An evening of dance films by:

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Christine Friday - The Rez Road

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Peter Chin - With All Being

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William Yong - a film for nine esteemed dance artists: Robert Desrosiers, Deepti Gupta, Charmaine Headley, Learie Mc Nicolls, Claudia Moore, Yvonne Ng, Carlos Rivera, Julia Sasso and Gerry Trentham with creative guidance by Marie-Josee Chartier
 

Community Project - For You led by Julia Aplin and filmmaker Kim Farris-Manning featuring eight community movers led by senior dance artists Terrill Maguire and Troy Emery Twigg

An evening of dance films by:

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Esmeralda Enrique with filmmaker Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy 

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Denise Fujiwara with filmmaker William Yong

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Learie Mc Nicolls with filmmaker Janet Aronoff

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Sara Porter with filmmaker Vickie Fagan

Community Project - ApHeart, led by Julia Aplin and performed by 15 Toronto dance luminaries – and the Nelken-Line, an homage to internationally renowned dance icon Pina Bausch, led by Viv Moore, with a cast of 25 dance artists and community movers. 

Performances by:

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Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo (Montreal) originally from the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawake - The Medicine Wheel (excerpt)

Christine Friday (Friday's Point) Anishinaabe Kwe representing Temagami First Nation -  Maggie & Me: A healing dance

JP Longboat (Ottawa) member of the Turtle Clan from Six Nations & Byron Chief Moon (Vancouver) member of the Kainai Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy - Greed, Duet

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Elizabeth Langley (Montreal) - Seeking the Dancing Soul of the Walking People

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Bill Coleman (Toronto) & author Lee Maracle (Toronto) member of the Sto:loh Nation - Out of the Longhouse

Community Project - Life is Good (thanks) led by Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo with Brent Taylor, Emily Law and rehearsal director Bonnie Kim for 25 dance enthusiasts. 

Kitt Johnson (Denmark) - Stigma

Susie Burpee and Linnea Swan - Road Trip

Pia Bouman - Erasing Margins

Marie-Josée Chartier - étude pour quatuor/study for quartet performed by Learie McNicolls, Miko Sobreira, Darryl Tracy and Dan Wild 

Aaloka Mehndiratta - Piya Ali Ali 

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Community Project - MoW! On the Move (Dhadang) by Roger Sinha (Montreal) for a cast of 30 comprised of 28 dance enthusiasts with two seasoned professionals Julia Aplin and Samyuktha Punthambekar. More information available here.

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Stelio Calagias (Nelson, BC) - This Blue Soul of Mine

Corine Derickson (Westbank First Nations BC) - Eagle Dance

Joe Laughlin (Vancouver, BC) - Silas by Amber Funk Barton

Simone Orlando (Kelowna, BC) - Primavera with Valentin Chou and Kurt Werner 

Claudia Moore - Ariel's Song

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Community Project - Trill of the Heart led by Moore with 18 local participants, including leaders Patti Tennessy, Annick LeQuellec and Neil Cadger

Robert Desrosiers with cellist/singer Anne Bourne - Character in the Choir's Carnival

BaKari I. Lindsay - Ancestral Calling
Claudia Moore - Sylph(a) by Apolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Sinbadinho
Sara Porter - Sara Does a Solo (edit)

Community Project - Trill of the Heart led by Moore with 7 local participants and rehearsal assistance by Mai Duong

Lesandra Dodson (New Brunswick) - In Two Days a Man Can Change, performed by Ric Brown and Darryl Tracy

Heidi Latsky (NYC) - Solo One

Jane Mappin & Daniel Firth (Montreal) - Ils m'ont dit

Sashar Zarif - “The wound is the place where the light enters you" 

and honoured guest Evelyn Hart - Abiding by Matjash Mrozewski

Community Project - Tell Everyone by Peter Chin for a cast of 20 dance enthusiasts and seasoned dance professionals Susie Burpee, Francisco Carrera, Marie-Josée Chartier, Bonnie Kim, and Dan Wild. 

