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  • Falling in to Autumn Jam
  • Contact Dance Film Fest
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  • Staff and Board
  • Artists
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Come out and dance with us

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

Toronto Tuesday dance Jam

Ongoing

Ongoing

Learn and practice the art of Contact Improvisation and enjoy live music from our roster of 30 different musicians.
TIME AND DATE: 

Ongoing weekly on Tuesday Nights

6:00 pm Class 

7:00 pm Dance Jam 

7:50 pm live music begins 

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

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Kathleen leans on he right hand & shin with her hips and arm arching upwards in a light blond floor.

FALL dance class series inspired by the aXIS SYLLABUS

Sept 14 to Dec 7

Class series with Axis Syllabus teacher Kathleen Rea. Together we will dance considering flexibility, strength, alignment, anatomical attributes, and ways of moving that are basically safe and energy-conservative. 

TIME: 7:45 pm to 9:00  pm  - Dance Class 

LOCATION: Roncesvalles United Church (wheelchair accessible)

LEVEL: Some experience with movement is required.

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Three set of feet in varying state of lift on a wooden sunlight floor.

fALL aXIS SYLLABUS CLASS sERIES

Sept 14 to Dec 7

Class series with Axis Syllabus teacher Kathleen Rea. Together we will research flexibility, strength, alignment, anatomical attributes, and ways of moving that are basically safe and energy-conservative. Kathleen will refer to physics, anatomy, and relevant scientific data from various fields.

TIME: 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm Axis Syllabus Class

LOCATION: Roncesvalles United Church (wheelchair accessible)

LEVEL: All levels welcome

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Productions: Kathleen Rea lifts Suzanne Liska on her back

Fall Contact Improv Series with Teacher Kathleen Rea

Fall 2023

Seven Saturdays

Sept 16 /  Sept 30  /   Oct 21  /  Oct 28  /  Nov 4  /  Nov 18  /  Dec 16      


Three offering to choose from:

10:00 to 1:30 Basic Skills (home studio)


12:00 to 1:45 Intermediate (home studio)


3:00 to 6:00 Advanced (Railpath Arts Centre)


Home studio is not wheelchair accessible and Railpath Arts Centre is.

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Dance Jam: Bright studio with 30 dancers sharing weight in various ways.

toronto's fALLING INTO aUTUMN Annual weekend jam

Oct 6 & 8 2023

Two day jam over the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend.

Workshops and dance jams and community

TIME:

Friday - 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm 

Saturday - 10:00 am to 9:30 pm

Sunday -  10:00 am to 6:30pm

LOCATION:

Celia Franca Centre, 400 Jarvis Street.

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Suzanne Liska jumping off one foot in a grey floored dance studio.

Ensemble Improv Research Performance

Tuesday, Jan 30 2024

DESCRIPTION: Ensemble improv research toward performance. Inspired by improv scores from Lower Left (Nina Martin's), Ensemble Thinking. Team will work collectively lead by Suzanne Liska using Lower Left's methods to build a structured performance score.

LOCATION:

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

CREATOR/FACILITATOR/DANCER: Suzanne Liska

DANCERS/CO-CREATORS:  Harrison Argatoff, Gibum Dante Lim, Mika Lior, Suzanne Liska,  Zita Nyarady, Kathleen Rea, Tess Takahashi a

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