Show One, “Poor Liza”: June 13
SHOW ONE PRESENTS POOR LIZA
LEADING RUSSIAN ACTRESS & BOLSHOI BALLET STAR
IN AWARD-WINNING RUSSIAN DANCE THEATRE WORK
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 AT JOHN BASSETT THEATRE
“Poor Liza is an original, stimulating, and powerful work of dance theatre.” – The Moscow Times
“Chulpan Khamatova, a most beautiful actress…danced amazingly fluently…. She is so multi-talented.” – Ballet Magazine, U.K. More »
Coleman Lemieux, From the House of Mirth: May 9 – 13
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) proudly presents the world premiere of From the House of Mirth, directed and choreographed by James Kudelka from May 9 through May 13 at its new home, The Citadel.
Kudelka turns to America’s Gilded Age and Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel, The House of Mirth, as inspiration for his latest work. From the House of Mirth is a music/dance/theatre collaboration with original score by Rodney Sharman and libretto by Alex Poch-Goldin, featuring both choreography and theatrical direction by Kudelka. More »
DanceWorks, BoucharDanse premier: May 3 – 5
DanceWorks, Toronto’s longest-running contemporary dance series, presents Toronto’s BoucharDanse in the world premiere of Histoire d’amour, running May 3-5, 2012 at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre.
BoucharDanse Artistic Director Sylvie Bouchard commissioned Susie Burpee, Louis-Martin Charest, Denise Fujiwara and collaborated herself with Louis Laberge-Côté to create performance vignettes that look at love throughout the ages – from Ancient Greece through to Modern Times. More »
Ink on Paper Dance Company, “Nightbird”: April 26-28
Nightbird is an evocative and elegant full-length contemporary dance work that likens the human mind to a dusty old attic, as expressed by five writers at their typewriters: Colette, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, Simone de Beauvoir and Sylvia Plath. More »
Esmeralda Enrique Dance Company, “Aguas / Waters”: April 19 – 22
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company (EESDC) celebrates its 30th Anniversary with the world premiere of Aguas / Waters featuring Juan Ogalla of Spain who received the 2011 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance for his stellar performance in last season’s Espejo de Oro / Mirror of Gold. Choreographed by Artistic Director Esmeralda Enrique and Ogalla, this evocative evening, a celebration of the element of water, runs April 19 to April 22 at Fleck Dance Theatre as part of Harbourfront Centre’s NextSteps series. More »
DanceWorks, “Bboyizm”: April 13, 14
DanceWorks, Toronto’s longest-running contemporary dance series presents Ottawa urban dance sensation Bboyizm in its Toronto debut with two shows: IZM on Friday April 13 and Saturday April 14 at 8pm, and a matinee performance of the family-friendly show, EVOLUTION OF B-BOYING, Saturday, April 14 at 1pm, both at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre. More »
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, “Varenka, Varenka!”: March 21 – 31, 2012
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie proudly presents Varenka, Varenka!, an acclaimed 2003 choreographic work from co-Artistic Director Laurence Lemieux that runs March 21-31 at the company’s new dance centre in Regent Park, The Citadel.
Inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s first novel Poor Folk, the literary work is presented as a series of letters between Makar Dievushkin and Varenka Dobroselova that tells a tragic tale of an aging clerk and his love for a young woman. A profound account of the lives of the poor in the mid-nineteenth century Russia, their sincere affection for each other transforms into the downfall of one of them. More »
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
presents the world premiere of
Les Cheminements de l’Influence
(Pathways of Influence)
Choreographed and performed by Laurence Lemieux
Music by Gordon Monahan More »
inDANCE, “Nine” and “Quicksand”: April 12 – 14
Toronto’s acclaimed contemporary dance company inDANCE is proud to present a double bill of two original journeys into a vivid labyrinth of intense human encounters. Choreographed by Hari Krishnan, Nine and Quicksand will be presented at the Fleck Dance Theatre April 12 to 14 as part of Harbourfront’s NextSteps series. More »
Janak Khendry Dance Company, “Kaal – Time”: January 26-28
Rehearsals are underway for the world premiere of KAAL – TIME, an innovative dance work that tells the extraordinary cosmic and modern story of time, presented by Janak Khendry Dance Company, developed in collaboration with the Inclusive Design Research Centre and Inclusive Design Institute OCAD University. Conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director Janak Khendry with music by India’s renowned Ashit Desai, KAAL – TIME runs January 26-28, 2012 at Fleck Dance Theatre as part of Harbourfront Centre’s NextSteps series. More »
Peggy Baker Dance Projects, “the sound and feel of it”: Jan 20 – 29
Peggy Baker Dance Projects presents the sound and feel of it, a stunning evening of audio and physical contrasts by legendary dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker. Running Friday, January 20 — Sunday, January 29 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre, this multi-dimensional, contemporary Canadian dance performance features three pieces choreographed by Peggy Baker: a remount, a re-imagining and the world premiere of a major new work in celebration of the centenary of John Cage’s birth. More »
Sylvain Émard Danse, “Fragments – Volume I”: March 3
DanceWorks, Toronto’s longest-running contemporary dance series, presents Sylvain Émard Danse with the Toronto premiere of Fragments – Volume I, a collection of four short dance works set in contrasting worlds, choreographed by the award-winning Sylvain Émard of Montreal.