Robert Desrosiers with cellist/singer Anne Bourne - Character in the Choir's Carnival
Margie Gillis (Montreal) - The Wonder of Dissolve (world premiere)
Charles Koroneho (New Zealand) - The Song - Ethnomusicology and the Maori
BaKari I. Lindsay - Ancestral Calling
Claudia Moore - Sylph(a) by Apolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Sinbadinho

Community Project - Danser Joe an excerpt of JOE, the late Jean Pierre Perreault's iconic contemporary dance work, performed by a cast of amateurs, along with several former JOE performers - Julia Aplin, Marie-Josée Chartier, Bonnie Kim, Julia Sasso, Gary Tai and Gerry Trentham - reviving their roles…Canadian dance history! 

Robert Desrosiers with cellist Anne Bourne - Character in the Choir's Carnival

Esmeralda Enrique - Ancestral (Bamberas) with vocalist Tamar Ilana and guitarist Caroline Planté

Cloud 9 - Room #7 Lina Cruz commission with Louise Bédard, Karen Kaeja, Claudia Moore & composer/musician Philippe Noireaut (Montreal)

Ron Stewart in Jennifer Mascall’s Outliner excerpt GRAFT (Vancouver)

Joe Laughlin - Silas by Amber Funk Barton (Vancouver)
Justine Comfort - Flesh and a Broken Whisper by John Ottmann
Jarrett Siddall & Jessie Garon - duet by Serge Bennathan
James Croker & Jack Langenhuizen (Motus O Dance Theatre) - duet by Malgorzata Nowacka

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Community Project: Move It! Presentation by Joe Laughlin’s workshop participants. 

Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson

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Julia Aplin with renowned accordionist Tiina Kiik - Zolla (excerpt)

Laurence Lemieux - Over Lockerbie

Sara Porter - VerbTenseDance

Joanna de Souza - Viveka

Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson

6 choreographers collaborate with the Toronto School of Art to create an evening of innovative short works.

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Amanda Acorn with designer Renee Castonguay - Leisure Palace

Amanda Davis with designer Thomas Hendry - UNTITLED and UNTITLED II 

Tina Fushell with designer Mary Ambrose - Mary’s Dream

Tina Fushell with designer Sacha Walter - Yin/Yang

Jasmyn Fyffe with designer Lisa Meschino - Undone, performed by Chantelle Mostacho and Kassi Scott 

Andrew Hartley with designer Shabnam Afrand - Out There 

Emily Law with designer Louise Kiner - Kaiju 

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With artistic support by mentors Marie-Josée Chartier, Tina Oehmsen-Clark and Gerry Trentham

Doug Varone (NY) - Home performed by Peggy Baker & Larry Hahn 

Jane Mappin & Daniel Firth (Montreal) - Lewis & Lucie

Allen Kaeja & Karen Kaeja - Desperate Song 2 (Allen Kaeja replaced by Zhenya Cerneacov)

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Community Project: Claudia Moore orchestrates Trill of the Heart for 14 amateurs.

Bill Coleman - A simple line of enquiry with pianist Eve Egoyan

Robert Desrosiers - Character in the Choir's Carnival with cellist Anne Bourne

Esmeralda Enrique - Ancestral with vocalist Tamar Ilana and guitarist Nicolás Hernández

Cloud 9 (Claudia Moore, Sylvie Bouchard, Karen Kaeja) - This Time Past by Susie Burpee with cellist Carina Reeves

Douglas Dunn - Near Miss with musician Steven Taylor

Outside eye: Julia Sasso

Carol Anderson - Elsinore performed by  Jordana Deveau

Troy Emery Twigg - Iitahpoyii perfrormed by Justin Many Fingers

David Earle - trio for young dancers

Paul-André Fortier - Tell performed by the recent graduates of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre

Outside eye: Claudia Moore

Dance for the rest of us: Intro to hip hop for adults with Gadfly (Apolonia Velasquez & Ofilio Sinbadinho)

