Thursday, October 16, 2014
Apolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Sinbadinho Portillo take bold step into art-dance realm, but results are inconclusive.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:59PMBerlin’s The Flying Steps mix ballet, breakdance and classical music for an explosive, acrobatic show at Massey Hall.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:25PMSaturday, October 4, 2014
Webcast from five ballet companies had almost unheard of “dwell time” of 28 minutes
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMWednesday, October 1, 2014
Toronto dance company steps into its past with anniversary retrospective while casting an eye to the future.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMThursday, September 25, 2014
Heidi Strauss’s new work informed by ‘affect theory’: hard-wired physical responses to emotions or feelings.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMFriday, September 12, 2014
Kaeja d’Dance's varied choreography tailored to reflect past, present and future
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:30AMMonday, September 8, 2014
Karen Kain says raising the company's international profile is worth expense and risk of bringing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMFriday, August 8, 2014
Jacqueries, Part 1 makes audience do more than watch while Écoute Pour Voir connects spectators and dancers.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMTuesday, August 5, 2014
The evening’s highlights included Peter Chin’s “Through the Mask” and Sis Robin Hibbert’s “Doun Doun Dance”.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:23AMWednesday, July 16, 2014
Playwright Judith Thompson and her family taking part in this summer's edition in Seaton Village
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:48PMThursday, July 3, 2014
Physical theatre offerings include Sisters of Salome's Arabian Nights, Keystone Theatre's Gold Fever, Ginette Mohr's Tikva's Orchestra, Alexandra Elliott’s When All Is Said.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMThursday, June 5, 2014
National Ballet of Canada's production of James Kudelka-choreographed Cinderella at Four Seasons Centre is different, but not a jolting departure from tradition
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:48PMMonday, June 2, 2014
After battling back from a severe injury, the principal dancer is ready to be belle of the ball in James Kudelka's production, on June 4 to 15.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMFriday, May 30, 2014
Anomykz is a new work choreographed by 31-year-old street dance exponent Ofilio “Sinbadinho” Portillo for Toronto’s Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:10AMThursday, May 29, 2014
Marco Goecke’s stroboscopic choreography and stunning dance create a visual treat
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:08AMWednesday, May 28, 2014
The piece looks at the often frustrating, baffling and even surreal experience of would-be immigrants to Canada.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:18PMTuesday, May 27, 2014
National Ballet of Canada corps member gets unusual opportunity in Marco Goecke work, part of Physical Thinking triple bill, May 28 to June 1.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:36PMFriday, May 23, 2014
Toronto Dance Theatre’s Christopher House invited 11 artists from visual and theatre backgrounds to craft a provocative series of solos. Until May 31 at Winchester Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:50PMMavis Staines had her world changed by a broken door handle, revitalised Canada's National Ballet School, and acquired ardent admirers in the process
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMThursday, May 22, 2014
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie’s efforts to connect with singers on a personal level capture a soulful Cash, an Elvis who falls hard from superstardom.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:52AMMonday, May 19, 2014
SKIN is a full-frontal, all-male, identity politics-animated new work by gay choreographer Krishnan and it drops the veil on his ‘queerness’
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMWednesday, May 14, 2014
Little Pear Garden Collective blends Chinese legend of the White Snake with modern twists and state-of-the-art visual effects, at Fleck Dance Theatre May 15 to 17.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:34PMThursday, May 8, 2014
The Tempest Replica extends choreographer Crystal Pite’s continuing fascination with outer appearance and inner substance, free will and cosmic destiny.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:36AMThe story probes a recurrent Canadian theme: the struggle between contemporary norms and traditional values.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMFriday, May 2, 2014
From Romeo and Juliet on the National Ballet stage to Crystal Pite's The Tempest Replica, choreographers are attracted to Bard's plots and characters.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PMThursday, May 1, 2014
Gruelling solo takes dancer through ritual of renewal at Harbourfront’s Enwave Theatre May 1 to 3.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMThursday, April 24, 2014
Ziyian Kwan’s a slow awkward evening's most polished work; Bageshree Vaze’s In My (Dis)Place inventive take on classical Indian dance
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:40AMFlamenco artist's latest, at Harbourfront Centre April 24 to 27, uses a genre of flamenco music that blends Andalusian tradition with Latin American influences.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:30AMThursday, April 10, 2014
Middle Eastern dance is more than just belly dancing, Arabesque founder Yasmina Ramzy insists.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMThursday, April 3, 2014
Choreographer Kevin Ormsby aims to avoid stereotypes in his Afro-contemporary dance, part of Next Steps, April 4 and 5.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMSaturday, March 29, 2014
Dancer/choreographer Peggy Baker’s interest in a broad range of dualities is explored in her new program she:he.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:02PM 
