ProArteDanza SEASON 2011 Begins at Fleck Dance Theatre

Following an incredibly successful Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning season in 2011, the critically acclaimed ProArteDanza returns to Fleck Dance Theatre with Season 2011 from tonight through October 8, 2011 as part Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps.

Artistic Director Roberto Campanella, former dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, draws upon outstanding talent from both classical ballet and contemporary dance in a programme that features a world premiere from Guillaume Côté (principal dancer with The National Ballet of Canada), North American premieres from Robert Glumbek (ProArteDanza Artistic Associate) and Kevin O'Day (Artistic Director Mannheim Ballet) and a Toronto premiere of a work by Campanella.

Blending beauty and all-out athleticism, Season 2011 features an ensemble of Toronto's hottest, high-octane contemporary dancers: JohAnna Bergfeldt, Valerie Calam, Marc Cardarelli, Tyler Gledhill, Louis Laberge-Côté, Ryan Lee, Marissa Parzei, and Brendan Wyatt. Mami Hata joins the company from Kevin O'Day's Mannheim Ballet.
Campanella and Glumbek won the 2011 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography for their piece ...in between... from last season. Season 2011 features:

- the world premiere of Fractals, an ensemble piece by Guillaume Côté;

- the Toronto premiere of Roberto Campanella's en parallel, performed by Tyler Gledhill and Marissa Parzei (premiered June 2011 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec at the Festival International de Danse Encore);

- the North American premiere of Robert Glumbek's Verwoben, performed by Marc Cardarelli, Mami Hata and Brendan Wyatt (premiered 2008 in Mannheim, Germany with Kevin O'Day's Mannheim Ballet);

- the North American premiere of a Pearline by Kevin O'Day featuring Mami Hata and Louis Laberge-Côté (premiered July, 2011 in Mannheim, Germany with Kevin O'Day's Mannheim Ballet).

Regular tickets: $22-$39; Students, seniors, CADA $20-$34 (plus applicable taxes & services charges).
Harbourfront Centre Box Office: 416-973-4000 OR online at www.proartedanza.com