Michael Marye and Suzette Sherman - All That's Missing 

Vivine Scarlett & poet Michelle Muir - Sunday Love

Yvonne Ng & Robert Glumbek - Stone Velvet by Tedd Robinson

Stelio Calagias, Vicki St. Denys & Timothy Spain - Is That It a collaborative creation by Vicki St. Denys & Molly Molloy with the Big Silver Blues Band

Outside eye: Bonnie Kim

Dance for the rest of us: Intro to belly dance with Roula Said

Marie-Josée Chartier remounts seated woman/femme assise for Sylvie Bouchard

Gerry Trentham in Experiment B - part of the Apology Series

Mi Young Kim in Sal p'uri Chum with Kook Hyang Keum

Louise Moyes (St Johns, Newfoundland) All Zoos Everywhere based on a story by Lisa Moore

Community Project: M. J. Chartier’s Midnight News performed by Royal Bank of Canada employees. More information available here.

Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson

Dance for the rest of us: square dance with Hannah Naiman (live music)

Danielle Baskerville & Amelia Ehrhardt not one, not two..., by Julia Sasso*

Ginelle Chagnon [Montreal] À la prochaine, by Emily Gualtieri*

Jarrett Siddall Intimate Letter by James Kudelka; remounted by Susan Macpherson

Jasmyn Fyffe uncover, by Karen Kaeja

**2nd Older & Reckless commissions. Program curated by Metcalf intern Michael Caldwell

Peter Chin con/tempo/rare

Kostas Gerardos & Daelik [Greece & Vancouver] Romantic Old Horses, by Peter Bingham

Nancy Latoszewski-Greyeyes Carriage

Sylvie Bouchard, Claudia Moore, Lucy Rupert, Miko Soberira, Hope Terry, Gerry Trentham Eunoia excerpt, by Denise Fujiwara

Outside eye: Patti Powell

Dance for amateurs workshop: Intro to hip hop for adults with Gadfly (Apolonia Velasquez & Ofilio Sinbadinho)

Paul-André Fortier [Montreal] Box Solo

BaKari IfaSegun Lindsay Ancestral Calling

Tom Brouillette Transcendence, by Danny Grossman

Alon Nashman Kafka and Son excerpt

Outside eye: Laurence Lemieux

Dance for amateurs workshop: Nia with Martha Randall

Film presentation by Fortier 30X30 documentary

Chantal Boudain & Amanda LaRusic Duet from Fjeld, by Christopher House

Michael Caldwell Curious Schools of Theatrical Dance, by Danny Grossman

Sahara Morimoto solo from Sylvan Quartet by Peggy Baker

Christopher Ortaleza Wings, solo originally commissioned for Turning Pointe Academy of Dance, by William Yong

Outside eyes: Jo Leslie and Claudia Moore

Dance for amateurs workshop: Movement workshop for families with Michelle Silagy

David Earle with Michael English, Suzette Sherman and Robert Kingsbury Night Garden, excerpts solo and duets; David Earle, choreographer

Sylvie Bouchard, Karen Kaeja, Claudia Moore Cloud 9, Susie Burpee, choreographer

Davida Monk [Calgary] Le Recours aux forêts, Serge Bennathan, choreographer

Bill Coleman & Nell Coleman Flourish

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Outside eye: Jo Leslie

Dance for amateurs workshop: Salsa workshop with Miko Sobreira

Esmeralda Enrique Recuerdos [Taranto] with guitarist, Nicolás Hernández; vocalist, Tamar Ilana

Lina Cruz [Montreal] Sink, excerpt

Jennifer Lynn Dick Home/Work, Michelle Silagy, co-choreographer

Rebecca Hope Terry Swan with musician John Gzowski

Outside eye: Patti Powell

Dance for non-dancers workshop: Line-dancing with Tina Fushell

Graduates of the Ryerson Dance program Maelstrom - Youth Section, David Earle, choreographer; remounted by Kenny Pearl

Marie-Josée Chartier & Val Calam Red Brick, Marie-Josée Chartier, choreographer

Stéphanie Tremblay Abubo The Visitor…Waiting, Karen Kaeja, choreographer

Pia Bouman dissemination, Allison Cummings, choreographer*

Outside eye: Claudia Moore

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* 1st Older & Reckless commission

