Behind the Scenes at the NAC

Festival TransAmériques (FTA), the National Arts Centre (NAC Dance) and FURIES contemporary dance festival have come together to support the creation of an outdoor dance piece for public space.

The chosen...

As the National Arts Centre Orchestra Mentorship Program prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary this season, the NAC Orchestra is pleased to announce its latest cohort of talented musicians and orchestra professionals. The 2026 edition of the Mentorship Program runs from June 8 to 25 at the NAC.

Under the mentorship of Music Director

For me, artistic creation is regenerative: something new is brought to life out of nothing. I think often about how artistic risk—so essential to creation, and yet inherently precarious—fits into that. When can artistic risk be sustaining, even sustainable? What makes some risks feel life-giving, while others make your stomach drop (and when is that a bad thing?)? How do we s...

This May, in celebration of Asian Heritage Month, The Currents by Chun Hua Catherine Dong transforms the Kipnes Lantern into a vibrant, living, ocean-like surface.

The Currents blends Chinese textile motifs with marine imagery. It explores the...

“Classical music is in my DNA,” says Friederike Knabe, long-time arts lover and NAC fan. As a child, she played recorder and performed with a chamber group, so music was always a big part of her life.

Born and raised in Germany, Friederike lived in London, England for over a decade, working as a senior manager at Amnesty International. It was a short contract with Amn...