Dear AMPD colleagues, students, alumni, faculty, staff and community partners: I hope this message finds you and your families and communities in good health and spirits during the current circumstances. I know that the conditions necessitated by COVID-19 have lasted much longer than expected and I am grateful for your continued resilience and widespread generosity …
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AMPD Celebrates Pride
We are lucky to have a rich LGBT2SQ+ community here at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design. Ask any Winters College student and they’ll tell you that a sense of community and belonging is one of this school’s greatest strengths. It is a place where students can be themselves and be loved …
Congratulations Class of 2020
Another school year has come to an end, which means it is time to celebrate and send-off our graduating class as they prepare themselves for the next stage of their careers. These are truly extraordinary circumstances. In any other year, we would gather in the large Centre of Excellence at the Aviva Centre, surrounded by …
SSHRC Partnership Grant, just under $2.5 M, awarded to AMPD Professor Laura Levin
UPDATE: Fall Planning in AMPD
AMPD is a leading example for the arts in Canada and beyond. Today we are faced with extraordinary challenges and opportunities. It is my hope that together with students, faculty, staff, alumni, community and industry partners, we can not only mitigate the negative effects of the current challenges, but also embrace opportunities for meaningful change …
An Open Letter to Arts Students
Dear AMPD students: Amid all the current uncertainty, it’s hard not to look at the recent past with longing. Remember when going to a restaurant or a movie was no big deal? In such moments, it can be tempting to wait for things to just “go back to normal.” But it’s not clear yet what …
YDE Language of Landscape 2020 Showcase
Department of Dance Language of Landscape investigating movement, meaning and environment The York Dance Ensemble Artistic Director: Susan Lee February 2020 The York Dance Ensemble (YDE) is the resident company of the Department of Dance at York University. Since 1988, the YDE has been providing upper level dancers, choreographers, musicians and production crews with pre-professional …
Limitless possibilities: Curious Creatures takes VR to a whole new level
Shadowpox Game Teaches People to Stay Home
Q&A with Dave Douglas
Award winning trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas is the Department of Music’s 2020 Oscar Peterson Jazz Artist-in-Residence. A prolific trumpeter, composer, educator and entrepreneur from New York City, Douglas’ unique contributions to improvised music have garnered distinguished recognition, including a Doris Duke Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland award, and two Grammy Award …