July 2008

DUO and the Toronto Fringe Festival
Are proud to present the Fringe Dance Initiative...below is some information on artists performing as a part of this initiative.

Hole
At the Tarragon Theatre-Main Space, 30 Bridgeman Avenue (Bathurst and Dupont)

Thursday, July 3rd at 6:30pm
Saturday, July 5th at Noon
Monday, July 7th at 4:30pm
Wednesday, July 9th at 9:15pm
Thursday, July 10th at 4:00pm
Friday, July 11th at 7:00pm
Sunday, July 13th at 1:45pm

Choreographer/Director: Brian Solomon
Spoken-Word Artist: Cindy Bisaillon
Composer: Chris Wiles
Admission is $10
Part of the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival

Hole is a multi-disciplinary feast. Some of Toronto's most exciting indie-dancers and new musicians (providing their soundscape live as players on stage) join celebrated-local-Guru of Word and Image medias, Cindy Bisaillon. The award winning Documentary-Maker/ Writer/ Poet (with over 30 years backing her on CBC radio one's Ideas, ), speaks words revealing an interior world of the erotic, paralleling one woman's journey into uncharted realms of Beauty, Pain and Funk.

A divine Physicist (Composer Chris Willes), assembles the Dancers and Musicians, guiding the woman through quantum possibilities in her soul's multi-media trek. Dora-nominated Brian Solomon choreographs the events of this world, together with this unlikely, extremely talented gorilla cast, form an unforgettable landscape. A jam session with storytellers of numerous facets, tell of a life becoming the Quasar before the Hole.

For more information on Hole or Brian Solomon
please contact Darla Forward at (647) 883-3154
The Fringe hot-line phone number: (416) 966-1062
Part of the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival

Love, So Says…

(The inaugural initiative of the Dance Umbrella of Ontario and the Toronto Theatre Fringe Festival)


Thursday July 3 6:30pm
Saturday July 5 11:00pm
Monday July 7 1:00pm
Wednesday July 9 7:30pm
Friday July 11 9:15pm
Saturday July 12 12:30pm
Sunday July 13 3:30pm


Factory Theatre – Main Space
(South of Queen at Adelaide)
125 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5V 2R2

Producer/Choreographer: Michael Caldwell
Choreographer/Dancer: Keiko Ninomiya
Dancer: Amy Hampton
Stage Manager: Jenna Lee Leger
Tickets: $10.00 (in advance and at-the-door)


S H O W D E S C R I P T I O N

Michael Caldwell, Toronto-based dancer/choreographer, is honoured and thrilled to present his first collaboration with the AKA Dance (directed by Amy Hampton & Keiko Ninomiya) and is proud to represent dance in this year’s Toronto Theatre Fringe Festival.

Two new choreographic duets, seven exciting shows…

Love, So Says…
Choreography: Michael Caldwell

Caldwell’s personal journey through love over the past year inspires this intensely physical duet. A break-up of a seven year relationship, adultery, bathhouses in Europe, and a spring wedding are but a few of the experiences infused in the work. Additionally, paintings on the theme of love provide further inspiration to the choreography’s visual language.

Faint Light
Choreography: Keiko Ninomiya for AKA Dance, www.akadance.ca

When you reach the depth of anger you will find that only tenderness remains.

Dora-nominated choreographer Keiko Ninomiya explores the deep relationship between anger and tenderness and how this manifests itself in our personal lives. Using the evocative music of Tetsuroh Konishi, the piece moves from meditative and distilled to explosive and raw.

Media Contact:
Michael Caldwell
416-878-4867
caldwellfringeshow@hotmail.com <mailto:caldwellfringeshow@hotmail.com>

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FRINGE Hot-Line Phone Number: 416-966-1062

Desiraeda Dance Theatre
Presents

DESIRAEDA

Where: The Factory Theatre (Mainstage); 125 Bathurst St.

Show Dates & Times:
July 4th 8:45pm;
July 5th 3:30pm;
July 6th 10:30pm;
July 8th 3pm;
July 9th 1:45pm;
July 10th 7:30pm;
July 13th 5:15pm

Tickets: $10 (available at door)

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This up-and-coming Toronto-based dance company presents an hour long show of exciting new choreography by Artistic Director Niki Wozniak, Jeremy Nasmith (The National Ballet of Canada), Kate Hilliard (Dancemakers), and Laura Bolton (Independent).

As part of the Toronto International Fringe Theatre Festival’s new Dance Initiative, DESIRAEDA is the Premiere Performance of “The Tower” (choreography: Niki Wozniak), the untold story of Rapunzel. This exploration of the fairytale integrates ballet, jazz and contemporary dance to uncover the psychology and relationships of Rapunzel, the Prince, and the enchantress Dame Gothel.

