THIS IS CANADA’S DANCE NextSteps brings you the very best in Canadian dance. From explosive movement to evocative compositions, this season continues the 40-year legacy of dance at Harbourfront Centre. It is the launching pad for new stars, and the destination of established artists. It is a place to experience dance.
It is your NextSteps.
Kaeja d’Dance – Kaeja d’Dance 25th Anniversary Concert Photo: Aria Evans
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Ritmo Flamenco Dance & Music Ensemble – SIROCCO Photo: Denise Grant
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What does dance mean to Harbourfront Centre? Dance is Canada reflected onstage. The diversity, the culture, the global inspiration is all part of what makes NextSteps unique. What does Harbourfront Centre mean to dance? It’s a place to call home. To bring the dance community together. To support artists pushing boundaries. For audiences who crave dance. Harbourfront Centre has supported dance from the beginning, over 40 years ago, before the site even had buildings. There have been so many performances, companies and dancers that have developed alongside Harbourfront Centre and have helped create the dance ecology in Canada. The 2014/15 season celebrates diversity in dance. I love seeing contemporary, flamenco, Bharatanatyam, solos, large scale group work, live music, family holiday favourites, festivals and special events over the one dance season. I am excited each time I go into the theatre to see a show, knowing that it will be completely different from the last dance show that I saw. Join me. And make Harbourfront Centre your destination for dance. Lynanne Sparrow Artistic Associate - Dance Performing Arts Department Harbourfront Centre
Don’t Miss a Step For the dance obsessed, only a Flex Pass will do. Purchase four tickets for just $110, and use them at any production. Or buy eight tickets for $180. See more performances for less. NextSteps Flex Passes are only available until October 11, 2014. Flex Pass terms: Tickets can be redeemed for participating NextSteps shows over the phone or in person for any show in any combination. Seats are subject to availability. Flex Pass credit is non-refundable and validity expires June 30, 2015. Flex Passes are only available for purchase until October 11, 2014. A flat service charge of $12 per person, per pass, applies to the Flex Pass. The Flex Pass is only available by phone or in person. Did you know? Your NextSteps ticket entitles you to 35% off World Stage performances. And if you’re a World Stage ticket buyer, you can get 35% off select NextSteps productions. Call the box office for details. More info: harbourfrontcentre.com/boxoffice | 416-973-4000
Every year, World Stage presents dance and performance from around the world. Find out about the 2015 season by signing up for our e-newsletter at harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage.
The Hub of Dance From weekly dance performances to participatory dance events, school visit programmes to dance camps, Harbourfront Centre has fantastic dance programming all year long.
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BoucharDanse/Théâtre La Tangente – L’Implorante Photo: John Lauener
Discover the season We encourage families and people of all ages to attend. Find the dance that is right for your family.
DanceWorks DW207: adelheid
Ballet Creole
elsewhere
Soulful Messiah
September 25–27, 2014
November 28–29, 2014
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37
Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–45
Through five remarkable dancers, choreographed by Heidi Strauss, elsewhere speaks to resilience in the face of unknowing — an uncomfortable point where what has happened leaves traces on our bodies, gestures and the space between.
Ring in the holidays with Ballet Creole’s signature seasonal favourite. Soulful Messiah infuses tap, African-Caribbean, ballet, jazz and modern dance into a unique holiday classic to the soundtrack of Quincy Jones’ Grammy Award-winning rendition of Handel’s Messiah.
Photo: Jeremy Mimnagh
Photo: Peter Lear / Peter Stipcevich
ProArteDanza
Paratopia
Scars Are All the Rage/what goes between
April 23–25, 2015
DanceWorks DW211: Raagini Dance /Bageshree Vaze
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37 March 12–14, 2015
Discover 21st century Kathak and Indian classical dance in a contemporary, global reality. Bageshree Vaze’s solos and new group work highlight complex footwork, sparkling pirouettes, dynamic movements and intricate facial and hand gestural language.
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37 Through works aesthetically different but astutely crafted and rich in imagery, choreographers Forcier and Norman explore the impact of loss and transformation. Photo: David Hou
Photo: Craig Chambers
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
Season 2014
DanceWorks DW210 : Marie France Forcier & Tracey Norman
Kaeja d’Dance
CanAsian Dance Festival
Kaeja d’Dance 25th Anniversary Season
2015 CanAsian International Dance Festival
WinterSong — dances for a sacred season
October 1–4, 2014
March 24–28, 2015
Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–40
December 12–13, 2014
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $22.50–40
April 30–May 2, 2015
Celebrating 10 years of “high-energy, blow-out physicality,” Season 2014 features the awardwinning work ...in between..., and highlights from the repertoire of “the best small-scale contemporary ballet company in Canada” (The Globe and Mail, 2013).
