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The world of Adam Makarenko is shrinking. His photographic pursuit is constructing life-like dioramas depicting everything from the real to the surreal in miniature scale. He painstakingly builds entire sets dedicated to themes, then spends days photographing his mini masterpieces. His eye for detail is second to none and his final images are stunning. Makarenko's photography has won him many prestigious awards, while his work is also currently hanging...
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Antonio Vivaldi was Italy's master composer of the Baroque era. He was revered as a premier violinist, heralded as a versatile composer and is credited with standardizing the concerto format. Almost forgotten after his death, we take a closer look at his most famous composition, the Four Seasons—one of the most popular pieces of music ever recorded.
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An elderly comedian was quoted on his deathbed as saying, “Dying is hard but comedy is harder.” On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin said in his autobiography, “All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.” Surely the truth lies somewhere in between. What does make something funny? How do stand-up comedians become actors? Is it possible to teach an actor to be funny? What is this thing called timing?
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As the famous acting teacher Robert Lewis said, “The problem with acting is that the better you do it, the more everyone thinks they can do what you do.” Never has this been clearer than in film acting. Film acting is not like operatic singing or ballet dancing, which easily proves to the audience that the performers can do things that the viewer cannot. On the contrary, film acting is based on creating people that seem real, just like you and...
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More than 22,000 Canadians flew for the British Air Services in the First World War. This documentary looks back at Canada’s early aviator heroism from a personal and modern perspective. The personal perspective is colorfully captured from compelling stories provided by surviving relatives, or passionate supporters, of popular and lesser-known Canadian FWW pilots. The modern perspective is examined through biplane builders, FWW pilot enthusiasts,...
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The power of Shakespeare’s plays still makes them among the most attended theatre events in the English-speaking world. The plays also continue to attract high quality actors in all phases of their careers. What is the allure of a Shakespeare play? Why are the plays still so popular and why do actors still want to work on classical texts?
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If it wasn’t for attaching cameras to First World War biplanes the Allies may have not won the war, Canada and the world would have taken much longer to map, and Google Earth might not exist. This documentary surprisingly reveals that the greatest tactile weapon of the First World War was not a “weapon” in the traditional sense. Rather it was made of paper... accurate and reliable maps!
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Anne Troake uses her home in Newfoundland as inspiration for her highly original works. Her short dance film Pretty Big Dig is classic Troake, featuring a dance company made up of steam shovels! Her keen sense of humor is evident in choreographed works that feature both dancers and non-dancers, where she explores honesty in movement.
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Franz Schubert's God-given gift was composing wonderful melodies. More or less unknown when he was alive, he is regarded as the greatest classical songwriter of all time. In all, he wrote more than 600 songs. His best-known works are Ave Maria and Erlkonig. We define what makes a song memorable through several selections from this young genius' body of work.
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He was a composer, conductor and a virtuoso pianist with incredibly large hands. We examine Rachmaninoff's triumph over a three-year depression (ignited by critical reviews of his first symphony) through radical hypnosis therapy administered by Russian psychiatrist Dr. Nikolay Dahl. We feature his most enduring work, his Concerto No. 2, which he dedicated to his doctor. And we follow Rachmaninoff's career to America where Hollywood discovered his...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the quintessential child prodigy. He is acknowledged as the greatest natural genius of classical music ever-a messenger from God. The two words used most often to describe his work are balance and perfection. We endeavor to define musical perfection through several selections from the young genius' incredible volume of work-Elvira Madigan, Concertos No. 20 and No. 21. With these pieces we present the cheery and dark side...
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Santee Smith has one foot in the ballet world and the other firmly planted in traditional aboriginal dance. By combining the two disciplines she has created a hybrid of breathtaking choreography based on her passion for storytelling. Fueled by a musical fusion of modern and ancient, her work is deeply moving to observe.
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Margot Fonteyn said that the future of ballet lies in the hands of the people of Asia. We will focus on the development of ballet in Asia. What have Hong Kong and China done with the Russian "Vaganova" technique and why are they winning all of the ballet competitions around the world?