“I Thought I Could Never Make a Living From Art”
Lori Wolf-Heffner | March 6, 2021
Candice Leyland, watercolour artist and art teacher, never imagined she’d be where she is today: making a living from her art. As a writer, I can empathize. One stereotype that…
What Do You Call Books Free from Explicit Content?
Lori Wolf-Heffner | August 11, 2020
I set out to write books free from explicit content, but I didn’t know there was an actual term for that. The term is “clean books,” which isn’t what it…
Talking Arts: Kate Hilliard About Her New Piece, …this happened
Lori Wolf-Heffner | January 27, 2020
Kate Hilliard is a Toronto-based artist and the Artistic Director of Granite Motion Gallery. What fascinates me about her work and …this happened, her new, contemporary piece at Compagnie + Citadel…
Kylie Thompson: When Collaboration Brings Opportunity
Lori Wolf-Heffner | August 10, 2019
A good portion of my dance training involved dance exams. In the case of tap, I even had to memorize step definitions. “Tap: strike the floor with the ball of…
How to Understand Contemporary Dance Shows
Lori Wolf-Heffner | June 20, 2019
Last year, I watched Yvonne Ng once dance a duet with Robert Glumbek at The Registry Theatre in Kitchener, Ontario. It was called “Stone Velvet,” and is a well-known piece…
How Essentrics® Fits with My Writing Business
Lori Wolf-Heffner | April 24, 2019
by Christine Peets, Captions Communications Your first question might be, “What is Essentrics®?” The answer: a fitness program designed to re-balance the body through simultaneous stretching and strengthening all of…
Writing Novels about Dance
Lori Wolf-Heffner | March 30, 2019
Canadian writer Lori Wolf-Heffner talks about the problems she had writing novels about dance.
Svetlana Dvoretsky: The Woman Behind Theatre
Lori Wolf-Heffner | December 4, 2018
A Russian-Canadian Impresario Have you ever heard of the word “impresario”? That’s someone who organizes and maybe even finances performing arts events, including concerts, plays, ballets, operas, and more. It’s…
What Is Flamenco Dance? Myriam Allard Answers
Lori Wolf-Heffner | September 22, 2018
Continuing With Flamenco Last month, I wrote about Bonnie Masina, a woman who took up flamenco dance at age 50. This month, I ask the question: What is flamenco? And…
Exploring Creativity by Exposing Yourself More
Lori Wolf-Heffner | September 11, 2018
Engage With Your Art Form Theatre guru Trevor Copp has a bowl of theatre tickets, roughly 1,200 of them. The bowl makes its stage appearance when Copp judges the Ontario…