On stage: modern Bharatanatyam
Indian Canadian dancer and choreographer Sujit Vaidya explores queerness, sensuality, and movement in his performance of Off Centre at Performance Works on July 12, as part of the Indian Summer …
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April 25 2022 Culture Dance and poetry meet to narrate the internment and dispossession of Japanese-Canadians
Kunji Mark Ikeda uses family stories and artistic expression to navigate challenging life experiences in Sansei: The Storyteller at the Chan Centre Apr. 28–29. The show follows Ikeda as he …
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March 21 2022 Culture Kidd Pivot’s Revisor - Adapting a Russian farce on power and corruption
A low-level clerk arrives at a remote government complex where all the officials mistake him as a high-ranking inspector. Since they all have secrets that they fear being exposed, they do everything…
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February 7 2022 Culture A rough road towards equality, democracy and freedom in Africa
Gregory Maqoma’s Via Kanana opens with one word projected onto a white screen: corrupt.
The Soweto-born choreographer brings together the traditional township dance of pantsula with …
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December 6 2021 Culture Babel 7.16 - An epic dance performance about diversity
Photo by Christophe Raynaud de Lage
An epic award-winning international dance performance Babel 7.16 will be on offer to the Canadian audiences through DIGIDANCE webcast from Dec. 8 to …
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August 16 2021 Culture A workshop with multidisciplinary artist Krystal Kiran - Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts Song & Dance
Krystal Kiran says dance is her first language. The Canadian South Asian actress, singer, dancer and choreographer will be hosting an online workshop, Sunday Funday: Song & Dance with Krystal …
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June 7 2021 Culture Why We Fight - A journey to the soul
In her film, Maya Annik Bedward zooms on a holistic family portrait, showing the good, the bad, the ugly and everything in between. | Photo courtesy of Third Culture Media
Even though Capoeira is…
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April 26 2021 Culture Firehorse and Shadow An interactive virtual performance
A personal journey of four generations of Chinese Canadian women seeking their own identity takes on a creative format to engage audiences as the Dreamwalker Dance Company presents a virtual …
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April 26 2021 Culture When the student becomes the master: Maria Avila
Maria Avia is driven by a curiosity to explore and push boundaries. | Photo by Danielle Plourde
“Flamenco has kept me invested and interested because it is constantly challenging, and this is …
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April 12 2021 Culture Red Sky Performance: 20 years of innovative works
More Than Dance, We Are a Movement exposes audiences to concepts often minimized in popular culture.
Sandra Laronde wanted to make a difference in Canada. She created the Toronto-based Red Sky …