Keiko Kitano Apoptosis

Carol Anderson Birthday Suite

Susanna Hood & Sarah Bild [Montreal] The Frying Pan’s Too Wide

Phyllis Whyte Grey Lipstick, Murray Darroch, choreographer

Naoko Murakoshi [Japan] untitled- work in progress

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Outside eye: Jo Leslie

Dance for non-dancers workshop: Salsa workshop with Miko Sobreira

Robert Glumbek Dis/Locate,  Roberto Campanella, co-choreographer 

Susan Elliot Princess, Lola MacLaughlin, choreographer 

Robin Poitras The Sound a Circle Makes, Tedd Robinson, choreographer

Roger Sinha Zeros & Ones 

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Outside Eye: Allyson McMachon 

Dance for non-dancers workshop: Gyro-kinetics workshop with 

Amelia Ehrhardt Polyhymnia, Carol Anderson, choreographer

Laura Corbeil, Megan Rosemary Navarro, Minae Omi, Riley Sims & Stéphanie Tremblay Tryptich, Danny Grossman, choreographer

Louise & Elliot Mussett [Halifax] The Looking Glass, mother/daughter duet created for the January 2010 Halifax Older & Reckless

Astrid Harrison Helpless solo with live music by Rosedale Heights student, Claudia Moore, choreographer

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 Outside eyes: Claudia Moore and Danny Grossman

Old Men Dancing, [Peterborough] How to Wrestle an Angel, Marie-Josée Chartier, choreographer

Maxine Heppner Blossom live music, Andrew Timar/Araz Salek

Karen Kaeja and daughter Mika no doubt behind us

Julia Sasso Simple Lines of Inquiry – First Study

Sylvie Bouchard & Viv Moore Colour on White, Sashar Zarif, choreographer

Outside eye: Kate Alton

Dance for non-dancers workshop: Brazilian Dance with Newton Moraes

Danielle Baskerville The High Heart, Patricia Beatty, choreographer

Tom Brouillette Bellows, inspired by Robert Desrosier’s The Fool’s Tale

Denise Fujiwara Lost and Found

Laurence Lemieux & Mark Shaub [Montreal], E.M.F., 1999, Jean-Pierre Perreault, choreographer

Reckless Artists in Training: Michael Caldwell, Erin Cowan, Amelia Ehrhardt, Diana Groenendijk, Molly Johnson, Emily Law, Whitney Mah, David Houle, Hannah Shira Naiman & Sahara Morimoto in 1-minute solos, created with and staged by Kristy Kennedy

Outside eye: Julia Sasso

Dance for non-dancers workshop: Nia workshop with Martha Randall

Odette Heyn-Penner [Winnipeg] Farewell and Red with Grace, Stephanie Ballard [Winnipeg], choreographer

Martha Randall …and everything in between, Sylvie Bouchard, choreographer

Karen Kaeja and daughter Mika no doubt behind us

Terrill Maguire Pond Life, with Ann Southam performing her composition live for the first and only time in her illustrious career

Outside eye: Kenny Pearl

Dance for non-dancers workshop: Salsa workshop with Miko Sobreira 

Deborah Dunn [Montreal] East Coker, based on Four Quartets by T.S. Elliot

Lina Cruz [Montreal] A Bit of a Piece

William Yong Stream, Michelle Silagy, choreographer

Tom Brouillette & Jennifer Lyn Dick Between Us, Claudia Moore, choreographer

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Outside eye: Julia Sasso

Dance for non-dancers workshop: Nia workshop with Martha Randall

Douglas Dunn [New York] Tithonus, excerpt

Bill James [Peterborough] Untitled Solo

Keiko Kitano On the Wings/Surrender composition and live music, Aki Takahashi; visual media and soundscape, Rick Thomson

Marie-Josée Chartier A Simple Statement for This Mosaic, Dan Wild, choreographer, conceived in collaboration with Marie-Josée Chartier

