, Semperoper Ballett Dresden from 2017-11-10T15:19:06

Cathy chats with Canadian-born Aaron S. Watkin one day before the National Arts Centre debut ...

Contemporary dance performer and choreographer Daina Ashbee from 2017-11-07T16:41:46

Cathy speaks with contemporary dance performer and choreographer Daina Ashbee on the eve of the presentation of ...

Tero Saarinen, Artistic Director and Dancer-choreographer, Tero Saarinen Company from 2017-10-13T14:55:33

On the occasion of the October 2017 National Arts Centre return of the Finnish contemporary dance troupe Tero Saarinen Company, Cathy Levy has...

Adolphe Binder, Intendant and Artistic Director, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch from 2017-09-29T10:07:13

Cathy Levy, Executive Producer of Dance at Canada’s National Arts Centre, chats with Adolphe Binder, the new ...

ENCOUNT3RS - Creation and Colaboration from 2017-05-19T15:34:44

In this bilingual panel discussion on Creation and Collaboration that preceded the world premiere of ENCOUNT3RS (April 20-22, 2017), ...

Performing Stranger: A Dialogue On The Choreographic Universe Of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui from 2016-12-05T12:03:35

On the occasion of the November 2016 National Arts Centre presentation of Fractus V by Eastman, Dr. Yana Meerzon, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of Ottawa, chats...

Michelle Dorrance from 2016-11-04T14:25:13

In this captivating NAC Dance podcast interview, Cathy Levy talks with New Yorker Michelle Dorrance, tapper extraordinaire and recipie...

Catalan dance artist María Muñoz from 2016-04-22T17:01:30

Cathy Levy speaks with Catalan dance artist María Muñoz on the eve of her National Art...

Cathy chats with Madeleine Onne, Artistic Director of Hong Kong Ballet from 2016-04-06T11:12:39

In this NAC Dance podcast, Cathy Levy chats with Madeleine Onne, Artistic Director of Hong Kong Ballet, on the occasion of the company’s March 2016 National Arts Centre debut. Madeleine notes that ...

Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation from 2016-02-29T11:48:02

A panel discussion, January 28, 2016

Cathy Levy hosts a pre-show talk with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Artistic Director André Lewis, choreographer Mark Godden, novelist Joseph Boyden, I...

Pontus Lidberg from 2015-05-06T12:59:05

Meet Pontus Lidberg, Sweden’s award-winning young dancer, choreographer and filmmaker. Over the course of this interview, he relates his early desire to create contemporary dance works and the oppo...

Face 2 Face - 2/2 from 2015-03-13T17:39:19

In this second of two episodes, the artists featured in Face 2 Face 2015, Experiences of Africa, describe the work they have done in their respective countries –alongside successful international c...

Face 2 Face - 1/2 from 2015-03-10T15:57:51

In this first of 2 episodes of a bilingual podcast, we meet the 5 artists featured in the National Arts
Centre's 2015 Face 2 Face series, Experiences of Africa. They speak of their backgro...

Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet from 2015-03-02T16:46:51

National Arts Centre Executive Producer of Dance Cathy Levy speaks with Lourdes Lopez, Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet, shortly before the company’s March 5-7, 2015 NAC presentation. Lourdes...

Virginia Johnson, Dance Theatre of Harlem from 2014-06-16T08:46:54

Cathy Levy talks with Virginia Johnson, artistic director, founding member, and former principal dancer of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. They discuss her career, the life of the dance company, the s...

Kyle Abraham from 2014-04-14T09:14:41

Cathy Levy chats with dancer-choreographer Kyle Abraham who was at Canada’s National Arts Centre in February 2014 to perform The Radio Show with his company Abraham.In.Motion. Kyle talks about his ...

Aakash Odedra (3/3) from 2014-04-07T09:23:51

In this third and final episode, Aakash Odedra describes his projects in development, including Murmur, an exploration of dyslexia through dance and technology, and Inked, a solo created in collabo...

Aakash Odedra (2/3) from 2014-04-04T08:34:59

In this second of three episodes, Aakash talks about his first encounter with celebrated British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan and how their meeting changed the course of his destiny. In 2011...