Performed by Monique Miller, Laurence Ramsay, Manuel Roque and Catherine Viau. Part of Harbourfront Centre’s NextSteps.
ONE NIGHT ONLY – Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8PM
at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West More »
COBA, Les Rythmes de la Forêt: February 3 – 5
COBA, Canada’s celebrated Black dance company presents an exhilarating and dramatic Sub-Saharan masterpiece
Les Rythmes de la Forêt
“This is a company that makes you sit up and take notice for all the right reasons” — The Globe & Mail
COBA, Collective of Black Artists returns to the Fleck Dance Theatre from February 3 to 5 with their exhilarating and dramatic dance production, Les Rythmes de la Forêt, as part of Harbourfront’s NextSteps dance series. More »
Showcase Presentations, International Association of Blacks in Dance: Jan 26 – 29
dance Immersion presents
4 Spectacular Showcase Presentations
as part of the
International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference & Festival
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, Les cheminements de l’influence: Feb 15 – 25
The acclaimed Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) presents the world premiere of Les cheminements de l’influence (Pathways of Influence), a striking solo dance work created and performed by CLC co-Artistic Director Laurence Lemieux as a tribute to her father, eminent political scientist and sociologist Vincent Lemieux. With original music by Gordon Monahan, this new work runs February 15 – 25, 2012, the first official work to be presented at CLC’s new home, the Citadel, a new centre for contemporary dance. More »
Janak Khendry Dance Company, KAAL – TIME: January 26 – 28
Janak Khendry Dance Company presents the world premiere of KAAL – TIME, a fascinating and innovative dance work conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director Janak Khendry that tells the extraordinary cosmic and modern story of time. More »
Opening of the Citadel: February 14
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie Announces the Opening of the Citadel
- A New Centre for Contemporary Dance in Regent Park -
Opening on Valentines Day in Regent Park is a small centre for contemporary dance – but a small centre that augers something very big. The renowned dance company Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) proudly announces the opening of the Citadel, a new centre for contemporary dance in Toronto’s Regent Park community. A ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebration and Open House will take place at the newly-renovated former Salvation Army building on February 14, 2012 from 5pm-6pm. More »
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC), “Living Dances”: November 12
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Ryerson Theatre School proudly presents the acclaimed Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) in Living Dances, an evening of three master dance works by the legendary Canadian choreographer James Kudelka for ONE NIGHT ONLY – Saturday, November 12 – at Ryerson Theatre. The program then tours out east to Fredericton (Nov. 16) and Halifax (Nov. 18) and returns to Ontario with a stop in Burlington (Nov. 29). More »
The Theatre Centre, “Four Mad Humours”: Nov 2 – 5
Four Mad Humours is a bi-national, interdisciplinary networked performance that links American and Canadian cities and performers in real-time; and premieres November 2 – 5 in Toronto (The Theatre Centre) and Buffalo, New York (ALT Theatre) simultaneously, linked to each other through live-feed and projected landscapes in each city. More »
The Neat Strange Music of Ahmed Hassan: Oct 21, 22
DANCE o FILM o MUSIC: THE NEAT STRANGE MUSIC OF AHMED HASSAN: OCTOBER 21-22, 8pm
Betty Oliphant Theatre, 400 Jarvis St, Toronto
Highlighting this year’s Abilities Festival is a celebration of the singular artistic vision of this influential Canadian composer and musician curated by award-winning contemporary dancer Peggy Baker, Hassan’s wife and longtime collaborator. More »
