Patricia Beatty

Beatty in Lessons in Another Language in 1980 / Photo by Andrew Oxenham, courtesy of Dance Collection Danse

Patricia Beatty, Co-Founder of Toronto Dance Theatre, Remembered as a ‘Warrior Queen’

Patricia Beatty was a multi-faceted artist: a choreographer, a dancer, a teacher, a poet. She was a true pioneer – one of the most influential figures of modern dance in Canada. She’s best known as co-founder of Toronto Dance Theatre, along with David Earle and Peter Randazzo. Her death at age 84 marked decades of choreography, teaching and writing that inspired thousands of young dancers.

Posted December 16, 2020

Volume 22, Issue 2
March/April 2019

TDT artists Louis-Laberge-Côté and Sierra Chin-Sawdy in Pavane (2015) / Photo by David Hou

David Earle, Patricia Beatty, Peter Randazzo

Toronto Heritage Dance

Performance | Spectacle

Toronto ON
September 21-1 octobre 2017
Sept. 21-23 & Sept. 28-20 @ 8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary, Modern

Volume 20, Issue 4
July/August 2017

The Canadian Senior Artists’ Resource Network Mentorship Program

The Canadian Senior Artists’ Resource Network (CSARN) is developing a mentorship program. Officially launched in January 2014, CSARN is currently accepting applications from professional artists of all ages. Mentors must be sixty or older, but mentees can be artists of any age wishing to develop new skills.

Posted June 17, 2014

History Lesson

By Ben Portis Toronto Heritage Dance

The 2013 season of Toronto Heritage Dance (THD), its second, assembled a stellar program of works by the pioneers of contemporary dance in Toronto, including Patricia Beatty, David Earle, Judy Jarvis and Danny Grossman, and Nenagh Leigh.

Posted October 17, 2013

David Earle, Patricia Beatty, Danny Grossman