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Issue Number 54 Winter 1987/88 Hiver February/fevrier Cover Story: 8 MOZE MOSSANEN A Dance Film-Maker for Modern Times Finding a cinematic approach to dance. 8 By PAT KAISER 16 FLOYD & JEAN CHALMERS Helping Canada's Artists to Follow Their Stars By MICHAEL CRABB 22 NEW DANCE IN MONTREAL A Festival of Contrasts By LINDE HOWE-BECK 28 ATLANTIC CANADA'S CHOREOGRAPHERS WORKSHOP Imaginative philanthropy. 16 Getting to the Heart of the Matter By DAWN RAE DOWNTON 33 IN REVIEW: Performances By SUSAN INMAN (Vancouver), JACQUI GOOD (Winnipeg), ANDREA ROWE (Ottawa), PAULA CITRON (Toronto) and LINDE HOWE-BECK (Montreal) 43 N.B. What's New and What's Happening . .. People, Performances and Exhibits The unpredictable crea ive process. 28 Reviews, reviews ... 33 COVER: Members of the Danny Grossman Dance Company performing Endangered Species in the Moze Mossanen film Dance for Modern Times. 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