Arts Headlines / September 29, 2006

New GCTC theatre opening delayed until 2007   The curtain will not rise at the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s (GCTC) new, state-of-the-art Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre until September 2007, a year later than originally planned.   From jig to reel, Scottish dancers expose their art   From '80s moves and grooves at Barrymore’s to bumping and grinding at The Bulldog, it would seem that Centretown has most dancing styles covered. But the Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa are encouraging local residents to try something a little different as their new season of dance classes start at Glashan Intermediate School.   Local author among Giller Award finalists   When Alan Cumyn launched his seventh novel The Famished Lover Sept. 20, he already had something to brag about. The Ottawa author was named to the long list for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize.   Viewpoint: Country culture is line dancing its way back into Ottawa   Country music just didn’t fit in to the grunge craze of the '90s. It was cooler to have holes in your jeans than it was to have a cowboy hat . . .