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C A N N O P Y

Art is True North

COVERING THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

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Issue 11 — 1NTERSECT1ONS is inspired by the spaces where art forms intersect, where aesthetic trends collide, and where artistic vision converges with social mission.

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Xavier Dolan

The celebrated film director makes his TV debut with The Night Logan Woke Up

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Andy Shauf’s Norm

A new creative process to match a compelling narrative

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Angel Olsen’s Big Time

“Why am I so unafraid right now?”

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

“It’s a great luxury and, to be honest, very addictive.”

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COMPOSER: Bryce Dessner

“If I’m pointing at the moon, don’t draw my finger.”

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Tegan and Sara Celebrates No.10

20 years in the Industry and More Relevant than Ever

VISUAL ARTS

TOP PICKS

COMMUNITY

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Curran’s "Tosca" is an unashamed feast

An original COC production sticks the landing

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Cécile McClorin Salvant

Salvant soars for RCM’s “Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on Stage”

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The Sound of Ukraine

Composer Tymur Polianskyi sets two immersive exhibits to live Ukrainian music

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CONVERGENT DIVERGENCY

TDT ends it's season with explosive juxtapositions

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Weyes Blood’s Holy Flux Tour

Natalie Mering glows in Toronto with "And in the Darkness"

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Dark Music Days Music Festival

Opportunities for Embodied, Cross-Disciplinary Performance

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Salome in Therapy

Atom Egoyan and the COC deliver a Dance of the Seven Veils fit for our times

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Back to buffa: Le nozze di Figaro at the COC

A dose of good humour to rescue this folle journée of lust and jealousy

Tarmo Peltokoski and the TSO

Bon Ciel d’hiver: The TSO hosts Saariaho, Crow, and Shostakovich

A satisfying, if unsurprising, tour of two giants of the symphonic genre.

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason Brings His Elgar to the Toronto Symphony

For his second concert in Toronto, the celebrated cellist delivered some KANNEH-MAGIC

VISUAL ARTS

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The Flying Sailor

“Imagine the story of the sailor’s flight as a subjective, visceral, slow-motion ballet”

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ON THE SET: Women Talking

Actor Sheila McCarthy on the Oscar-nominated film’s work culture

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CERAMICS: Raluca Buzura

From kindling to kiln, how ceramics become wearable art installations

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Climate Activists vs. A Gallery Near You

“If you do something that can get ignored, it gets ignored”

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TEXTILES: Laura Rokas

How can galleries make space for less conventional media?

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COLLAGE: Hanoch Piven

“To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.”

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Collins Obijiaku

An emerging portraitist in search of new postures and perspectives on the African continent

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PERFORMING ARTS

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Le Diamant

A dynamic cultural beacon revived the past, repurposed for the present, and designed for the future

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Maja Lena

A bold new voice in the U.K.’s folk scene embarks on a celestial journey

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Ragamala Dance Company

Bringing classical South Indian Dance to the global stage

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PIANIST & COMPOSER: Chad Lawson

“I wanted to create something where people could close their eyes and just exhale what they‘re carrying.”

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Rimini Protokoll’s Remote X

A uniquely interactive theatre experience reveals the unholy alliance of tech and social engineering

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Raw Poetic

“Pull from everywhere, because we didn’t belong anywhere”

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Mother Sorrow: A Work in Progress

From blueprints to footprints on stage, a contemporary dance project unfolds

ARTS & LETTERS

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Tekahionwake

The double life of Emily Pauline Johnson’s Poetry

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#rhodesmustfall

Can the toppling of statues help erect a more comprehensive collective memory?

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The Society of Illustrators vs. AI

When AI creates art, who should get the credit?

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Mining Minimalism

Ecocriticism meets revisionist history of minimalism

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That Girl: Performing an Aesthetic

How TikTok commodifies girlhood and renders selfhood as consumerism

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