As a Black Muslim Woman, creator Fatuma Adar is on a mission to free you from the clutches of exceptionalism and teach you how to relish in the joys of mediocrity.
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As a Black Muslim Woman, creator Fatuma Adar is on a mission to free you from the clutches of exceptionalism and teach you how to relish in the joys of mediocrity.
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It is nice to see live events returning to Toronto!
October is my favourite month and this year, it looks like it is gearing up for a fun time In the City. Below I have compiled a personal list of relevant events happening now and coming up the rest of the month.
A new immersive dance work for two dancers created for Gallery 2 of the Lighthouse Arts Space by dancer/choreographer Guillaume Côté, with the artists of Côté Danse, in collaboration with Thomas Payette of Hub Studio.
Fusing projections with live dance, TOUCH is an interactive performance, creating a dialogue between audience, performers and multimedia within this 360-projection space. The aim of TOUCH is to explore the relationship between two people and their various states of interaction.
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Summer in Toronto is never complete for me without attending SummerWorks Festival. This year’s festival is a free, public-facing programming across multiple platforms throughout the month of August.
For the rest of the month, you can enjoy online public sharings, engage with artists through social media, as well as join explorations of public access to artistic process, from performance in storefront windows to communal walks through the park.
Below I list some of the various offerings that have caught my attention at SummerWorks this year. Plenty of local artists to support from home or in-person!
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Those of us in Toronto can finally enjoy live/musical theatre again! The new Canadian musical BLACKOUT opens at High Park Amphitheatre as part of Canadian Stage’s Dream in High Park 2021 programming this week. The Musical Stage Company (MSC) has supported the development of this in-development production over the past year.
BLACKOUT is set on the evening of the blackout of 2003 and while this happened nearly 20 years ago, a musical about how Torontonians came together and found connection in the dark feels quite relevant today when the city is slowly coming out of the darkness of the pandemic and trying to reconnect.
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The Toronto Fringe Festival has announced the programming and listings for the Digital Toronto Fringe Festival running from July 21 to July 31, 2021. Taking place completely online, Toronto Fringe 2021 will present over 65 shows in four virtual series including the Fringe On-Demand series, KidsFest On-Demand series, Fringe Primetime series, and POSTSCRIPT Live(stream) events.
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Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) wraps up their latest productions, May I Take Your Arm? and Ephemeral Artifacts aim to explore how we can share experiences and art when having to be apart. TPM’s artistic director, Marjorie Chan, describe these works as creating “intimate and engaging spaces for dialogue, empathy and connection.”
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Theatre Passe Muraille‘s (TPM) presents TPM & Chill series as part of their digital Winter Season. The previously announced shows 11:11 by Samson Bonkeabantu Brown and Speculation by Leslie Ting will have a four-performance digital run, coming to you LIVE from Theatre Passe Muraille, to be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home.
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Multidisciplinary artist, Rochelle Richardson, talks about her latest work, QUEEN LATIFAH GIVE ME STRENGTH. This video show /soundscape/ workshop piece will be showing as part of Rendezvous With Madness (RWM) Festival’s Re:Building Resilience Exhibition.
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