Sunday, August 14, 2011

Aerial Performers Molly Keczan and Emily Hughes, members of the Hercinia Arts Collective, established as an offshoot of Toronto Aerial Dance, on their appearance in the 12th Annual Scotiabank BuskerFest in support of Epilepsy Toronto. Takes place in the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood August 25-28. www.torontobuskerfest.com    www.herciniarts.com

Montreal-based Ilona Dougherty, Concordia Alumna, Former Dancer/Choreographer, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Apathy Is Boring, a national non-partisan charitable organization that promotes youth activism through arts and media. Talks about her transition from dance to activism, her conflict with the idea in early 2000s when she was in dance school that dance was only physical, abstract and not political and the impact of dance on her career. www.apathyisboring.com    http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/1503