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contact dance international film festival

June 8 to 10, 2023 - Toronto and Online

40  Films from 17 Countries
5 Film Screening

8 Dance Workshops
4 Film Screenings
3 Dance Jams
1 Film Making Workshop
1 Dance Performance
1 Great After Party!

Wheelchair Accessible

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Tuesday dance Jam

REAson d'etre dance's weekly jam. 

Running for 24 years! 

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Finding Helix

“Finding Helix”: When you reconnect with a lost part of yourself and find that it has changed and grown in your absence. “Finding Helix” is a quirky look at connection within self and with others and all of the uncomfortable, wonderful, and scary parts of being in a relationship. "Finding Helix" is on a double bill with "Frame of Control" May 5 to 7 at  The Redwood Theatre in Toronto (wheelchair accessible but please see box office info for details)
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54 pictures CI based films a gird with Contact Dacne Internatioal Film Festival, Tor, Jun 8-10 2023

June 8-10 Contact dance INTERNATIONAL film FESTIVAL

Double -bill "FRames of Control" and "finding Helix"

June 8-10 Contact dance INTERNATIONAL film FESTIVAL

 The 6th season is occurring online and in person. The festival celebrates films featuring momentum-based dance by creators in the field of Contact Improvisation  

40  Films

17 Countries

8 Dance Workshops

5 Film Screenings

3 Dance Jams

1 Film Making Workshop

1 Dance Performance

1 Great After Party!

Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave, Toronto  (Wheelchair accessible)

More info

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Dance jam: Many images of people dancing in a big cathedral-like hall superimposed upon each other.

Toronto tuesday dance Jam

Double -bill "FRames of Control" and "finding Helix"

June 8-10 Contact dance INTERNATIONAL film FESTIVAL

 REAson d'etre dance's weekly jam. 

Running for 24 years! 

Cathedral ceilings, vast floor, live music, great acoustics, guidelines developed over many years, a welcoming process for newcomers, and wheelchair accessible.
Come out and dance with us.

Tuesday night
6:00 pm Class with Kathleen Rea
7:00 pm Dance Jam
7:50 pm to 8:50 pm Live music

Be

 REAson d'etre dance's weekly jam. 

Running for 24 years! 

Cathedral ceilings, vast floor, live music, great acoustics, guidelines developed over many years, a welcoming process for newcomers, and wheelchair accessible.
Come out and dance with us.

Tuesday night
6:00 pm Class with Kathleen Rea
7:00 pm Dance Jam
7:50 pm to 8:50 pm Live music

Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave, Toronto (Wheelchair accessible)

More info

Register

Jayeden in aerial hammock, her hands on handles of Luke's wheelchair. He pushes her back to swing.

Double -bill "FRames of Control" and "finding Helix"

Double -bill "FRames of Control" and "finding Helix"

The Axis Syllabus- teaching Dancers to move with ease

Friday, May 5 @ 7:30 pm

Saturday, May 6 @ 7:30 pm

Sunday, May 7 @ 3:30 pm

DANCERS/COCREATORS: Luke Anderson and Jayeden Walker

CHOREOGRAPHER/DANCER: Kathleen Rea

MUSICIAN: Cheryl Ockrant and Janice Jo Lee

LOCATION: Redwood Theatre

1300 Gerrard St E, Toronto 

(wheelchair accessible but please see details at the box office, attendees must be masked to protect a vulnerable performer)

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Kathleen Rea kneels on one knee while reaching into a side bend with her arm overhead.

The Axis Syllabus- teaching Dancers to move with ease

The Axis Syllabus- teaching Dancers to move with ease

The Axis Syllabus- teaching Dancers to move with ease

Spring series starts on April 6 and run to June 1, 2023

Kathleen Rea, REAson d'etre dance's artistic director, teaches the Axis Syllabus on Thursday nights in Toronto's west end at Roncesvalles Untied Church (wheelchair accessible). These classes will help dancers learn to move with ease and prevent injuries.

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Workshop: Luke, who dances using a wheelchair & Kathleen coteaching students in a bright studio.

EVEry body can dance jam

The Axis Syllabus- teaching Dancers to move with ease

EVEry body can dance jam

Upcoming date Saturday, June 10, 2023, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

Running monthly (with a break in the summer). This is a dance jam that is disability lead and welcoming and has live music
Facilitated by Luke Anderson and Kathleen Rea
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