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WORLD STAGE CONTINUES WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TRANSMISSION OF THE INVISIBLE

Harbourfront Centre presents the riveting world premiere of Transmission of Invisible from Canadian choreographer Peter Chin and Tribal Crackling Wind, as part of World Stage 2008. Combining the talents of Canadian and Cambodian dancers, alongside video projections by Cylla von Tiedemann, Chin's Transmission of the Invisible explores the tragic impact of the Khmer Rouge genocide on Cambodian culture, while emphasizing the urgent need to nurture the heritage that continues.

Transmission of the Invisible takes place from February 6 to 9, at 8 p.m., at the Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay West.

With over three years of research and development, Peter Chin's world premiere of Transmission of the Invisible explores the urgency to reinvigorate the essence of Cambodian culture in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge genocide. How does creative energy pass from person to person, from nature to person or from a culture to a person? The work explores the physical traces of the transmission of the invisible, whether it be unseen messages from nature that enter the soul, or the passing on of the spirit of a people through the teaching of its cultural forms (as was done in Cambodia in the 80s after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime). Chin explores through a fusion of traditional and contemporary dance the importance of this creative generational exchange. This multi-media work is a powerful and passionate expression of how tradition and meaning is so easily torn by the cruel cuttings of war. Choreography and costumes by Peter Chin. Music/Sound Design by Peter Chin and Garnet Willis. Performed by Louis Laberge-C�t�, Andrea Nann and Heidi Strauss (Toronto), Phon Sopheap and Yim Savann (Cambodia). Video by Cylla von Tiedemann. Lighting by Arun Srinivasan. Set design by David Duclos.

Upcoming World Stage performances:

April 10-12	World premiere of Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry—Daniel Barrow (Winnipeg), presented as part of the 21st annual Images Festival
April 16-19	Canadian premiere of Chapel/Chapter Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (USA)
April 22-26	Canadian premiere of Damascus—Traverse Theatre Company (Scotland)
April 30 - May 3	Toronto premiere of Short Works—Black Grace (New Zealand)
May 6 - 10	Toronto premiere of The Space Between—C!RCA (Australia), who also perform 46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes on May 7

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Double Bill #1: Ame Henderson and Michael Trent
April 9 – 11 at 8 p.m. and on April 12 at 3 p.m.

Double Bill #1 is the inaugural project of a three-year cycle of exciting new collaborations between Dancemakers' Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Michael Trent. This edition welcomes Ame Henderson, Artistic Director of Public Recordings, whose bold aesthetic thrilled audiences in Toronto, Montreal, St. John's, Halifax, and Italy.

Meeting on the same stage, in an environment designed and lit by Trevor Schwellnus, Henderson and Trent will share an identical space as they forge their explorations with the same collaborative team: the Dancemakers interpreters, musician and composer Eric Chenaux, dramaturge Jacob Zimmer and company rehearsal director Bonnie Kim.

The show will run from April 9 – 11 at 8 p.m. and on April 12 at 3 p.m. at the Premiere Dance Theatre in the Harbourfront Centre, 207 Queens Quay West.

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Imperial Ice Stars Present Swan Lake on Ice
April 30 to May 11

The world's leading theatrical ice skating company, The Imperial Ice Stars, comes to the Sony Centre to the Performing Arts in Toronto as part of their first North American tour. Their new production, Swan Lake on Ice, will transform the stage of the biggest theatre in Canada into an intimate skating rink for 14 performances only, from April 30 to May 11, 2008.

Swan Lake on Ice comes to Toronto straight from a sold-out tour of South Africa as part of an 80-week world tour, which will also take in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S.

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ALVIN AILEY IS BACK!
May 16 - 17

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Sony Centre (formerly the Hummingbird Centre) for the Performing Arts at One Front Street East, Toronto for three performances only from Friday, May 16 to Saturday, May 17, 2008.

Led by Artistic Director Judith Jamison and Associate Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Toronto on the 2008 North American Tour with a great repertoire that includes the signature Ailey piece Revelations created in 1960.

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