Engaging with Arts: May 2024
As the sun peeks out and offers us warmth, head out into the city and check out the art that’s happening around Toronto!
May 8 - June 12
Eastminister United Church Gymnasium
Moonhorse Dance Theatre share Dancing Into Summer sessions! These classes foster a ‘come as you are’ exchange between all dance levels of participants. Led by facilitators including Nova Bhattacharya, Bee Pallomina, Bonnie Kim, and Michelle Silagy, each class is designed to welcome mature moving bodies in an exploratory, inspiring environment. We invite any person 45+, encouraging folks both professional and non-professional to join us!
Image by Moonhorse Dance Theatre
May 8-18
The Citadel
Living Dances is a collection of some of the most celebrated works by renowned choreographer James Kudelka. This triple-bill features a remount of Half an Hour of Our Time, originally commissioned by Moonhorse Dance Theatre in 2008, the moving duet, Soudain l’Hiver Dernier (1987), and the return of the critically acclaimed audience favourite The Man in Black (2010).
Image by Jeremy Mimnagh
May 10-11
Bluma Appel Theatre
SKéN:NEN is immersive performance experience; it is a powerful multi-layered, cultural knowledge embedded narrative that transcends time and place. The Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk) word skén:nen (Sgah:nah) translates to mean peace and balance. On the edge of collapse, in an uncertain and imbalanced reality, the production SKéN:NEN conveys a narrative set in an imagined post-environmental catastrophe world. The focus is on Indigenous futurism in performance, exploring themes of resilience within self, community, and the natural world. Through mesmerizing choreography, storytelling, and innovative projection design audiences witness the journey of a young Kahnyen’kehàka girl, “Niyoh” and other climate survivors. It’s a journey about crucial need to remember and revitalize humanity’s interconnectedness with an environment in recovery. For Niyoh this is remembering her rites of passage, learning from the Earth and being guided by ancestors.
Photo by Santee Smith with graphics by Inti Amaterasu; dance artist Katie Couchie
May 24-25
Fleck Dance Theatre
Fleeting features two exciting new creations by New York City's Roderick George and Los Angeles' Cherice Barton, alongside audience favourites by Jennifer Archibald, Deborah Lundmark, and Chantelle Good to round out the company’s annual spring showcase of cutting-edge contemporary dance.
Samah: A celebration of Kathak dance offerings
May 30
Maja Prentice Theatre
Featuring performances by Tanveer Alam, Sukriti Sharma, and Barkha Patel. Join us for a captivating one-night-only dance event featuring a triple bill of Kathak choreographic works. This special evening brings together three different lineages, practices, and approaches to the Kathak form, with all three artists working from a diasporic context. Samah aims to showcase the rich investment of the diaspora to continue to evolve and build new classical Kathak repertoire.