“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...
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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...
DanceWorks 2023/24 Season!
DanceWorks Curator, Mimi Beck, shares:"Our 46th season will feature dance pieces with themes of migration, displacement, identity, and women's empowerment, reflecting DanceWorks’ commitment to artistic risk taking. As a leading presenter of dance in all forms, DanceWorks will showcase exceptional works in live performance, indoors, outdoors, and virtually. In the...
SUMMER REEL 2023
SUMMER REEL IS BACK! Summer Reel 2023 will have two components: SUMMER FEATURES - a selection of our top films from the past two seasons and SUMMER SHORTS - showcasing dance films up to 3 minutes in length, by Canadian artists, completed between May 2020 and May 2023. SUMMER SHORTS films will...
Verkörperung – A double bill by Tracey Norman and Angela Blumberg
Verkörperung, German for 'expressing embodiment', encompasses the crux of the two dance films presented in this double bill by Tracey Norman and Angela Blumberg. Originally scheduled for a live performance at The Citadel in 2020, the pandemic required a digital adaptation of the two works, and Verkörperung will now run...
Danah Rosales and Sara Porter
DanceWorks is delighted to co-produce a double-bill of queer work in partnership with Fall for Dance North and the Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance in Toronto. This double-bill features Toronto-based artists Danah Rosales and Sara Porter in a juxtaposition of works that finds shared ground in theatricality, spectacle and Queer identity...