Akram Khan, choreographer, performer and Artistic Director, Akram Khan Company (3/3) from 2013-12-11T08:26:18

In this final episode, Akram Khan explains the origin and development of his first full-length solo piece, the autobiographical DESH, which took him and his team of close collaborators including Ti...

Akram Khan, choreographer, performer and Artistic Director, Akram Khan Company (2/3) from 2013-12-10T10:00:59

In this second episode, Akram Khan describes his fascination with learning about the science of movement and the similarities and contradictions of ballet, contemporary dance and kathak. This explo...

Akram Khan, choreographer, performer and Artistic Director, Akram Khan Company (1/3) from 2013-12-09T14:41:49

In this first of three episodes, the celebrated British choreographer-performer Akram Khan talks about his very early training and performing in kathak, the north Indian classical dance form. At t...

Emily Molnar, Artistic Director of Ballet BC (3/3) from 2013-03-04T20:40:43

In this third and final episode, Emily Molnar describes the tremendous opportunity she saw in heading Ballet BC at a turning point in its history. She outlines the three-year plan she developed bef...

Emily Molnar, Artistic Director of Ballet BC (2/3) from 2013-03-03T20:38:43

In this second of three episodes, Emily Molnar speaks about the difficult decision of leaving Frankfurt Ballet, as she was turning 26, to branch out on her own. After contemplating quitting dance a...

Emily Molnar, Artistic Director, Ballet BC (1/3) from 2013-03-02T20:36:19

In this first of three episodes, Cathy speaks to Emily Molnar, Artistic Director of Ballet BC, the day after the company’s return to the National Arts Centre Southam Hall stage following a 10-year ...

Stanton Welsh, choreographer and Artistic Director, Houston Ballet (3/3) from 2012-11-30T07:50:47

In this final episode, Stanton Welsh speaks about his full-length classical ballet Marie based on the life of the legendary 18th-century French queen Marie Antoinette. He comments on the task of fi...

Stanton Welsh, choreographer and Artistic Director, Houston Ballet (2/3) from 2012-11-29T07:50:47

In this second of three episodes, Stanton Welch shares his impressions of Houston, Texas, its people and its arts and culture. He touches on his artistic vision, comments on his dual role of choreo...

Stanton Welsh, choreographer and Artistic Director, Houston Ballet (1/3) from 2012-11-28T07:50:47

In this first of three episodes, Stanton Welsh, Artistic Director of Houston Ballet, reminisces about his youth in Australia, his ballet training, and his career as a dancer. Since turning to chore...

Masazumi Chaya, Associate Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (2/2) from 2012-06-04T13:57:50

In this second of two episodes, Masazumi Chaya talks about the 21-year tenure of Judith Jamison –former star dancer and muse to Alvin Ailey– as Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theat...

Masazumi Chaya, Associate Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1/2) from 2012-05-28T09:06:41

In this first of two episodes, Masazumi Chaya, former dancer, rehearsal director and current Associate Artistic Director at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, reminisces about his young life in Ja...

Marie Chouinard, choreographer and Artistic and Executive Director, Compagnie Marie Chouinard (2/2) from 2012-02-13T14:05:33

In this second of two episodes, Marie Chouinard reacts to the view that her early solo work was provocative, and that she pushes her dancers to extremes, referring in particular to bODY_rEMIX / gOL...

Marie Chouinard, choreographer and Artistic and Executive Director, Compagnie Marie Chouinard (1/2) from 2012-02-01T07:53:19

In this first of two episodes, we are introduced to Marie Chouinard, choreographer and Artistic and Executive Director of Montreal-based Compagnie Marie Chouinard and NAC Associate Dance Artist. Ma...

Hofesh Shechter, choreographer and Artistic Director, Hofesh Shechter Company (2/2) from 2011-06-23T07:57:54

In this second of two episodes, we learn that London has been a city of opportunity for Hofesh Shechter. In 2007 its three major venues, Sadler’s Wells, Southbank Centre and The Place, invite him t...

Hofesh Shechter, choreographer and Artistic Director, Hofesh Shechter Company (1/2) from 2011-06-22T10:11:57

In this first of two episodes, Israeli-born and UK-based contemporary artist Hofesh Shechter, former rock drummer and dancer with Batsheva Dance Company, talks about striking out on his own as a ch...