Fleck Dance Theatre | $22.50–38
Award-winning contemporary dance company Kaeja d’Dance kicks off their 25th Anniversary year with world premieres by Karen and Allen Kaeja, both of which play with the notions of fate, coincidence and choice. Enigmatic, provocative and hyper physical, celebrate 25 years with this extraordinary double bill.
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $25–30
Photo: Dean Buscher
WinterSong will warm the hearts of family audiences with its breathtaking tapestry of seasonal dance inspired by the world’s rich solstice traditions. Highlights include a premiere by dance sensation Belinda McGuire, plus To Repel the Demons by New York’s acclaimed Kevin Wynn. Photo: David Hou
The 2015 CanAsian International Dance Festival features exceptional dance by outstanding Canadian and international artists inspired by Asian ideas and practices.
Photo: Anders Jirås
Photo: Aria Evans
Sampradaya Dance Creations
60x60 Dance Toronto
Dance Ontario
60x60 Dance Toronto 2014
in association with Harbourfront Centre
Ritmo Flamenco Dance & Music Ensemble
DanceWeekend 2015
SIROCCO
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $22.25
January 16–18, 2015
March 27–29, 2015
Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–35
60 Toronto choreographers collaborate with 60 Canadian composers in consecutive one-minute miniatures. Always host to exciting new cocreations under the directorship of Viv Moore, 60x60 spans the gamut of contemporary, traditional and hybrid disciplines.
Fleck Dance Theatre | $10 minimum donation
Studio Theatre | $25–35
Launching Sampradaya’s 25th Anniversary year, Lata Pada’s Bharatanatyam-based work explores worlds known and unknown, interwoven into a continuum, perpetual and elusive. It features a stunning dance ensemble performing to live music by India’s acclaimed, versatile pianist and composer Anil Srinivasan and Carnatic vocalist, Sikkil Gurucharan.
October 16, 2014
Photo: Marvan Kwan
nirantara — beyond space and time May 21–23, 2015
A Sirocco is a powerful Mediterranean wind from the Sahara that crosses North Africa to settle in Southern Spain. Award-winning choreographer Anjelica Scannura moves beyond geographical and stylistic boundaries searching for the obscure Arab roots of flamenco.
A fabulous showcase of Toronto’s globally inspired professional dance companies. From the polished performances of traditional styles to edgy new works from debut choreographers, it’s a weekend to inspire every dance fan. Photo: Denise Grant
Photo: Ken Ewen
BoucharDanse / Théâtre La Tangente
DanceWorks DW208: Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe
L’Implorante & L’éternel voyage
NTU/ Skwatta
Photo: Sid Sawant
Ballet Creole
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
Agua Como Vida
Space Interrupted April 17–18, 2015
October 23–25, 2014
January 29–31, 2015
Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–45
May 29–30, 2015
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $15–35
Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37 Vincent Mantsoe presents his newest riveting solos. Watch as he embodies limitless spirituality steeped in the realities of his South African homeland.
For its 25th Anniversary Season, Ballet Creole presents intriguing new works that combine the artistic sensibilities of Artistic Director Patrick Parson, Associate Choreographer Gabby Kamino and guest collaborators to explore the universal connectivity of Earth’s most valuable resource, water.
Fleck Dance Theatre | $22.50–38
From ethereal to earthbound, this production traces a journey of human dilemmas — the unknown, fragility and undiscovered strengths. With stunning visuals and a cast of stellar performers, prepare to follow the beating of your own heart.
Photo: John Lauener
Photo: Chaulieu Kolver
Toronto Dance Theatre Pond Skaters, Early Departures and a new work by Christopher House
DanceWorks DW209: Sylvain Émard Danse
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Ce n’est pas la fin du monde (It’s not the end of the world)
Spring 2015 Venue TBD | $23–45
February 28, 2015
Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–40
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The power of flamenco is presented with elegance and passion by this award-winning company of singers, musicians and dancers who never fail to bring enthralled audiences to their feet.
Fleck Dance Theatre | $19–37
Toronto Dance Theatre’s amazing dancers return in a bold mixed programme featuring Thomas Hauert’s Dora-nominated Pond Skaters, Christopher House’s 1991 masterwork Early Departures, and a new, dynamic full-company work also by House.
Photo: Guntar Kravis
Photo: David Hou
Photo: Chris Cushman
November 4–8, 2014
Acclaimed choreographer Sylvain Émard plunges seven male dancers into the hurly-burly of a contemporary world undergoing massive change where bodies are electrified by a shared feeling of urgency.
Californian Colin Connor explores uncharted waters, casting CCDT Artistic Director Deborah Lundmark in his domestic tempest, The Weather in the Room. Also featuring Ofilio Sinbadinho Portillo’s acclaimed 2014 Harbourfront Centre commission, Anomykz.
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Photo: Valerie Simmons
Photo: Hamid Karimi
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