Ethel introduced tap dancing to many in Montreal after arriving from Harlem, New York in 1953 for a dancing gig. She ended up staying and began teaching tap dancing in the 1960’s.
Ethel introduced tap dancing to many in Montreal after arriving from Harlem, New York in 1953 for a dancing gig. She ended up staying and began teaching tap dancing in the 1960's.
When the first iteration of Sky Dancers was presented soon after, it was only 15 minutes and three scenes long and it involved just a few dancers. "It started really tiny, like a seed," Diabo says.
Diabo enlarged her work over several years, thanks to grants such as the $120,000 she received from the NAC s National Creation Fund, which since 2018 has provided about $3 million annually to support new theatre, dance and music projects.
Despite the pandemic, optimism and progress are binding threads in our writers selections, from the return of Just for Laughs to improved Indigenous representation on Montreal stages.