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Bilingual Play EARWORM to Premiere In Vancouver at Presentation House Theatre

Nowadays Theatre, in collaboration with Presentation House Theatre and Blackout Arts Society, announced the Vancouver premiere of EARWORM, a bilingual play exploring love, justice, and asylum, directed by Mohammad Yaghoubi.
Baryshnikov Arts Center To Present Peggy Baker's HER BODY AS WORDS, February 28-March 14

The Baryshnikov Arts Center will present her body as words by acclaimed Toronto-based dance artist Peggy Baker. The online performance is free and available to watch on demand from Monday, February 28, at 5pm ET, until Monday, March 14, at 5pm.
DanceWorks Presents EDEN PLANTED at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre

Reversing the fall of humanity and restoring the Garden of Eden in the technological age - DANCEWORKS presents the World Premiere of ZATA OMM's EDEN PLANTED. This brilliant production is produced and performed by Toronto based dance company ZATA OMM, and led by the award-winning William Yong. Through the lens of technology and dance, this production contemplates the reconstruction of paradise, and the concept of perfection. Premiering at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, February 5 - 8, 2020.
CreativAction To Support Canadian Choreographers And Dance Community

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Barry Hughson, Executive Director, today announced that through CreativAction, the company will share resources to develop Canadian choreographic talent and support the dance community in Toronto. Curated by Creative Producer of CreativAction and Choreographic Associate Robert Binet, CreativAction has three core activities: Choreographic Workshop, Open Space and Micro-Commissions.
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).
Matjash Mrozewski & Kevin O'Day Premieres Set for ProArteDanza's Season 2017

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant contemporary ballet performances since 2004, will present Season 2017, featuring a thrilling triple bill of world premieres from two world-class choreographers.
PROARTEDANZA Opens Season 2017 Wednesday with Three World Premieres!

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant contemporary ballet performances since 2004, is proud to present Season 2017 featuring a thrilling triple bill of world premieres from two world-class choreographers: Canada's multi-award-winning choreographer Matjash Mrozewski in a collaboration with playwright Anna Chatterton, and internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Kevin O'Day, former Artistic Director of Ballet Manheim who uses the music of Toronto's Lemon Bucket Orkestra in one of the two works he is creating. ProArteDanza brings Season 2017 to Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre in Toronto as part of NextSteps from Wednesday November 1 - Saturday November 4.
Matjash Mrozewski & Kevin O'Day Premieres Set for ProArteDanza's Season 2017

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant contemporary ballet performances since 2004, will present Season 2017, featuring a thrilling triple bill of world premieres from two world-class choreographers.
ProArteDanza Presents Roberto Campanella's FEARFUL SYMMETRIES, and Robert Glumbek's DIVERSION

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant performances since 2004, is proud to present Season 2016featuring a thrilling double bill - the world premiere of Fearful Symmetries, choreographed by Artistic Director Roberto Campanella, and the Ontario premiere of Diversion, by Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek.
FEARFUL SYMMETRIES and DIVERSION Set for ProArteDanza's 2016 Season

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant performances since 2004, is proud to present Season 2016 featuring a thrilling double bill - the world premiere of Fearful Symmetries, choreographed by Artistic Director Roberto Campanella, and the Ontario premiere of Diversion, by Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek - in a 3-city tour as well as for its mainstage program in Toronto.
STAGE TUBE: Watch Highlights of ProArteDanza's FEARFUL

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant performances since 2004, is proud to present Season 2016 featuring a thrilling double bill - the world premiere of Fearful Symmetries, choreographed by Artistic Director Roberto Campanella, and the Ontario premiere of Diversion, by Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek - in a 3-city tour as well as for its mainstage program in Toronto.  Check out a first look below!
ProArteDanza presents Season 2016 on Tour featuring a World Premiere Choreographed by Roberto Campanella

