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NAC Dance with Cathy Levy

Canada's National Arts Centre

From ballet to contemporary dance, these podcasts (each about 30 minutes long) feature fascinating conversations between NAC Dance Producer Cathy Levy and some of the world's most exciting d...

Episodes

20 of 81 episodes

Cathy Levy, Executive Producer, Dance, National Arts Centre - Farewell Interview

In this special podcast episode, Annabelle Cloutier, Executive Director of Strategy and Communications at Canada’s National Arts Centre, cha...

38:12Mar 30, 2023

Wen Wei Wang, Choreographer and Artistic Director, Ballet Edmonton

This episode of NAC Dance with Cathy Levy features a fascinating conversation with Wen Wei Wang, Artistic Director of Ballet Edmonton, chore...

36:01Mar 16, 2023

Gregory Maqoma, Creative Director, Producer and Dancer, Vuyani Dance Theatre

Cathy chats with internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Gregory Maqoma on the eve of the National Arts Centre presentation of Br...

29:29Mar 1, 2023

Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director, The National Ballet of Canada

Hope Muir became Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada on January 1, 2022, replacing Karen Kain who had served in this position...

36:21Feb 6, 2023

Cathy Levy, Executive Producer of Dance at Canada’s National Arts Centre

Carleton University Professor Janne Cleveland and playwright Lawrence Aronovitch engage Cathy Levy in conversation about her exceptional 22...

34:16Dec 21, 2022

Shay Kuebler, Performer, Director, Choreographer and Artistic Director of Radical System Art

Cathy Levy chats with Vancouver-based multi-dimensional performer, creator and educator Shay Kuebler about his performing arts influences an...

33:33Nov 7, 2022

Dimitris Papaioannou, Stage director, Choreographer, Performer, and Visual Artist

Cathy Levy chats with world-renowned Greek artist Dimitris Papaioannou on the eve of the North American exclusive National Arts Centre prese...

32:45May 24, 2022

A Conversation with Alan Lucien Øyen, writer, director, choreographer, and artistic director of winter guests

In this special NAC Dance podcast, Cathy Levy (Executive Producer of Dance at Canada’s National Arts Centre), Nathalie Bonjour (Director of...

45:00Apr 25, 2022

Mélanie Demers, choreographer, Founder and Artistic Director of MAYDAY

Mélanie Demers ’s fascination with creation led her early on the path of the performing arts, eventually choosing contemporary dance. A succ...

32:36Mar 10, 2022

Dana Gingras, Artistic Director and Choreographer, Animals of Distinction

Dana Gingras , Artistic Director of Animals of Distinction and a boundary-pushing choreographer, chats with Cathy while her latest multimedi...

37:00Feb 26, 2020

Louise Lecavalier, Choreographer and Dancer, Fou glorieux

In this podcast interview, the incomparable Louise Lecavalier chats with Cathy about her initial encounter with dance, the guidance she rece...

39:56Jan 24, 2020

Greta Hodgkinson, Principal Dancer, The National Ballet of Canada

The sublime Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson spoke with Cathy Levy in December 2019 on the eve of her retirement from The National Ballet o...

37:10Dec 16, 2019

Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director of Boston Ballet

Over the course of a fast-paced conversation with Cathy Levy, Helsinki-born Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director of Boston Ballet, describes ho...

36:52Nov 15, 2019

Margaret Grenier, Artistic Director, and Andrew Grenier, Creative Producer, Dancers of Damelahamid

Guest host Lindsay Lachance, Artistic Associate with the National Arts Centre’s brand new Indigenous Theatre Department, chatted with Margar...

24:10Sep 30, 2019

Peggy Baker, Artistic Director, Peggy Baker Dance Projects

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

47:29May 7, 2019

Crystal Pite, Choreographer and Artistic Director, Kidd Pivot

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

40:57Mar 6, 2019

Karen Kain, Artistic Director and Rex Harrington, Artist-in-Residence, The National Ballet of Canada

In this NAC 50th Anniversary podcast, Karen Kain , Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Rex Harrington , Artist-in-Reside...

38:53Feb 4, 2019

Jean Grand-Maître, Artistic Director and choreographer, Alberta Ballet

Cathy Levy chats with Jean Grand-Maître , Artistic Director of Alberta Ballet, choreographer and recent recipient of the Order of Canada, ab...

35:43Jan 18, 2019

Alonzo King, Founder and Artistic Director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Cathy Levy leads a captivating conversation with Alonzo King the day of his company’s NAC presentation of SUTRA , an ensemble work created i...

31:32Nov 16, 2018

Tedd Robinson and Charles Quevillon

Cathy Levy chats with NAC Associate Dance Artist Tedd Robinson , choreographer and artistic director of 10 Gates Dancing Inc , and composer...

39:42May 23, 2018