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Bad Hats/Soulpepper's ALICE IN WONDERLAND Leads Dora Award Nominations

At a press conference held at Meridian Hall, the Toronto Alliance for the  Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 228 nominations for the 43rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in professional theatre, dance and opera in Toronto for the 2022-2023 season. Also announced at the press conference was the recipient of the Province of Ontario’s Pauline McGibbon Award. 
Review: CONVERGENT DIVERGENCY at Winchester Street Theatre

It’s hard to imagine two paired dance shows more different than helix by Atri Nundy and GIVE ME ONE by Danah Rosales, the double bill that makes up Toronto Dance Theatre’s CONVERGENT DIVERGENCY, now playing at the Winchester Street Theatre. They form an intriguing counterpoint that investigates the form of dance and what it can be.
Review: THE MAGIC OF ASSEMBLY at Winchester Street Theatre

THE MAGIC OF ASSEMBLY, a vibrant dance show, thrives on making invisible threads visible. With a blend of contemporary and street dance and live music by duo LAL, it’s sometimes bewildering, but mostly, the experience is wild, wacky, and wonderful.
Toronto Dance Theatre Presents THE MAGIC OF ASSEMBLY

Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) has announced the details of a new collaborative production from street dance artist Ashley Colours Perez and Toronto-based protest electronic music duo LAL, working in collaboration with TDT Artistic Director Andrew Tay. Bringing together three distinct artistic points of view and aesthetics, The Magic of Assembly is on stage at the Winchester Street Theatre February 2 – 4 and 9 – 11, 2023.
Nominations Announced for 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards; Nominees Include CURSED CHILD, & JULIET, & IS GOD IS & More.

At a press conference held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 235 nominations for the 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in professional theatre, dance and opera in Toronto.
Toronto Dance Theatre Presents WELCOME, WE'VE BEEN WAITING Opening May 19

Toronto Dance Theatre has announced the details of a new work by multi-hyphenate artist, performance maker, activist, and Black Lives Matter – Canada co-founder Rodney Diverlus. Following his residency through the RBC Pilot Episodes series at TDT, Diverlus returns to build upon the project he started last season with the TDT Company and premiere a full-scale production of welcome, we've been waiting, on stage at the Winchester Street Theatre May 19 to 28.
Battery Dance Presents Canadian Voices In Dance As Part Of Its New Format Battery Dance Festival

Battery Dance announces the second installment of Battery Dance Festival +, an extension of its annual summer festival that went virtual for the first time in August, attracting nearly 30,000 viewers in its 39th year.
Nominations for the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards Announced

At an online media announcement - pre-taped in front of Meridian Hall with physically distanced protocols in place - streamed June 8 on the Dora Awards YouTube channel, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 243 nominations for the 41st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
Toronto Dance Theatre Announces 18/19 Season

Toronto Dance Theatre follows up its historic 50th anniversary with a forward-thinking season of bold new works and much-anticipated remounts. Coinciding with his silver anniversary as Artistic Director, Christopher House debuts his newest full-length choreography, Persefony Songs, this March at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre, accompanied by the musicians of indie band Bernice.
Toronto Dance Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season and 50th Anniversary

Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) announces the details of its 2017-2018 season, celebrating 50 years of performance that have fundamentally changed the face of Canadian dance. Under the visionary direction of Christopher House, recently named to the Order of Canada, the season kicks off on September 21 with a program of works by TDT founders Patricia Beatty, David Earle and Peter Randazzo presented in partnership with Toronto Heritage Dance. The company then launches into international and national tours, including its first-ever visit to Colombia and a coast-to-coast tour of Western, Eastern and Northern Canada. In the early spring, TDT returns to the Fleck Dance Theatre with an exhilarating program of premieres created in response to Christopher House's masterwork Glass Houses (1983).
Toronto Dance Theatre to Launch 2016-17 Season with ANIMATED; Lineup Announced!

Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) announces the details of its 2016-2017 season, kicking off on November 1, 2016 at the Fleck Dance Theatre with Animated, a mixed program of works by Artistic Director Christopher House that showcase three distinct stages of his repertoire.
Toronto Dance Theatre to Launch 2016-17 Season with ANIMATED; Lineup Announced!

Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) announces the details of its 2016-2017 season, kicking off on November 1, 2016 at the Fleck Dance Theatre with Animated, a mixed program of works by Artistic Director Christopher House that showcase three distinct stages of his repertoire.
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.
CLC Premieres UPLICA, Now thru 10/25

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) presents the world premiere of UPLICA - A silhouette of a doubt, a full-evening work for dancers Laurence Lemieux and Erin Poole that opens tonight, October 16 and runs to October 25 at The Citadel.
CLC to Premiere UPLICA, 10/16-25

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) presents the world premiere of UPLICA - A silhouette of a doubt, a full-evening work for dancers Laurence Lemieux and Erin Poole that opens October 16 and runs to October 25 at The Citadel.
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: First Look at Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie's ELVIS & THE MAN IN BLACK

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie presents Elvis and The Man in Black, Aadouble bill choreographed by James Kudelka and Laurence Lemieux. Elvis & The Man in Black runs at The Citadel (304 Parliament Street, Toronto), Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm from May 21-31. Scroll down for a look at the show!

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