Coming Up
Weathering
Conceived, choreographed and directed by Faye Driscoll
January 18–21, 2024
January 18–20: 8pm. January 21: 5pm
Ada Slaight Hall, Daniels Spectrum
585 Dundas St E, Toronto
Performed by James Barrett, Kara Brody, Miguel Alejandro Castillo, Amy Gernux, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Jennifer Nugent, Cory Seals, Eliza Tappan, Carlo Antonio Villanueva, Jo Warren
Curated by Christine Shaw
𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 is a multi-sensory performance, conceived by Driscoll as a moving human sculpture made of bodies, sounds, scents, liquids, and objects. Ten performers perpetually enact a morphing “tableau vivant” on a mobile raft-like stage that surges and spins through crisis and alienation. Grappling with the Anthropocene—the geologic toll of environmental destruction resulting from human activity on the Earth—𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 considers its effects on individual bodies and their interdependencies. It explores the unstable boundaries between grief, anger, emergency, and eroticism.
Past Collaborations
Who Needs A Dramaturg?
Workshop on Dance Dramaturgy and Creative Process
in partnership with CanAsian Dance
Friday May 12 and Saturday May 13, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $70 for this expansive 2-day workshops
Only 15 spots available
Develop your own dramaturgical reflection on your artistic practice! Led by Guy Cools, this workshop will offer participants practical tools and exercises to reflect upon, to evaluate and eventually to transform their creative process.
Through practical and physical exercises there will be an exploration on how dramaturgy/the dramaturg can contribute to this process as witness, dialogue partner and ‘editor.’
The Bentway Artist Residency: Dance in Public Space
Residency Duration: June – August 21, 2023
Toronto Dance Theatre has teamed up with The Bentway to support their residency opportunity dedicated to dance in public space. The 2023 residency invites three (3) artists with a focus on dance, movement, and/or embodied practice to participate in a three-month, open-ended, and research-based project that furthers their practice, provides learning opportunities with dance and public art practitioners; and in turn, contributes to the evolution of The Bentway as leading a creative movement to re-imagine the opportunities of urban spaces. Learn more about the resident artists.
Quick Takes on Dance
in partnership with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
September 10, 2022
Slaight Music Stage, TIFF’s Festival Street
Dancers tried to beat the clock in this performance party that celebrates the wide spectrum of dance happening in Toronto. Curated by TDT’s artistic director Andrew Tay, this dance activation at TIFF featured one-of-a-kind performances that range from Tap to Contemporary, Street Dance to Flamenco, and more!
You Can’t Take It With You
in partnership with Toronto Dance Community Love-In
Saturday November 19, 2022
Toronto Dance Community Love-In is presenting Liz Kinoshita’s You Can’t Take It With You at the Winchester Street Theatre, as part of the work’s 2022 transnational tour! Featuring four performers, You Can’t Take It With You is an investigation within dance and musicality, what we need to survive, and what we need to discard in order to sustain ourselves and our environments.
Screen:Moves
in partnership with RT Collective
Winchester Street Theatre
December 13, 2022
RT Collective partnered with TDT to bring Screen:Moves -a screening program of short dance videos- to the Winchester Street Theatre in December 2022. This event featured a mix of new commissions as well as dance films that were created over the past two years.
Artist – Presenter Welcome Party
co-hosted with CanDance Network
Monday January 23, 2023
Winchester Street Theatre
CanDance Network is launched this year’s national dance presenter meetings with a Welcome Party in TDT’s home at the Winchester Street Theatre! Toronto choreographers and dancers were invited to gather for a casual party and chance to re-connect. TDT’s Artistic Director Andrew Tay co-hosted and was DJ for the night.
“Here and Now or Never” Choreographic Lab with Mélanie Demers
in partnership with dance Immersion
Saturday February 11, 2023
Winchester Street Theatre
Mélanie Demers investigates the role of dance and art in society. This workshop is designed as a creation laboratory for dancers and dance makers to experiment and take risks with dance composition in a safe environment. Open to all artists with a dance or choreographic practice, this lab aims to provide a playground for artists to explore their “inner mythology” and develop a creative process derived from the inside while reflecting on the outside. Full Description
This choreographic lab is affiliated with Mélanie Demers’ work, Cabaret Noir (February 9 – 11, 2023), a MAYDAY Production co-presented by dance Immersion with Canadian Stage.
