Saturday, March 22, 2014

 
 
Host: Ted Fox
 
Dancer Sahara Morimoto on the Peggy Baker Dance Projects presentation of he:she, a stunning dual program of contemporary dance and live music with two premieres and two re-stagings of landmark works. Takes place March 28 – March 29, and April 2 – April 5, 2014, at 8:30pm, (Matinees at 4pm, Sunday March 30 and Sunday April 6) at Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street.  http://peggybakerdance.com/upcoming/march-2014-heshe
 
Soraya Peerbaye (Producer), Allison Toffan (Rhythm, Tap) and Mafa Makhubalo (Gumboot) on their inaugural Body Percussion Festival, March 28-30 2014 as part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps Series. Led by Artistic Director Viv Moore. See website for specific times.    http://bodypercussionfestival.org/BODYPERCUSSIONFEST/home.html
 
 
Kevin Ormsby, Artistic Director of Kashe/Dance, a company that embodies artistic diversity in technique, form and presentation, and ushers in a new genealogy of Afro-contemporary dance steeped in modern, dance, ballet and rooted in dances of the diaspora. And Zelma Badu-Younge, Founder/Dance Director of Ohio's Azaguno which focuses on performance of traditional and contemporary African dance and music. Both talk about their work in the dance immersion presentation of  ExpressionSNow, featuring two world premieres from Kashe/Dance and Azaguno. Shows April 4-5 2014 at 8pm, with a Saturday matinee at 1pm, at Harbourfront Centre's Next Steps Series, Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West.    http://www.danceimmersion.ca/    http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/nextsteps/dance-immersion/

 

 

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