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Exterminating Angel

Alysa Pires Dance Projects By Emma Kerson

Emerging choreographer Alysa Pires of Alysa Pyres Dance Projects is bringing her bold quality of movement to the Toronto Fringe. With an ample cast of nine dancers and an original score being composed by Adam Sakiyama, Exterminating Angel is a full-length piece of dance theatre. Created with accessibility in mind, the show features sophisticated dinner guests who come to realize they’re not able to leave. “What happens when the parts of us we build to make it in society are the parts we must leave behind to survive?”

Exterminating Angel runs June 29-July 9 at the Al Green Theatre, Toronto.

Posted June 27, 2016

Political Bodies

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.

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Swan Lake Syndrome

The forty-minute solo by Toronto-based artist Linnea Swan is a comedic and poignant autobiography of the highs and lows of a life and career in dance – starting with having the last name Swan as a young ballerina.

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