Various

On the Ground

Konversations on Colour: A Report

By Collette Murray

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

Canada’s Drag Race Premieres During an Important Time

Tonight, the inaugural season of Canada’s Drag Race premieres during an important time in history: Just after Pride month, during a global pandemic and amid calls for justice and more representation of marginalized voices from the Black Lives Matter movement.

Posted July 2, 2020

Toronto’s Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners Announced

Like so many other events, the forty-first annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards found themselves right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted June 29, 2020

Evans / Photo co-created with Ximena Huizi

Provocations

A Calling In

By Aria Evans

As a mixed white and Afro-Indigenous body myself, I know the dance community has a lot of work to do inside of systemic racism and solidarity. I have personally experienced violence and injustice from the dance community, and I question the ways that the performing arts sector continues to perpetuate this brutality.

Posted June 5, 2020

Down the TikTok Rabbit Hole

TikTok offers people a way to move while isolated during COVID-19, but the popular app also comes with concerns By Emily Latimer

As a platform, TikTok is home to viral dances that are available to all users. The accessibility and sense of accomplishment from mastering the moves have people flocking to the app. But while there’s joy to be found, especially during COVID-19, there are also problems lurking beneath the surface.

Posted May 28, 2020

Natasha Nazerali

Social Dis-dancing!

Competition | Compétition

International
April 27-1 septembre 2020
Various

Frog in Hand

Kitchen Dances

Workshop | Classe

All
April 23-31 décembre 2020
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:00-7:30pm | 19:00-19:30 (EST)
Various

National Arts Centre and Facebook Canada to Provide $100,000 to Support Online Performances

Funding for online performances between now and March 31

Posted March 19, 2020

Molinari Quartet

Toronto premiere of contemporary dance odyssey Les corps avalés

Exhibit | Exposition

Toronto ON
April 3-4 avril 2020
Various

Do You Call Yourself a "Dancer"?

Artists from across the country share whether they call themselves dancers

For many performers and movers, calling themselves dancers is a personal decision based on disciplinary, financial and emotional factors. The Dance Current asked artists from across the country why or why not they relate the title.

Posted February 5, 2020

Adelynne Addington, Ana Sosa, Anouk Froidevaux, Jhoely Triana Flamenco, Tomoyo Yamada/Clala Dance Project

Open Stage Edition #1

Performance | Spectacle

Vancouver BC
February 11 février 2020
Various

Healthy Dancer

Big Little Secrets: Part II

By Jo-Anne La Flèche

Understanding abuse and trauma in dance

Posted December 21, 2019

Philippe Meunier, Ian Yaworski, Stacey Désilier

Suspendu au sol + Pythagore mon corps

Performance | Spectacle

Montréal QC
February 6-9 février 2020
Various

Bérénice Dupuis, Sarah Elola

instruMENTAL + Ça prend un village

Performance | Spectacle

QC
January 30-2 février 2020
Various

Various Artists

2020 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame

Fundraiser | Levée de fonds

Toronto National
March 29 mars 2020
Various

Performers in Tableau D’Hôte Theatre’s Blackout, choreography by Rodney Diverlus, set by Sophie El-Assad, costumes by Noémi Poulin, lighting by Audrey-Anne Bouchard, projections by Jaclyn Turner / Photo by Jaclyn Turner

Political Bodies

Dance and/as Protest By Elan Marchinko, Rodney Diverlus

Public protest on the land now called Canada often disrupts the rhythms of everyday life. Dance, when used in and as protest, entails the work of remembrance and caring for difficult histories, memories and stories. Elan Marchinko explores four performative works that engage in protest: The Holomodor Project, Meridian, Bearing and Blackout. Included are Rodney Diverlus’s choreographer’s notes.

Posted November 20, 2019