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Adjunct Professor Lata Pada receives one of India’s highest awards

Alumna Lata Pada (MFA ’96), adjunct professor in the Department of Dance’s graduate program, has already received Canada’s highest award – the Order of Canada, in 2009 – but now she can add one of India’s highest honours to her collection. In January, Pada accepted the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award for her contributions to Indian dance and […]

Professor Donna Krasnow’s book teaches dancers to use brain and muscles to overcome injury

Like all athletes, dancers are prone to injuries, and the risk increases among those performing at the elite level. From stress fractures to overuse syndromes, dance injuries have a serious impact on a performer’s current and future ability. York dance Professor Donna Krasnow first began conducting research after she personally experienced a series of injuries. Now […]

Video: York’s dance faculty, alumni and students front and centre at global assembly

Several professors, alumni and students from York University’s Department of Dance participated in the World Dance Alliance (WDA) 2010 Global Dance Event July 12 to 17 in New York City. More than 300 dance artists, scholars, educators and students, representing more than 25 countries, came together to explore the WDA ‘s 2010 theme, “In Time Together: Viewing and Reviewing […]

Music professor’s new book teaches the South Indian art of konnakkol

It is a human urge to imitate percussive sounds, says York music Professor Trichy Sankaran, whose new book, The Art of Konnakkol (Solkattu), delves into the rhythmic spoken syllables of south Indian drumming. A master percussionist, Sankaran wrote the book and used selections from his albums Laya Vinyas and Catch 21 on the accompanying CD to […]

York dance professor publishes a book on Canada’s National Ballet School

Dance Professor Norma Sue Fisher-Stitt (BA Spec. Hons. ’78, MFA ’86), York’s associate vice-president, academic learning initiatives, has published a major new work in the annals of Canadian dance. Her book, The Ballet Class: A History of Canada’s National Ballet School, 1959-2009, traces the conception and growth of the National Ballet School (NBS), one of the […]

York students, faculty contribute artistry to Vancouver Olympics

Research at York is broader than books, journal articles, scientific findings or data sets. In the Faculty of Fine Arts, research can result in a dance, piece of music, or animation fit for the world stage. While the athletes and competitive games are the major focus of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the York fine arts […]