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Toronto Dance Shows and Exhibits
- DUSK DANCES 2010 - 4 Presentations in the Greater Toronto Area
Dusk Dances, one of Toronto's most exuberant and popular cultural events, is back
for its 16th season, with 4 weeks of exciting dance performances at Neilson Park, Withrow
Park, Chalkfarm Park, and Earlscourt Park.
- inDANCE presents Toronto premiere of contemporary dance fusion - Mango
Cherry Mix
August 14 and 15 at 8PM, Winchester Street Theatre
inDANCE presents the Toronto premiere of Mango Cherry Mix, a contemporary dance
collaboration, choreographed and performed by Navtej Johar and Hiroshi Miyamoto. This
critically acclaimed work will be presented at the Winchester Theatre August 14 and 15,
2010.
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| DUSK DANCES 2010 - 4 Presentations in the Greater Toronto Area |
Dusk Dances, one of Toronto's most
exuberant and popular cultural events, is back for its 16th season, with 4 weeks of
exciting dance performances at Neilson Park, Withrow Park, Chalkfarm Park, and Earlscourt
Park.This summer, our GTA Initiative will take Dusk Dances to striking outdoor
locations in Toronto's east, north, and west ends. With new works from local youth and
emerging artists (including Last of a Dying Breed, Tamla Matthews, Natasha Eck, Fly Lady
Di, and Lua Shayenne), as well as favourites from our past repertoire, the Dusk Dances GTA
program promises to animate communities and urban parks throughout Toronto.
In August, Dusk Dances returns to Withrow Park for our annual downtown event, featuring
innovative performances from Tribal Crackling Wind (Peter Chin), AKA Dance (Amy Hampton
and Keiko Ninomiya), Julia Aplin, musical dance group Dora Alexander, and the
award-winning hip hop crew I Rock With the ONE. Join us for the event that the Vancouver
Sun calls "...As close as possible to a perfect evening!"
Dusk Dances is an outdoor dance festival that brings an array of high quality
contemporary and traditional dance to public parks. As dusk descends, a theatrical host
ushers the audience - which invariably includes children, dog walkers and local residents
- to five eclectic dance pieces that unfold in different areas of the park. Audiences are
invited on a pay-what-you-can basis to an innovative site-specific festival, which is not
only an artistic event, but a social and cultural one as well.
A MAGICAL EVENT! DUSK DANCES 2010
Festival Director Sylvie Bouchard
Neilson Park (Finch and Neilson Road) - July 20-23
Withrow Park (South of Danforth between Logan and Carlaw) - August 3-8
Chalkfarm Park (Jane St. and Wilson Ave) - August 12-15
Earlscourt Park (St. Clair Ave West and Caledonia Road) - August 19-22
Performances nightly at 7:00 PM
Admission is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN
For more information visit http://www.duskdances.ca
416.504.6429 x41 |
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presents Toronto premiere of contemporary dance fusion
Mango Cherry Mix
August 14 and 15 at 8PM, Winchester Street Theatre
"One of the three best dance works of 2009" - Timeout Magazine,
Delhi, India |
inDANCE presents the Toronto premiere of Mango
Cherry Mix, a contemporary dance collaboration, choreographed and performed by Navtej
Johar and Hiroshi Miyamoto. This critically acclaimed work will be presented at the
Winchester Theatre August 14 and 15, 2010.Mango Cherry Mix is an interracial
duet between two Asian men, a Japanese and an Indian, who seek to explore their cultural
selves, their differences and similarities, in the presence of a "familiar"
other.
This unique piece fuses two artistic and cultural worlds, weaving together diverse
contemporary and traditional dance forms. Through a combination of movements inspired by
classical Asian dances (Nihon Buyo and Bharatanatyam), modern dance and physical theatre,
two universes come together as the artists slowly discover their similarities and
differences. Mango Cherry Mix springs from the desire of both artists to create a
common space and a platform for communication in which the movement of one is the starting
point of a choreographic dialogue with the other.
Born in Japan, Hiroshi Miyamoto studied at Main Dance (Vancouver) and Merce Cunningham
Studio (Manhattan). In Toronto, he co-founded Green Tea, a Japanese dancers' collective
for which he dances and choreographs. He is also a member of inDance and 3M Dances
collective. Mr. Miyamoto has worked with several masters and choreographers of varying
backgrounds (notably Serge Bennathan and Peter Chin). His practice is focused on the
elimination of borders based on social identity (gender, nationality, age, etc.).
Of Indian origin, Navtej Johar learned the art of Bharatanatyam at Kalakshetra
(Chennai), and with Leela Samson at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (New Delhi) before going
to study at the Department of Performance Studies at New York University. He has
collaborated with several choreographers of varying backgrounds, such as Justin McCarthy,
Janet Lilly and the New York City Opera. Mr. Johar is also the recipient of several
awards, including the Times of India Fellowship in 1995 and is the founder of Studio
Abhyas Trust (New Delhi). Creative freedom and a merging of traditional and avant-garde
elements are at the centre of his practice.
Mango Cherry Mix premiered in New Delhi in March 2009, followed by a short run
at the MAI (Montreal, arts intercultural) in May 2009.
inDANCE presents Mango Cherry Mix
Concept, choreography and performed by Navtej Johar and Hiroshi Miyamoto
August 14 and 15 at 8PM
Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester Street, Toronto
Tickets: $20 (CADA/Students/Seniors - $18) | Reservations: indance@gmail.com or
416.301.7543
www.indance.ca |
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