Outside eye: Terrill Maguire

First Dance for non-dancers workshop: Body Wisdom with Tom Brouillette

Claudia Moore Untitled solo, Tedd Robinson [Ottawa], choreographer

Bill Coleman/John Oswald/and friends Happy

Troy Emery Twigg [Kainai Nation - Southern Alberta] & Terrill Maguire Pulse, Heartbeat of the Natural World

Ashley Sanderson the rain outside my window turns to snow and i can’t hear it anymore, Karen Kaeja, choreographer

Tom Brouillette Air and Father Death Blues

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Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson

Rachel Browne & Odette Heyn-Penner [Winnipeg] flowering, Rachel Browne, choreographer

Odette Heyn-Penner & Brent Lott [Winnipeg] glance, Brent Lott, choreographer

Julia Sasso accidental dances music, Ann Southam

Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson

Joanna DaSouza Arrhythmia, Denise Fujiwara, choreographer

Gerry Trentham Four Mad Humours

Carol Anderson, Susan Cash, Holly Small & Terrill Maguire Anar, Sashar Zarif, choreographer

Claudia Moore (in new solo by Tedd Robinson)

Karen Kaeja Untitled work in progress

Grindl Kuchirka Untitled work in progress

Jennifer Lynn Dick, Claudia Moore, Martha Randall, Miko Sobreira, William Webster The Shakespeare Project, Claudia Moore, choreographer; Patti Powell, director and text construction

Rina Singha (Sarhad)

Karen Jamieson (Vancouver BC) Crow Goes Solo
Elizabeth Langley (Montreal QC) It is if it is
Trish Armstrong Between the Edge and Nothing at All performer DeeDee MacArthur
Claudia Moore in collaboration with Patti Powell Lady Macbeth solo: excerpt of This Castle

DA Hoskins with poet Jill Batson
Janice Pomer with musician Barry Prophet
Terrill Maguire
Claudia Moore

Miko Sobreira What if... performers Hana Watanabe & Miko Sobreira
Learie McNicolls island performers Jen Hum, learie Mc Nicolls, Miko Sobreira, Hana Watanabe
Lin Snelling ...four chairs and... performers Tanya Crowder & Regina Radisic
Claudia Moore & Tedd Robinson - Small Midnight (excerpts) performers Bonnie Kim & Miko Sobreira, Fiona Drinnan & Claudia Moore

Motaz Kabbani Ritual #5 performer Karen Duplisea
Marie-Josée Chartier Sous Nos Yeux (in memory of Michael Baker)
Claudia Moore By Night (excerpt) performer Martha Randall
Carol Anderson FrEdEric and the Wolf 

Maxine Heppner Gong performers Maxine Heppner & Susan Lee
Claudia Moore No Measure [Inertia commission] performers Tanya Crowder, Lyndsy Deshima, Regina Radisic, Heather Roy
Viv Moore LIL
Michelle Silagy Watermark: visible when held against light performer Meagan Andrews

Mitch Kirsch The Rhythm Method
Terrill Maguire/Helen Jones Grove
Claudia Moore On Earth (excerpt) performer Lin Snelling
Vivine Scarlett Patterns performers Ingrid Abbott, Saida Baba Talibah, Sharon Harvey, Ma'at Zachary
Menaka Thakkar Hardcore performers Natasha Bakht & Nova Bhattacharya

Peter Bingham Heaven Can Wait...we're busy right now performers Allen & Karen Kaeja 
Sylvie Bouchard le cadeau performer Meagan Andrews
Claudia Moore On Earth (excerpt) performer Fiona Drinnan
Gerry Trentham Experiment #1 (Excerpt from Chapter 2 - The Street from Autobiography) with musician Greg Reish

Danny Grossman

Holly Small

Maxine Heppner

Grindl Kuchirka with Oliver Schroer

Viv Moore (duet with her mom, age 78)

Tedd Robinson Debussy duet for Fiona & Claudia

Trish Armstrong

Elizabeth Chitty

Tom Brouillette Allen Ginsberg's Father Death Blues

Robert Desrosiers

Claudia Moore rite of spring

Carol Anderson

Jan Komarek duet for Melina & Claudia