African
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
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
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](https://www.thedancecurrent.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/event-listings/1_And-so-you-see..._%C2%A9_R-Orlin_162-1-1024x683_0.jpg?itok=5Mr_lZU5 "Albert Khoza in "And So You See..." by Robyn Orlin")
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 HarrisIn 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
Doing Our Thing
Workshop | Classe
Toronto ON
April 21 avril 2018
10:00 | 10:00, 8:00 | 20:00
African
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 Contemporary African
Workshop | Classe
Toronto ON
February 4 février 2018
1:00 | 13:00 & 2:30 | 14:30
African
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 MurrayBallet 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 HamiltonHow 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
Tounkande
Performance | Spectacle
Etobicoke ON
February 2 février 2018
Contemporary, African
Moving Inspirations
Festival | Festival
Winnipeg MB
November 2-4 novembre 2017
Contemporary, African
Writers & Readers
Cultural Diversity or Orchestrated Insensitivity to the Other
By Zab MaboungouRead Canadian dance pioneer Zab Maboungou’s response to the current dialogue around pluralism in the arts.
Posted October 17, 2017
Faizal Ddamba aka Mostrixx
Workshop | Classe
Toronto ON
October 21 octobre 2017
8:00 | 20:00
African, Hip Hop
Movement in Time
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
October 14 octobre 2017
8:00 | 20:00
African, Jazz, Contemporary
