Ofilio Sinbadinho of Gadfly. Photo by John Lauener
PRESENTED BY DUSK DANCES INC.
The 22nd Dusk Dances Festival returns to Withrow Park this summer with another week of exciting and entertaining dance works from Canada’s finest dance makers!
HOSTED BY ALLEGRACHARLESTON
OPENING MUSICAL ACT DOUBLETOOTH
With free Nia movement workshops with master teacher MARTHA RANDALL
HEYKLORO
Gadfly Dance Company Choreographed by Apolonia Velasquez & Ofilio Sinbadinho
Performed by: Raoul Wilke, Lauren Lyn, Daniel Gomez and Celine Richard-Robichon
Music: Dr Draw & Sinbadinho mix
A highly physical urban dance quartet that depicts 4 fallen warriors forced to work together for survival.
A Dusk Dances premiere.
The place in between
La Otra Orilla
Choreographed by Myriam Allard
Performed by: Myriam Allard and Hedi Graja
An all-out choreographic exploration for three performers: a dancer, a singer and a bata de cola (a long skirt typical to flamenco that transforms the movement and gives rise to another body).
Premieres this year at Dusk Dances.
This Is How We Love
Choreographed by Susie Burpee
Performed by: Sylvie Bouchard and Brendan Wyatt
Music: Ogives I II III and IV by Erik Satie, performed and recorded by Eve Egoyan
“What does love feel like?” The audience is asked this question as the dance begins, and their responses play a key role in bringing the duet to life. Quirky, passionate, and never the same from night to night, this duet is a game of love. It reveals the many emotions that arise in the lifetime of a relationship.
Premieres this year at Dusk Dances.
WAVES
Choreographed by Michael Caldwell
Performed by: Mairéad Filgate, Molly Johnson, Meredith Thompson Original composition and live performance by: Kyle Brenders
Drawing inspiration from radical movements in film and visual art, Waves transports us into a simplistic world of movement and sound, illuminating contrasts between nature and architecture, form and abstraction. With an original sound composition and live performance by Kyle Brenders, Waves tells a poignant story about three lonely characters searching for connection and understanding.
Premieres this year at Dusk Dances.
Auto-Fiction
Human Playground Choreographed by Milan Gervais
Performed by: David Albert-Toth, Jessica Serli and Simon-Xavier Lefebvre
Composer : David Drury
Rehearsal Director: Allison Nichol
Embedded into public space, Auto-Fiction features three dancers and an automobile. They walk, run, roll over, propel and fall on this car composing a choreographic track between dance and urban acrobatics.
A Dusk Dances premiere.
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Simon-Xavier Lefebvre in Auto-Fiction - Photo by DJ Hanrahan
NIGHTLY PERFORMANCES
Monday August 1st to Sunday August 7th
Opening Band
and Nia class start at 7:00 pm
Dance Performances start at 7:30 pm
Pay-what-you-can
Suggested contribution $10.00 per person
MATINÉE PERFORMANCES:
Thursday August 4th & Sunday August 7th
Opening Band
and Nia class start at 2:00 pm
Dance Performances start at 2:30 pm
Pay-what-you-can
Suggested contribution $10.00 per person
Withrow Park is located south of the Danforth, between Logan and Carlaw. Closest subway station: Chester.
