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DanceWorks presents Yvonne Ng/tiger princess dance projects’s In Search of the Holy Chop Suey and Zhong Xin on November 24 -26 at 8pm. We spoke with choreographer Yvonne Ng about the upcoming world premieres and her creative process, which included working with the dancers in isolation from each other for...

Designing for Dance (#DesignforDance #danceTO) is a collaborative project between TOES FOR DANCE and DanceWorks, funded by the Metcalf Foundation. Designing for Dance explores how Design Thinking approaches can activate new possibilities for public engagement with Toronto’s professional dance community. The project will focus on ways that co-designing with stakeholders...

LONE WOLF is an evening of solos, each exploring facets of Joshua’s persona, both public and private. We sat down with Joshua to learn more about the work and his process, and soon discovered that there was a time, when he almost stopped performing. Here is an expert of our conversation....

Qiu Xia He, musician and collaborator on the work, Made in ChinaMade in China, tells DanceWorks about her early musical influences and experience working with artists from different genres. DANCEWORKS: Can you talk about how you began your music career? QIU XIA HE: When I grew up in China, during...

DanceWorks kicks off the season with Wen Wei Dance’s Made in China – an interdisciplinary performance uniting the talents of four creators whose art practices have been influenced by China’s Cultural Revolution. Three of the artists, Wen Wei Wang (Artistic Director, Wen Wei Dance); Yanjinzi Gao (Artistic Director, Beijing Modern...

We are about to kick off our season with Wen Wei Dance, but just before the dancers take the stage, we wanted to share some details about our Student Matinees. Did you know that DanceWorks presents Student Matinees to schools in the greater-Toronto area from October 2016 to April 2017?...