Spotlight: Laura Nanni Artistic & Managing Director of SummerWorks

Since starting in 2016, Laura Nanni has been a driving force for change within the organization, and the artistic community as a whole, using her strategic vision to spearhead SummerWorks through a period of positivity and re-imagining. She has helped increased its reputation as a global leader in contemporary performance, and curated countless new works that continue to engage audiences, and nurture artistic creativity and innovation.

This year, SummerWorks Festival features a wide-range of powerful projects that invite audiences to get to know Toronto and each other again, and re-envision everyday public spaces.

Below, I list some festival offerings that you can partake in this week.

Circling Together
Dance / Music / Participatory
Amy Hull and the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence
Venue: Outdoor – Ontario Place Trillium Park
AUGUST 10, 7:00 PM | 60 Minutes
Ticket Price: FREE

Ghosts Don’t Need Passports
ASL / Installation / Interdisciplinary
Teardrop Collective
Venue Native Earth’s Aki Studio Theatre
AUGUST 12, 5:00PM
AUGUST 13, 1:30PM
Ticket Price: $15, $25, $35

half n half
Music / Participatory / Theatre
PIECE OF MINE
Venue Daniels Spectrum – Ada Slaight Hall
AUGUST 11, 7:00 PM
AUGUST 12, 6:00 PM
AUGUST 13, 9:00 PM
Ticket Price: $15, $25, $35

Transfers
Interdisciplinary / Participatory
Lucy Rose Coren
Venue Sherbourne Bus
AUGUST 11, 4:00 PM
AUGUST 12, 7:30 PM
AUGUST 13, 12:00 PM
Ticket Price: $15, $25, $35
Ticket price does not include the cost of TTC fare.

I leave you with my interview with Laura Nanni who talks about this year’s festival, her upcoming departure from the festival, and much more.