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21st Annual Downtown Eastside HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL Returns This Fall

The DTES Heart of the City Festival announced its lineup for 2024, featuring over 100 events including music, theatre, and visual arts, celebrating the cultural diversity and artistic talent of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Me Time Brings R.A.V.E. to Downsview Airport Lands

It’s a dance party. It’s a theatre show. It’s a rave opera for desperate times. Me Time is one of Toronto’s favourite underground DJs, known for her inclusive events and infectious energy on the decks.
Theatre, Dance & More to be Featured in SUMMERWORKS PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL in August

As an organization at the forefront of contemporary performance, SUMMERWORKS will present a passionately curated selection of artists and creative collaborators as part of the 33rd SUMMERWORKS PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL.
Full List of Winners Announced For the 40th Annual Dora Awards - Soulpepper Theatre, Canadian Opera Company, and More!

The 40th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the 2018-2019 season were handed out in a star-studded celebratory ceremony in Toronto on the evening of Tuesday, June 25 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, hosted by the multi-talented, multi-award-winning Rick Miller, well-known for his widely acclaimed one-man shows that include MacHomer, BOOM and Bigger Than Jesus (Dora Award for Outstanding Performance, 2006).
40th Annual Dora Awards Nominations Announced: Soulpepper Takes Home 25 Nominations, DEAR EVAN HANSEN Taps 9 Noms

At a press conference held May 28 in the Davies Takacs Lobby of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 282 nominations for the 40th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in professional theatre, dance and opera in Toronto. On Tuesday, June 25 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 49 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Silver Ticket Award and the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award will be presented.
Aga Khan Museum Presents BLOODSONGS By Terrill Maguire

Award-winning dancer, choreographer, teacher, and artistic director, Terrill Maguire explores the aspects of life that transcend different religions, cultures and times in Bloodsongs, November 7, 2018 at the Aga Khan Museum. Choreographed by Maguire, what began as a response to some exquisite music of the Middle East, from both Judaic and Islamic sources, has evolved into an alternative response to the pervasive greed, conflict, intolerance, and cruelty in the world.
Nominations Announced for the 39th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards!

At a press conference held May 31 in the lobby of the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 237 nominations for the 39th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.
Kaeja D'Dance Presents 7th Annual Porch View Dances - Inclusive Stories Told Through Dance

Kaeja d'Dance proudly presents the beloved award-winning 7th annual PORCH VIEW DANCES (PVD), a unique and family friendly on-site production that showcases real people dancing in real spaces. This year, PVD is all about inclusivity, and will have a strong focus on diversity in dance creation and performance, with individuals from all backgrounds, ages, and featuring participants with multi-abilities. The Launch of PVD 2018 sets in motion a more accessible and inclusive event for both participants and audience members, that will pave the way for Kaeja's future events. The performance runs from July 18 to July 22, 2018, in Seaton Village, part of the Annex of Toronto.
The Burlington Performing Arts Centre Announces 2018/2019 Season

Executive Director Tammy Fox announced her inaugural season of programming at BPAC's annual season launch event Wednesday, May 16. Joining Fox to introduce the 2018/19 Season, and sample what audiences can expect, were Indigenous contemporary folk band Twin Flames, Andrew Burashko from Art of Time Ensemble, hip-hop artist and creator of the 'Unauthorized Biography Series' Shaun Boothe, and the evening's host comedian Elvira Kurt.
Peggy Baker Dance Projects Presents Map By Years

Peggy Baker Dance Projects is pleased to announce Map by Years, a four-work program featuring the world premiere of a new movement and text work for Peggy Baker created with the incomparable Sarah Chase, titled unmoored. It is joined on the program by the return of three landmark Baker solos, Her Heart, Krishna's Mouth and Portal. Map by Years runs at The Theatre Centre from February 21-25, 2018.
Dreamwalker Dance Opens DanceWorks Season

DanceWorks, Toronto's longest running contemporary dance series, now celebrating its 40th Anniversary, proudly presents Toronto-basedDreamwalker Dance Company with the world premiere of its dance-theatre work Dual Light.
Dreamwalker Dance Launches DanceWorks 40th Anniversary Season!

DanceWorks, Toronto's longest running contemporary dance series, now celebrating its 40th Anniversary, proudly presents Toronto-based Dreamwalker Dance Company with the world premiere of its dance-theatre work Dual Light.
Tickets Now On Sale for DanceWorks 40th Anniversary!

Mimi Beck, Dance Curator of acclaimed presenter DanceWorks, announces that subscriptions and single tickets are currently on sale for the 2017-18 season featuring eight Toronto-based artists/companies and one Indigenous company from Vancouver. From Flamenco, Kathak, Indigenous and Hip-Hop to world premieres and remounts from its storied past, the 40th anniversary DanceWorks Mainstage season promises to be full of surprises and surreal experiences.
Apsara Theatre Company's SOMEONE BETWEEN Set for Summerworks This August

Fresh off its run at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, Apsara Theatre Company in association with Dreamwalker Dance Company will present Someone Between at the Summerworks Performance Festival.
Apsara Theatre Company's SOMEONE BETWEEN Set for Summerworks This August

Fresh off its run at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, Apsara Theatre Company in association with Dreamwalker Dance Company will present Someone Between at the Summerworks Performance Festival.
COC Announces October 2017 Performances & Special Events

The Canadian Opera Company opens its 2017/2018 season with Richard Strauss' Arabella. This lyric comedy stars world-renowned Canadian sopranos, Erin Wall and Jane Archibald, as two sisters navigating their way through the changing society of turn-of-the-century Vienna.
Soundstreams Presents ODDITORIUM By R. Murray Shafer, 3/2-5

Soundstreams is thrilled to present Odditorium from March 2nd-5th, a selection of music theatre works by acclaimed Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, under the creative direction of award-winning film and theatre director Chris Abraham. 
Soundstreams Presents ODDITORIUM By R. Murray Shafer, 3/2-5

Soundstreams is thrilled to present Odditorium from March 2nd-5th, a selection of music theatre works by acclaimed Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, under the creative direction of award-winning film and theatre director Chris Abraham. 
MOonhORsE Dance Theatre Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Canada's Most Distinguished Veteran Dance Artists

Older & Reckless, MOonhORsE Dance Theatre's celebrated series curated by Artistic Director Claudia Moore, celebrates the company's 20th season with its 39th edition featuring five renowned dance artists. Governor General award winner Margie Gillis (Montreal), dance theatre maverick Robert Desrosiers with cellist/singer Anne Bourne, acclaimed dancer/co-founder of COBA (Collective Of Black Artists) BaKari I. Lindsay, choreographer/director Charles Koroneho (New Zealand), and Claudia Moore in a work byApolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Sinbadinho (Gadfly), take to the stage Friday, November 11 and Today, November 12 for three shows only at Harbourfront Centre Theatre.
MOonhORsE Dance Theatre Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Canada's Most Distinguished Veteran Dance Artists

Older & Reckless, MOonhORsE Dance Theatre's celebrated series curated by Artistic Director Claudia Moore, celebrates the company's 20th season with its 39th edition featuring five renowned dance artists. Governor General award winner Margie Gillis (Montreal), dance theatre maverick Robert Desrosiers with cellist/singer Anne Bourne, acclaimed dancer/co-founder of COBA (Collective Of Black Artists) BaKari I. Lindsay, choreographer/director Charles Koroneho (New Zealand), and Claudia Moore in a work byApolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Sinbadinho (Gadfly), take to the stage Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12 for three shows only at Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

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