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant performances since 2004, is proud to present Season 2016 featuring a thrilling double bill - the world premiere of Fearful Symmetries, choreographed by Artistic Director Roberto Campanella, and the Ontario premiere of Diversion, by Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek - in a 3-city tour as well as for its mainstage program in Toronto.
FEARFUL SYMMETRIES and DIVERSION Set for ProArteDanza's 2016 Season

ProArteDanza, who has been dazzling Canadian audiences with its signature full-throttle physicality and emotionally resonant performances since 2004, is proud to present Season 2016 featuring a thrilling double bill - the world premiere of Fearful Symmetries, choreographed by Artistic Director Roberto Campanella, and the Ontario premiere of Diversion, by Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek - in a 3-city tour as well as for its mainstage program in Toronto.
Photo Flash: First Look at ProArteDanza's 'Beethoven's 9th - 2nd Movement'

ProArteDanza Artistic Director Roberto Campanella and Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek co-create a new instalment for their long-term project to choreograph a full evening work to Beethoven's entire 9th Symphony. In a stunning marriage of unforgettable music and the all-out athleticism of ProArteDanza's outstanding dancers, Beethoven's 9th - 2nd Movement builds on the great success of their previous choreographies to the 1st and 3rd movement of Beethoven's masterpiece. 
ProArteDanza Presents Three World Premiere Dances as Part of SEASON 2015, Starting Tonight

ProArteDanza, the critically acclaimed Toronto dance company that seamlessly blends ballet and modern dance, proudly presents Season 2015, a stunning evening of three world premieres from today, September 23 to Saturday, September 26 at 8pm nightly at the Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre as part of NextSteps.
ProArteDanza to Present Three World Premiere Dances as Part of SEASON 2015, 9/23

Toronto, September 14, 2015 - ProArteDanza, the critically acclaimed Toronto dance company that seamlessly blends ballet and modern dance, proudly presents Season 2015, a stunning evening of three world premieres from Wednesday, September 23 to Saturday, September 26 at 8pm nightly at the Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre as part of NextSteps.
Excerpts of FRACTALS, WE WILL, FULL BLOOM and More Set for ProArteDanza's 10th Anniversary Retrospective, Now thru 10/4

ProArteDanza, the highly acclaimed Toronto dance company that seamlessly blends ballet and modern dance, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a stunning retrospective. Featuring the Outstanding Choreography Dora Award winner 'in between', co-created by Artistic Director Roberto Campanella and Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek, Season 2014 also includes excerpts of past repertoire from them as well as from guest choreographers Guillaume Cote and Kevin O'Day (with Luches Huddleston Jr.). This not-to-be-missed outstanding evening of dance runs today, October 1-4 at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre as part of NextSteps.
Excerpts of FRACTALS, WE WILL, FULL BLOOM and More Set for ProArteDanza's 10th Anniversary Retrospective, 10/1-4

ProArteDanza, the highly acclaimed Toronto dance company that seamlessly blends ballet and modern dance, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a stunning retrospective. Featuring the Outstanding Choreography Dora Award winner 'in between', co-created by Artistic Director Roberto Campanella and Artistic Associate Robert Glumbek, Season 2014 also includes excerpts of past repertoire from them as well as from guest choreographers Guillaume Cote and Kevin O'Day (with Luches Huddleston Jr.). This not-to-be-missed outstanding evening of dance runs October 1-4 at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre as part of NextSteps.
Photo Flash: SHIFTING SILENCE, Choreographed by Robert Glumbek at ProArteDanza

ProArteDanza will present Season 2013 from October 2-5 at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre as part of NextSteps. Scroll down for photos of the dancers in performance for the premiere of Beethoven's 9th Symphony - 3rd Movement, and the North American premiere of Shifting Silence!
Photo Flash: ProArteDanza in Rehearsal for Beethoven's 9th and SHIFTING SILENCE, Beg. Tonight

ProArteDanza will present Season 2013 from tonight, October 2-5 at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre as part of NextSteps. Scroll down for photos of the dancers in rehearsal for the premiere of Beethoven's 9th Symphony - 3rd Movement, and the North American premiere of Shifting Silence!

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