Anna Asimakopulos

CBC's Anna Asimakopulos covered Montreal's arts and culture scene for longer than she can remember.

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Montreal dance company decamped to countryside to create work for virtual audience

After their European tour was cut short, the entire company of Ballets Jazz de Montréal isolated, got tested, said goodbye to family and friends, and decamped to Domaine Forget in Charlevoix in mid-September to create a new work.
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How I learned to love Greek folk dancing all over again

This is a story about returning to your roots, years after you've abandoned them for "cooler" pastures.

Still dancing at 70: Montreal's Paul-André Fortier shows how it's done

Not many professional dancers are still on stage past their 40s, but at the age of 70, Paul-André Fortier is performing his last dance for Festival TransAmériques.
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How 375 dancers put the finishing touches on tonight's performance at Place des Festivals

This is the fifth and final of Anna Asimakopulos's chronicles of the path to opening night of Super Méga Continental tonight at Place des Festivals. She has been sharing her story and those of fellow dancers.
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The ties that bind: dancing together weaves new bonds

This is the fourth of Anna Asimakopulos's chronicles of the path to opening night of the Super Méga Continental on Friday, Sept. 15. She will be sharing her story and those of fellow dancers.
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Dancing through adversity for the Super Méga Continental

This is the third of Anna Asimakopulos's chronicles of the path to opening night on Friday, Sept. 15. She will be sharing her story and those of fellow dancers. The performances of Super Méga Continental will be Sept. 15, 16, and 17 at Place des Festivals.
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Chinese Montrealers join mass dance performance for city's 375th anniversary

This is the second of Anna Asimakopulos's chronicles of the path to opening night of the Super Méga Continental on Friday, Sept. 15. She will be sharing her story and those of fellow dancers.
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Dancing our way to Place des Festivals

This is the first of Anna Asimakopulos's chronicles of the path to opening night of the Super Méga Continental on Friday, Sept. 15. She will be sharing her story and those of fellow dancers.
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Does love overcome all obstacles? Glimpse into lives of couples 'embracing diversity'

Thirty interracial couples share their love stories in a photographic exhibition entitled Montreal in Love: Embracing Diversity, now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts .

5 ways to keep your kids busy in Montreal this snowless holiday

With temperatures stubbornly and unseasonably high, two weeks of entertaining your children is a daunting prospect. Anna Asimakopolus has a few ideas to keep the kids occupied.