Edouard Lock, choreographer and Artistic Director, La La La Human Steps (3/3) from 2011-05-11T07:31:25

In this final episode, Edouard Lock talks about his collaborations with David Bowie and Frank Zappa, and creating work for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris. He expands on his notion of evolution and ...

Edouard Lock, choreographer and Artistic Director, La La La Human Steps (2/3) from 2011-05-10T07:29:04

In this second of three episodes, Edouard Lock challenges the notion that the movement vocabulary of his early works is violent and explains how the accompanying music contributed to this perceptio...

Edouard Lock, choreographer and Artistic Director, La La La Human Steps (1/3) from 2011-05-09T07:26:54

In this first of three episodes, Edouard Lock, choreographer and Artistic Director of Montreal-based La La La Human Steps, recalls his family’s move to Canada and the period and events that led to ...

Wayne McGregor, choreographer and Artistic Director, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance (3/3) from 2011-04-28T13:48:15

In this last episode, Wayne McGregor talks about his future projects, including his first full-length piece for Paris Opera Ballet, his first virtual reality ballet, his collaboration with Mark-Ant...

Wayne McGregor, choreographer and Artistic Director, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance (2/3) from 2011-04-27T13:48:43

In this second episode, Wayne McGregor reflects on his dancing career, describes the point of departure in his creative process, and what fascinates him as a contemporary choreographer. He then sp...

Wayne McGregor, choreographer and Artistic Director, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance (1/3) from 2011-04-26T13:49:13

In this first of three episodes, Wayne McGregor, choreographer and Artistic Director of UK-based Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, talks about his youth and his early and active involvement with dance...

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, choreographer and Artistic Director, Eastman (3/3) from 2011-04-04T10:10:11

In this final episode, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui describes his introduction to the world of oral traditional music and the place music occupies in his creative process. He also comments on his reaction ...

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, choreographer and Artistic Director, Eastman (2/3) from 2011-03-29T14:03:35

In this second episode, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui explains that his dance work Babel is a continuation of Foi, Myth, Zero Degrees and Sutra. He then comments on his collaborations with the monks of Chin...

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, choreographer and Artistic Director, Eastman (1/3) from 2011-03-25T15:32:01

In this first of three episodes, Flemish-Moroccan choreographer-dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui speaks about his late introduction to dance and how winning a Belgian dance contest put him on the path o...

Alain Platel, choreographer and Director, les ballets C de la B (3/3) from 2011-03-04T08:53:05

In this third and last episode, Alain Platel explains how Gerard Mortier persuades him to resume his choreographic career with the creation of the controversial theatre work Wolfe based on Mozart f...

Alain Platel, choreographer and Director, les ballets C de la B (2/3) from 2011-03-03T09:48:07

In this second episode, Alain Platel elaborates on the international success of Bonjour Madame and reflects on the ephemeral nature of a theatre performance. He then explains that encounters with c...

Alain Platel, choreographer and Director, les ballets C de la B (1/3) from 2011-02-15T11:50:57

In this first of three episodes we meet Alain Platel, the trailblazing founder and director of Belgian contemporary dance company les ballets C de la B. Alain describes the period leading up to his...

Cathy Levy, Dance Producer, Canada’s National Arts Centre (3/3) from 2011-02-03T11:20:32

In this final episode, Cathy Levy talks about the growing diversity in the world of dance. Prompted, she shares anecdotes on high, challenging and hilarious moments in her 10-year career as NAC Dan...

Cathy Levy, Dance Producer, Canada’s National Arts Centre (2/3) from 2011-01-17T13:24:39

In this second episode, Cathy Levy describes her early love of dance which leads to dance studies at the University of Waterloo and Simon Fraser University. She outlines her path to becoming a dan...

Cathy Levy, Dance Producer, Canada’s National Arts Centre (1/3) from 2010-12-07T07:42:05

In this first of three episodes, Cathy Levy, Dance Producer at Canada’s National Arts Centre, reflects on her goals and accomplishments since joining the NAC in 2000, and on the place dance occupie...