Cast: Laura Lawson (Founding Director), Niki Wozniak (Artistic Director), Marvin Vergara, Heather Leslie, Zihao (Michael) Li, Skye Nicolson, Sean Dubs, Erin Cowan (understudy), Karen Murray (understudy).

The Fringe Hotline: 416.966.1062

Solid State presents

Take it Back

With "Take it Back", Solid State asks the question, "Why don't we dance in couples anymore?" The popularization among urban youth of dancing in mass groups (rave culture) or the soloing format of street forms such as Breakdancing, has created an environment where individuals can dance however and whenever they want to.

In an attempt to create a social partner dance that speaks to a generation of individuals, Solid State has paired the high physicality of B-boying (Breakdance) with the partnering structures of LindyHop (Swing) which like B-boying is a street dance based on free-styling or improvisation. This cooperation of styles breathes with freedom, and spontaneity as the dancers wrestle with the awkwardness of asking each other to dance, dancing close together, and shifting between leading and following roles.


Toronto Fringe Festival
@ the George Ignatieff Theatre 15 Devonshire Place
Sun July 6th 7:00pm
Mon July 7th 5:00pm
Thurs July 10th 7:30pm
Fri July 11th 12:30pm
Sat July 12th 11:00pm
Sun Jully 13th 4:30pm

Artistic Directors: Helen Simard, JoDee Allen
Choreography: Helen Simard, JoDee Allen
Dancers: Raul Guevara, Jo Danny Aurelien, JoDee Allen, Helen Simard
Lighting: Robin Dutt
Dramaturge: Jo Leslie and Mathieu Leroux

Collective Heat Presents...

Moments on a Wrist
PASSE MURAILLE MAINSPACE
16 RYERSON AVE (EAST OF BATHURST, NORTH OF QUEEN)

Thursday - July 3 @ 10:30pm,
Saturday - July 5 @ 11:30pm,
Sunday - July 6 @ 2:15pm,
Wednesday - July 9 @ 7:45pm,
Thursday - July 10 @ 3:30pm,
Saturday - July 12 @ 7:00pm,
Sunday - July 13 @ 1:00pm
Tickets - $10 Box Office: 416-966-1062 Information: www.collectiveheat.ca <http://www.collectiveheat.ca> Fringe Festival: www.fringetoronto.com <http://www.fringetoronto.com/>

Experience the radiance of Collective HEAT with Moments on a Wrist a program of dance stories that pay homage to the wrist featuring intriguing character driven choreography by Jen Cole, Meaghan Giusti, Sarah Lochhead and Heather M. Saum. and an original score created by Robert Kingsbury. Moments on a Wrist runs Thursday, July 3, 2008 till Sunday, July 13,2008 @ PASSE MURAILLE 16 RYERSON AVE (EAST OF BATHURST, NORTH OF QUEEN).
The evening features five creatively captivating dance works that reflect memories of the wrist. Including four world premiers. Moments past--a loved one’s scent, a handwritten letter, a poignant gesture--all stem from the wrist. Both delicate and enduring, the wrist supports us, interweaving our imaginative gestures and lack-luster mechanics of the daily grind. These articulated moments are acknowledged, cherished and sooner or later forgiven.
Junction 28 (world premiere) choreographed by Heather M. Saum, is driven by the abrupt change of living in rural Saskatchewan with never ending horizons, to the densely populated city of Toronto. The high-energy athletic movement illustrates the driving pace and urgency of mechanical time.

Still Plow (world premiere) choreographed by Sarah Lochhead, is based on a choreography chain letter project initiated by Heather M. Saum, which draws inspiration from the long lost art of letter writing and the relationships it cultivates.

Perfumed Paper (world premiere) choreographed by Jen Cole, is a quirky exploration of unique characters driven by their past experiences in a series of confrontations.

Slip (world premiere) choreographed by Meaghan Giusti, is a solo that celebrates a beautiful change in a woman’s life with strength, energy and wisdom leading her movement.

Moments on a Wrist choreographed by Jen Cole and Heather M. Saum, is a visceral and poignant recognition of conjured memories and their ability to haunt our every move.

Collective HEAT, founded in 2005, is a group of local dance artists dedicated to the exploration and creation of new dance works. With six original works in their current repertoire, Collective HEAT has performed at Series 8:08, International Dance Day, Squiggfest, In a White Room, York University, Robert Gill Theatre and for many festivals in Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Heather Saum, originally from Saskatchewan, is a choreographer, performer, teacher and the Artistic Director of Collective HEAT. She holds an Education degree, with an Interdisciplinary Arts focus, from the University of Regina, Saskatchewan and is a graduate of York University’s Master’s degree in dance. Her research in dance history and feminist performance studies greatly influences the work of Collective HEAT.