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.
2018 - 2019 SEASON
Older & Reckless #42
in association with Harbourfront Centre
November 15 - 16, 2019 @ Harbourfront Centre Theatre
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 (Peterborough), Emily Law (Toronto) and rehearsal director Bonnie Kim (Toronto) for 25 dance enthusiasts. More information available here.
Older & Reckless #41
in association with Harbourfront Centre
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 #40
in association with Harbourfront Centre
November 10 - 11, 2017 @ Harbourfront Centre Theatre
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. More information available here.
2020 - 2021 SEASON
2018 - 2019 SEASON
2017 - 2018 SEASON
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
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 St. Catharines
co-presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON
March 23, 2018 @ FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Robertson Hall
2016 - 2017 SEASON
Older & Reckless #39
in association with Harbourfront Centre
November 11 - 12, 2016 @ Harbourfront Centre Theatre
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! More information available here.
2015 - 2016 SEASON
Older & Reckless #38
presented by the Canada Dance Festival
June11, 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)
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. More information available here.
Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson
Julia Aplin with renowned accordionist Tiina Kiik - Zolla (excerpt)
Laurence Lemieux - Over Lockerbie
Sara Porter - VerbTenseDance
Joanna de Souza - Viveka
Outside eye: Katherine Duncanson
Older & Reckless #37
April 8 - 10, 2016 @ Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Older & Reckless #36: 3 solos & a duet
November 13 - 15, 2015 @ Dancemakers Centre for Creation
2014 - 2015 SEASON
Old & Young and Reckless Together #35: Dance and Design
a collaboration with the Toronto School of Art | in partnership with Dancemakers Centre for Creation
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 & Reckless #34
All duets plus an ensemble community work for non-pros
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. More information available here.
Older & 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
Dance & Music Workshop with Douglas Dunn & Steven Taylor from NYC
2013 - 2014 SEASON
Older & Reckless #32: 5th Old & Young and Reckless Together
March 13 - 15, 2015 @ Danceamakers 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 & 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 & 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)
2012 - 2013 SEASON
Older & 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 & 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 & 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
2011 - 2012 SEASON
Older & 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 & Reckless #25:
March 2 - 4, 2014 @ 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 & 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
2010 - 2011 SEASON
Older & Reckless #23
May 19 - 20, 2011 @ Dancemakers 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 & 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 & Reckless #21
November 27 - 28, 2010 @ Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Robert Glumbek (Dis/Locate; Roberto Campanella, co-choreographer)
Susan Elliot [Vancouver] (Princess, Lola MacLaughlin, choreographer)
Robin Poitras [Regina] (The Sound a Circle Makes, Tedd Robinson, choreographer)
Roger Sinha [Montreal] (Zeros & Ones)
Outside Eye: Allyson McMachon
Dance for non-dancers workshop: Gyro-kinetics workshop with Carol Anderson
2000 - 2010 SEASON
OLDER & RECKLESS #20: 1st Old & Young and Reckless Together
May 28-29, 2010 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #19
March 12-14, 2010 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #18: 10th anniversary
December 11-13, 2009 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #17
March 5-7, 2009 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #16
December 4-6, 2008 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #15
February 28, 29 & March 1, 2008 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #14
December 5-7, 2007 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #13
March 9 & 10, 2007 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #12
December 13 & 14, 2006
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 & RECKLESS #11
May 13 & 14, 2005 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #10
November 12 & 13, 2004 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #9
April 23 & 24, 2004 @ Dancemakers
DA Hoskins with poet Jill Batson
Janice Pomer with musician Barry Prophet
Terrill Maguire
Claudia Moore
OLDER & RECKLESS #8
November 7 & 8, 2003 @ Dancemakers
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 & 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 & RECKLESS #6
November 22 & 23, 2002 @ Dancemakers
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 & 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 & RECKLESS #4
November 30, 2001 @ Dancemakers
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 & RECKLESS #3
June 16, 2001 @ Dancemakers
Danny Grossman
Holly Small
Maxine Heppner
Grindl Kuchirka with Oliver Schroer
Viv Moore (duet with her mom, age 78)
OLDER & RECKLESS #2
November 2000 @ Dancemakers
Tedd Robinson (Debussy duet for Fiona & Claudia)
Trish Armstrong
Elizabeth Chitty
Tom Brouillette (Allen Ginsberg's Father Death Blues)
OLDER & RECKLESS #1
June 24, 2000 @ Dancemakers
Robert Desrosiers
Claudia Moore (rite of spring)
Carol Anderson
Jan Komarek (duet for Melina & Claudia)