Join us for the premiere of SaMel Tanz's CHAMPIONESS!CHAMPIONESS is an electrifying performance that combines boxing and contemporary, street, and Latin dance to explore notions of identity and mental health. Choreographers Sam Schleese and Mel Hart reflect on the power of solidarity amongst women as they face fears and navigate...
Author: DanceWorks Staff
Meet the Performers in Moving Parts by Denise Fujiwara
Sylvie Bouchard is originally from Montréal and began her training there before moving to Toronto in 1983, to study at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. She subsequently joined Toronto Dance Theatre in 1985 and performed nationally and internationally with them for five years in works by Peter Randazzo, Trish...
Sneak Peek! Moving Parts by Denise Fujiwara
We are delighted to bring a 30-minute version of Moving Parts, choreographed by Denise Fujiwara to Dusk Dances 2023 at Withrow Park, a co-presentation with Dusk Dances and DanceWorks. Excerpts of this stunning, dynamic, and high-spirited work for 6 dancers, a live band, and a moving choir were presented at Dusk Dances in 2019,...
Dedra McDermott & David Norsworthy, DanceWorks Executive Artistic Producers!
“We are excited to be joining the team at DanceWorks—an opportunity that will further our reach as equity-focused producers, cultural agitators, and community caretakers. In alignment with the current DanceWorks mission and principles, our curatorial vision will sustain a civic serving, community-focused, artist-centred presentation platform; developing programming that responds to...
Watch Now! SUMMER REEL 2023
Summer Reel is back! Watch a collection of dance films by Canadian artists. This year we share SUMMER FEATURES - two of our top films from the past seasons and SUMMER SHORTS - dance films under three minutes completed between May 2020 and May 2023.Summer Reel artists include:Cindy Ansah's SanctumPhyllis Whytes's...
Summer SHORTS: RARA: Reweaving Diasporic Futures
An exploration of the impact of colonialism and migration, a dancer grapples with cultural amnesia. In this short film, the weaving of banig (a Philippine mat) symbolizes the design of possibility and reinvention and the raffia facilitates bloodline memory. Blessyl Buan, Choreographer Blessyl is a mother, dancer, ,and chiropractor, and...