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Older & Reckless: now more than ever
An online event produced by Fagan Media Group
November 5 - 14, 2021

An evening of dance films by:
Christine Friday - The Rez Road
Peter Chin - With All Being
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
Older & Reckless: now more than ever
An online event produced by Fagan Media Group
November 6, 2020

An evening of dance films by:
Esmeralda Enrique with filmmaker Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy
Denise Fujiwara with filmmaker William Yong
Learie Mc Nicolls with filmmaker Janet Aronoff
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.
Older & Reckless #42
November 15 - 16, 2019
Harbourfront Centre Theatre

Performances by:
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
Elizabeth Langley (Montreal) - Seeking the Dancing Soul of the Walking People
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.
Older & Reckless #41
November 9 - 10, 2018
Harbourfront Centre Theatre

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
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.
Older & Reckless Kelowna
Co-presented by Rotary Centre for the Arts - Creative Aging Festival, Kelowna, BC
June 15, 2018 @ Rotary Centre for the Arts, Mary Irwin Theatre

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
Community Project - Trill of the Heart led by Moore with 18 local participants, including leaders Patti Tennessy, Annick LeQuellec and Neil Cadger
Older & Reckless St. Catherines
March 23, 2018
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Robertson Hall

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
Older & Reckless #40
November 10 - 11, 2017
Harbourfront Centre

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.
Older & Reckless #39
November 11 - 12, 2016
Harbourfront Centre

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!
Older & Reckless #38
Presented by the Canada Dance Festival
June 11, 2016
Arts Court Theatre, Ontario

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)
Older & Reckless #37
April 8 - 10, 2016
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Community Project: Move It! Presentation by Joe Laughlin’s workshop participants.
Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson
Older & Reckless #36: 3 solos & a duet
November 13 - 15, 2015
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

Julia Aplin with renowned accordionist Tiina Kiik - Zolla (excerpt)
Laurence Lemieux - Over Lockerbie
Sara Porter - VerbTenseDance
Joanna de Souza - Viveka
Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson
Old & Young and Reckless Together #35: Dance and Design
May 14 - 16, 2015
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

6 choreographers collaborate with the Toronto School of Art to create an evening of innovative short works.
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
With artistic support by mentors Marie-Josée Chartier, Tina Oehmsen-Clark and Gerry Trentham
Older and Reckless #34
March 13 - 15, 2015
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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)
Community Project: Claudia Moore orchestrates Trill of the Heart for 14 amateurs.
Older and Reckless #33
Presented by Canadian Stage
November 6 - 9, 2014
Berkeley Street Theatre

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
Older and Reckless #32: 5th Old & Young and Reckless Together
March 13 - 15, 2014
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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)
Older and Reckless #31: All duets (and a trio!)
February 28 - March 1, 2014

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
Older and Reckless #30: All solos, plus a surprise work for non-dancers by M.J. Chartier
November 15 - 17, 2013

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)
Older and Reckless #29: 4th Old & Young and Reckless Together
May 16 - 18, 2013

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
Older and Reckless #28: 2 solos / a duet / an ensemble
March 8 - 10, 2013
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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)
Older and Reckless #27: All men / All solos
November 30 - December 2, 2012
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #26: 3rd Old & Young and Reckless Together
May 18 - 19, 2012
Citadel

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
Older and Reckless #25
March 2 - 4, 2012
Citadel

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
Outside eye: Jo Leslie
Dance for amateurs workshop: Salsa workshop with Miko Sobreira
Older and Reckless #24
December 2 - 3, 2011
Ossington Theatre

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
Older and Reckless #23
May 19 - 20, 2011
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
* 1st Older & Reckless commission
Older and Reckless #22
March 11 - 13, 2011
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Outside eye: Jo Leslie
Dance for non-dancers workshop: Salsa workshop with Miko Sobreira
Older and Reckless #21
March 11 - 13, 2011
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Outside Eye: Allyson McMachon
Dance for non-dancers workshop: Gyro-kinetics workshop with
Older and Reckless #20: 1st Old & Young and Reckless Together
May 28 - 29, 2010
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Outside eyes: Claudia Moore and Danny Grossman
Older and Reckless #19
March 12 - 14, 2010
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #18: 10th Anniversary
December 11 - 13, 2009
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #17
March 5-7, 2009
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #16
December 4 - 6, 2008
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Outside eye: Julia Sasso
Dance for non-dancers workshop: Nia workshop with Martha Randall
Older and Reckless #15
February 28, 29 & March 1, 2008
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #14
December 5-7, 2007
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson
Older and Reckless #13
March 9 - 10, 2007
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #12
December 13 - 14, 2006
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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)
Older and Reckless #11
May 13 - 14, 2005
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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)
Older and Reckless #10
November 12 - 13, 2004
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #9
April 23 -24, 2004
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

DA Hoskins with poet Jill Batson
Janice Pomer with musician Barry Prophet
Terrill Maguire
Claudia Moore
Older and Reckless #8
November 7 - 8, 2003
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #7
June 17 - 18, 2003
The Theatre Centre

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
Older and Reckless #6
November 22 - 23, 2002
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #5
June 28 - 29, 2002
The Theatre Centre

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
Older and Reckless #4
November 30, 2001
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

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
Older and Reckless #3
June 16, 2001
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

Danny Grossman
Holly Small
Maxine Heppner
Grindl Kuchirka with Oliver Schroer
Viv Moore (duet with her mom, age 78)
Older and Reckless #2
November 2000
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

Tedd Robinson Debussy duet for Fiona & Claudia
Trish Armstrong
Elizabeth Chitty
Tom Brouillette Allen Ginsberg's Father Death Blues
Older and Reckless #1
June 24, 2000
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

Robert Desrosiers
Claudia Moore rite of spring
Carol Anderson
Jan Komarek duet for Melina & Claudia