Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) presents their second mainstage double bill presentation at the historic Winchester Street Theatre. Starting on April 4th, Spring Double Bill sees the resident company and guest dancers share the stage in two new exciting works.

KIOKU NO MA – 記憶の間
Choreographed by Yuichiro Inoue
Performed by Peter Kelly, Megumi Kokuba, Roberto Soria
Sound Design by Sarah Shugarman
Costume Design by Valerie Calam

Long-time company dancer Yuichiro Inoue choreographs his first full piece with members of the ensemble, reflective of his virtuosic career with TDT, in Kioku No Ma – 記憶の間.

In this piece, Inoue explores memory and consciousness through sensorial connections and recollections with three dancers. Rooted in the Japanese terms 記 (Ki) “record” or “write down” and 憶 (Oku) “memory “recollection.” Kioku represents the ability to remember and store memories. The incorporation of Ma (間) emphasizes Japanese aesthetics, highlighting beauty in intervals, pauses, and emptiness, contributing to harmony and balance. Ma refers to intentional use of empty space in design, pauses in time, and intervals between events for enhanced rhythm and reflection. The particle の indicates possession or association between nouns.

ALIENS
Choreographed by KINAJ (Kin Nguien and AJ Velasco)
Performed by Neil Lordson Tangcuangco, Ayano Okubo, Matthew Morales
Costume Design by Juliette Chan

Artistic Duo KINAJ shares Aliens, a piece that incorporates their cross-genre practices in street styles and contemporary dance, building upon the ideas and conversations they began during their 2022/23 Pilot Episodes residency at TDT.

This piece explores the metaphysical experience on earth through the eyes of space immigrants. Navigating Disconnection and Connection, we observe the stories of 3 beings who search for their acceptance, visibility, and freedom. Empathy and Communication create space, Cyphers unlock portals for authentic expression and arrays of energy exchange – transcending set movement. Aliens is a collaborative act of individual and collective exploration, where bodies vocalize a language through space, systems and structures are probed, and individual stories converge.

Spring Double Bill runs April 4-6 and 11-13 at the Winchester Street Theatre.

TDT believes that cost should not be a barrier to experiencing live performance and is offering tickets on a sliding scale for all of this season’s productions. There will be a livestream of the April 12 performance and the recording will also remain on-demand to livestream ticket holders until 7:30 PM on May 3, 2024.

For tickets, performance details and times, please visit tdt.org.