Dancing Diplomacy
December 27, 2018 For many people, the haunting notes of The Nutcracker – and particularly performances of “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” – are one of the indelible symbols of the winter holiday season. In most major cities in the West it is easy to find a performance of the two-act ballet […]
Indigenous Art and Cultural Diplomacy
February 3, 2019 Julian Brave Noisecat quotes NACDI’s Sarah E.K. Smith’s testimony to the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in his piece about Maria Hupfield, a Wasauksing First Nation performing artist, which appeared in The Walrus on January 17, 2019. The article examines Hupfield’s solo exhibition, The One Who Keeps Giving, at the Canadian Cultural Centre in […]