Category Archives: Dance

The boy in ballet: a young trailblazer

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Mark Aidan Bergin

My Enchanté column from June 25, 2015 You won’t find one of the most powerful—and at the same time graceful—14-year-old athletes on the soccer pitch or at the hockey rink. Cameron Baker spends many hours a week training in ballet. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, Dance | Tagged ballerino, Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Bboiz, Bboyz, Dance, danseur, Ebon Gage, en pointe, Kingston School of Dance, KSD, Male ballet dancers, Mikhail Baryshnikov, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Paris Opera Ballet, Rudolph Nureyev | Leave a comment

Dancing in a dangerous time

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Mark Aidan Bergin

My Enchanté column from August 13, 2015 Part 1: Dancing despite the odds In his New York City Hell’s Kitchen home, filled with reminders of a dancing life, 86 year old Nathaniel (Nat) Horne lives with Princess, an older and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Jazz, New York City, The arts | Tagged Alvin Ailey, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Dance Theater, Dance, Gene Kelly, Ku Klux Klan, Matt Mattox, Nat Horne, Nathaniel Horne, New York City, Race, St. Louis Blues | 9 Comments

Ballet: a feted feat of the feet

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Mark Aidan Bergin

My column from April 2, 2015 Ballerinas move across the stage like elegant fairies dwelling in a forest of the Otherworld. Many the young child dreams of being on that stage. In December, I attended a matinee performance of New … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, Dance, The arts | Tagged Apollo's Angels, Balanchine, Ballet, Barbara Karinska, Dance, en pointe, Jennifer Homans, Kingston School of Dance, Marie Camargo, Marie Taglioni, Swan Lake, tutu | Leave a comment

Nevermore: hope hovers beyond darkness

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Mark Aidan Bergin

My next Enchanté column There can never be a more haunting line in literature than, “Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’” Likewise, there is no more memorable theatre than the Canadian production, Nevermore — The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dance, Music, New York City, The arts, Theater, Theatre | Tagged Alberta, Beth Graham, Bretta Gerecke, Catalyst Theatre, Choreography, Dr Theatrical Management, Edgar Allan Poe, Gaelan Beatty, Garett Ross, Gothic, Jonathan Christenson, Laura Krewski, Ligeia, Lindsie VanWinkle, music, Nevermore, New World Stages, New York City, Off-Broadway, Poe, Radio Mouse Entertainment, Ryan Parker, Scott Shpeley, Shannon Blanchet, The Raven, Theater, theatre, University of Alberta | Leave a comment

A love affair with New York

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Mark Aidan Bergin

My Daytripper column from February 19, 2015 In the uber village called New York, millions of people mingle in hundreds of small neighborhoods and communities. Street smart and gritty, those people who inhabit one of the world’s greatest cultural centres … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dance, Music, New York City, The arts, Theater, Theatre, Travel | Tagged Blue Note, Broadway, Central Park, Chinatown, Lou Reed, New York, New York City, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Off-Broadway, Pete Seeger, Travel, Washington Square | Leave a comment

Following the beat of her heart

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Mark Aidan Bergin

My Enchanté column from January 8, 2015 Art, to Yessica Rivera Belsham, is about celebration. It’s also about joy, healing, and building community. She’s recently found a new home for her creativity. She’s one of the resident artists who opened … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dance, Music, The arts | Tagged Art, artist, Dance, drum circle, drums, Gerontological Nursing Association of Ontario, music, Nursing, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Samba, Tett Centre, Yessica Rivera Belsham | Leave a comment

Belissima! This ballerina’s on fire

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Mark Aidan Bergin

(Photo courtesy of New York City Ballet) My Enchanté column from EMC News, June 5, 2014. Sara Mearns doesn’t so much perform dance; she becomes the dance. New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns arrives for our meeting looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, The arts | Tagged Balanchine, Ballet, Dance, David H. Koch Theater, Jewels, Kingston School of Dance, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York City Ballet, NYC Ballet, Sara Mearns | Leave a comment

Dancing in the sky

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Mark Aidan Bergin

An excerpt from my May 30 Enchanté column in EMC News. Watching circus artist Erin Ball in action, it’s hard to believe her when she says she wasn’t an active kid. Ball runs Twisted Circus Arts in Kingston. Today, she … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, The arts, Theater | Tagged circus, Circus arts, Dance, Erin Ball, silks, Theater, theatre | Leave a comment

A Dancer’s Life

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Mark Aidan Bergin

There’s a rhythmic pounding in the room, like a tribal drumming. It marks the beat for young dancers performing flamenco on stage at the Domino Theatre. It’s part of the School of Dance Let It Snow performance. The flowing arms … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, The arts | Tagged Dance, Flamenco, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet | Leave a comment

A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Classic Stage Company

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Mark Aidan Bergin

Friends of fairies make haste. The New York Classic Stage Company production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, starring Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci, is in a short run, almost a micro run. It opened at the beginning of April and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, The arts, Theater | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andrea Lauer, Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci, Classic Stages Company, Erin Hill, Halley Wegryn Gross, Nick Gehlfuss, Off-Broadway, Puck, Taylor Mac, theatre, Tony Speciale | Leave a comment

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