Tedd Robinson, choreographer, performer and Artistic Director, 10 Gates Dancing Inc. (3/3) from 2010-10-22T07:39:38

In this final episode, Tedd Robinson talks about the period from 1994 to 2000 during which he becomes a practicing Zen monk, and his subsequent move to a farm in the Pontiac region of Quebec which ...

Tedd Robinson, choreographer, performer and Artistic Director, 10 Gates Dancing Inc. (2/3) from 2010-10-21T07:38:15

In this second episode, Tedd Robinson reflects on his six years as Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers and on his decision to leave to company in 1990 to begin a new chapter in his...

Tedd Robinson, choreographer, performer and Artistic Director, 10 Gates Dancing Inc. (1/3) from 2010-10-01T14:01:27

In this first of three episodes, Tedd Robinson shares his gradual journey to becoming an artist working in dance and comments on the lasting influence the inspirational teacher of dance and mime Li...

Straight Talk: a panel discussion with Lloyd Newson from 2010-01-14T07:36:41

Straight Talk: What is the role of art as a vehicle of social change and Canada's barometer of acceptance? A panel discussion produced by the NAC's Dance department -- With Lloyd Newson, Founding ...

Crystal Pite, choreographer, dancer and Artistic Director, Kidd Pivot (4/4) from 2009-11-25T09:07:46

In this final episode, Crystal Pite talks about the dual role of choreographer-performer, the creation process, her attachment to Canada’s National Arts Centre, and her enduring passion for the art...

Crystal Pite, choreographer, dancer and Artistic Director, Kidd Pivot (3/4) from 2009-11-24T07:36:18

In this third episode, Crystal Pite speaks of her collaborations with The National Ballet of Canada, Sweden’s Cullberg Ballet, BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, and Vancouver-based composer Owen ...

Crystal Pite, choreographer, dancer and Artistic Director, Kidd Pivot (2/4) from 2009-11-16T07:36:08

In this second episode, Crystal Pite recalls her move to Germany in 1996 to join William Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet and the ensuing five years of growth as a performer and choreographer. This is a...

Crystal Pite, choreographer, dancer and Artistic Director, Kidd Pivot (1/4) from 2009-11-12T07:35:58

In this first of four episodes, Crystal Pite, Vancouver-based dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of Kidd Pivot and NAC Associate Dance Artist, tells us about her early years of training, p...

Karen Kain, Artistic Director, The National Ballet of Canada (4/4) from 2009-11-02T07:35:47

In this fourth of four podcasts with Karen Kain, the NAC's Cathy Levy and Gerald Morris talk to former prima ballerina Kain about The Sleeping Beauty, the role of personal interpretation in perform...

Karen Kain, Artistic Director, The National Ballet of Canada (3/4) from 2009-10-20T07:35:34

In this third of four podcasts with Karen Kain, the NAC's Cathy Levy and Gerald Morris talk to former prima ballerina Kain about the launch of her international career in Moscow in 1973 and her glo...

Karen Kain, Artistic Director, The National Ballet of Canada (2/4) from 2009-10-05T07:35:23

In this second of four podcasts with Karen Kain, the NAC's Cathy Levy and Gerald Morris talk to former prima ballerina Kain about her rebellious behavior at the National Ballet School, her first pe...

Karen Kain, Artistic Director, The National Ballet of Canada (1/4) from 2009-09-29T07:35:10

In this first of four podcasts with Karen Kain, the NAC's Cathy Levy and Gerald Morris talk to former prima ballerina Kain about her early years: growing up in Ancaster ON, the joys and challenges ...

Karen Kain, Artistic Director, The National Ballet of Canada (1/4) from 2009-09-29T07:35:10

In this first of four podcasts with Karen Kain, the NAC's Cathy Levy and Gerald Morris talk to former prima ballerina Kain about her early years: growing up in Ancaster ON, the joys and challenges ...

Karen Kain, Artistic Director, The National Ballet of Canada (1/4) from 2009-09-29T07:35:10

In this first of four podcasts with Karen Kain, the NAC's Cathy Levy and Gerald Morris talk to former prima ballerina Kain about her early years: growing up in Ancaster ON, the joys and challenges ...