April 26, 2012: Pulse Ontario Youth Dance Conference at York U
Hundreds of dancers and dance educators will converge on the Faculty of Fine Arts complex at York University May 10-13 for the fourth bi-annual

April 19, 2012: Selma Odom Lecture spotlights the National Ballet of Canada
The Faculty of Fine Arts' third annual Selma Odom Lecture, taking place April 25, brings together three dance scholars with research interests in the National Ballet ...

March 21, 2012: York U dancers spring into the spotlight with two shows and a host of premieres
York dance students have a spring in their step with two showcase performances this month. York Dance Ensemble - Tangled Dances The York Dance Ensemble (YDE) ...

March 07, 2012: Theatre student blogs on Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage
Katie McMillan, a doctoral candidate in York University’s Graduate Program in Theatre Studies, is the inaugural Theatre Criticism & Engagement Intern with the  World ...

February 21, 2012: York U artists re-imagine Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas”
Established and emerging artists in York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts bring their collective talents to a riveting new production of a baroque classic: Henry ...

February 16, 2012: Harbourfront Centre internships put York U Fine Arts students over the moon
Two students from York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts are engaged in an exciting experiential education initiative as part of the Faculty’s ongoing partnership with ...

February 06, 2012: Emerging dance masters unveil new works in “Temenos”
Dance artists Shannon Roberts, Nancy Latoszewski and Ilse Gudiño Barthold, candidates in York University’s MFA program in choreography and dance dramaturgy, premiere new choreographies for ...

February 06, 2012: York U students bring the health benefits of dance to seniors in the GTA
York University’s Department of Dance is spearheading an innovative health initiative that sends students into the community to lead weekly dance activity classes for older ...

January 31, 2012: The Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates research
From investigating how typography could reduce medication errors, to using math as a tool to teach jazz, Faculty of Fine Arts scholars and practitioners ...

January 24, 2012: York University’s dance program hosts Toronto Dance Theatre and “Pteros Tactics”
York University’s dance program welcomed Toronto Dance Theatre, one of Canada’s pre-eminent contemporary dance companies, as artists-in-residence this month. Led by its artistic director (and ...

January 06, 2012: The York Dance Ensemble in residence at Eleanor Winters Gallery
The York Dance Ensemble (YDE),  a pre-professional performance group based in York University's Department of Dance, will be artists-in-residence at York's Winters College for three ...

December 20, 2011: York U Faculty of Fine Arts delegation visits India January 2012
York University's Faculty of Fine Arts is expanding its international relations and deepening existing relationships with a trip to India, January 1 to 18, 2012. ...

December 16, 2011: York U dance alumna authors biography of National Ballet of Canada founder Celia Franca
In 1951, at the age of 29, Celia Franca, the star of London’s renowned Sadler’s Wells Ballet,  left England to create the National Ballet of ...

November 28, 2011: Fine Arts alumni and students re/connect at networking event
More than 40 alumni working in a broad spectrum of careers returned to York’s Keele campus October 23 for the third annual Faculty of Fine ...

November 25, 2011: Fine Arts Dean Barbara Sellers-Young receives international award for service to dance research
There are many awards for personal achievement, ranging from the most valuable player in an amateur sports team to the Nobel Prize. Such achievements, big ...