African

Vivine Scarlett, Founder of dance Immersion, Receives the 2021 Muriel Sherrin Award

Vivine Scarlett, founder and executive director of dance Immersion, was awarded the 2021 Muriel Sherrin award for her work since founding the organization more than 25 years ago, providing dancers of the African diaspora with a variety of platforms and support, both in Canada and abroad.

Posted May 18, 2021

COBA (Collective of Black Artists)

COBA Dance Day 2019

Fundraiser | Levée de fonds

Toronto ON
April 27 avril 2019
Contemporary, African

Mélissa 'Melly Mel' Flérangile

The Bboyizm African Street Dance Workshop

Workshop | Classe

Toronto ON
February 24 février 2019
1:00 | 13:00 & 2:30 | 14:30
African

Ballet Creole

Soulful Messiah

Performance | Spectacle

Toronto ON
November 30-9 décembre 2018
Contemporary, African

Remembering Ola Skanks

Ola Skanks, a pioneering figure in Canada’s early modern dance scene as well as in the development of African diasporic dances, passed away August 18, 2018.

Posted October 16, 2018

Muhtadi International Drumming Festival

Hello Africa!

Festival | Festival

Toronto ON
July 21-22 juillet 2018
12:00 | 12:00 - 10:00 | 22:00, 10:00 | 10:00 - 8:00 | 20:00
African

Photo courtesy of Dance Umbrella of Ontario

Lua Shayenne & Co.

Tales & Dances Around the BaoBab

Performance | Spectacle

Scarborough ON
July 21-22 juillet 2018
7:00 | 19:00
African

Jacky Essombe

Performance | Spectacle

Vancouver BC
May 16 mai 2019
6:00 | 18:00
African

A Youthful Joyous Movement

Performance | Spectacle

Mississauga ON
June 23 juin 2018
3:00 | 15:00
African

Albert Khoza in "And So You See..." by Robyn Orlin

Festival TransAmériques (FTA), Robyn Orlin, Albert Khoza

And So You See… Our Honorable Blue Sky and Ever Enduring Sun… Can Only Be Consumed Slice by Slice…

Performance | Spectacle

Montréal QC
June 2-4 juin 2018
Saturday June 2nd - Monday June 4th @8pm *Meet the artists after the show on Sunday, June 3rd
Contemporary, Baroque, African

Writers & Readers

A Broad Reach

By Holly Harris

In just five short years, the now fifteen-year-old NAfro Dance Productions has made another leap in its own evolution as Western Canada’s African contemporary dance company. The second international Moving Inspirations Dance Festival once again brought the world to Winnipeg, while also proudly celebrating local dance artists who call the Prairie province home.

Posted March 19, 2018

Seika Boye, d'bi.young anitafrika

Doing Our Thing

Workshop | Classe

Toronto ON
April 21 avril 2018
10:00 | 10:00, 8:00 | 20:00
African

M'Bemba Bangoura

West African Dance and Drum Classes with M'Bemba Bangoura

Workshop | Classe

Toronto ON
March 23-24 mars 2018
23 @ 6:00 | 18:00 & 8:00 | 20:00
African

On the Ground

A Welcoming

The Dance Current spoke with Wunmi Idowu in anticipation of UNGANISHA – an inaugural Calgary festival brought to life by Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre and Creoternity Theatre. The festival is a dance theatre showcase celebrating the history and influence of African culture and contemporary dance.

Posted February 15, 2018

Ronald K. Brown, Evidence Dance Company

Ronald K Brown Contemporary African

Workshop | Classe

Toronto ON
February 4 février 2018
1:00 | 13:00 & 2:30 | 14:30
African

Ronald K. Brown, Evidence Dance Company

Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE

Performance | Spectacle

Toronto ON
February 2-3 février 2018
8:00 | 20:00
African, Contemporary

New Year, New Awakening

Soulful Messiah’s fifteenth year By Collette Murray

Ballet 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

On the Ground

Movement in Time

By Nicole Hamilton

How is Canada representing artists of the African diaspora? Special guest and Turn Out Radio host Nicole Hamilton interviews Vivine Scarlett and Kevin Ormsby about this issue and the performances in Movement in Time, which took place on October 14 at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

Posted November 13, 2017