While anticipating a new decade of growth and possibilities, the dance community came to an unprecedented halt in March 2020. But under COVID-19 restrictions, an even greater emergence impacts the emotional well-being, spirits, safety and livelihoods of Black people: Anti-Black racism.
Posted July 9, 2020
Toronto ON
November 30-9 décembre 2018
Contemporary, African
A student-choreographed routine included dancers wearing slave and master outfits and an attempted tribal dance in dashikis and coloured “Afro” wigs to disco movements. This was April 2018, and the performance held in Barrie, Ontario, sparked a controversial social media reaction on cultural ethics.
Posted September 4, 2018A roundup of images and videos from dance communities in Canada on International Dance Day.
Posted May 28, 2018Ballet Creole opens the holidays by intersecting the Toronto theatre community and the NextSteps contemporary dance series with its annual seasonal ritual – Soulful Messiah. The performance is Artistic Director and Founder Patrick Parson’s choreographic concept of navigating different emotional stages of life and spirituality and how one copes through its peaks and valleys.
Posted December 23, 2017
Toronto ON
May 11-13 mai 2018
Fri & Sat @ 8:00 | vendredi & samedi @ 20:00
Contemporary
Etobicoke ON
February 2 février 2018
Contemporary, African
Toronto ON
December 1-3 décembre 2017
Fri, Sat @ 8:00 | vendredi, samedi @ 20:00
Afro-Caribbean
Brandy Leary and Soraya Peerbaye launch a project looking to make understandings of contemporary dance performance more inclusive and diverse.
Posted January 26, 2017
North York ON
October 9-12 octobre 2019
Caribbean
Etobicoke ON
December 15 décembre 2015
7:00 | 19:00
Ballet, Afro-Caribbean
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