Only 4 days to DanceWeekend’25! Catch an excerpt of 'Soft' featuring Mio Sakomoto on Feb 22, 7-9 PM at City Dance Corps! Details: danceontario.ca #danceweekend25 #comedancewithus #torontodance #torontoart #ontariodance #dance #dancers #artists #contemporarydance
Just FIVE days until DanceWeekend ’25! Our excerpt of “Soft” is choreographed by our esteemed artistic director Malgorzata Nowacka-May! More info: chimeradt.com/team/malgorzat…. See “Soft” at DanceOntario's DanceWeekend '25 on Feb 22, 7-9 PM at City Dance Corps! #danceweekend
We’re very excited to show an excerpt of Dora Award-nominated “Soft” at Dance Ontario’s DanceWeekend’25 on February 22nd at City Dance Corps!
Details and full event programme are available at the Dance Ontario website (danceontario.ca)
#dance #toronto #dancelife
“Be willing to become the shape-shifter that you absolutely are. There’s a frequency that is unique to you and your job is to locate it.”
-RuPaul Charles
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"No moment coming back to the body is wasted. There is no end and you’ve started already
. You can’t be bad at this
. . . And did I mention that I love you for even trying? Please continue"
-Mark Walsh
“A whirlwind does not last all morning. A sudden shower does not last all day. Who produces these things?
Heaven and earth!
Even heaven and earth cannot make wild things last long.
How then can people hope to do so? “
-Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching)
“There's a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that's translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.” - Martha Graham
“He who binds to himself a joy, Doth the winged life destroy; but he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in Eternity’s sun rise.” - William Blake
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Thankful Thursday
We send utmost, deepest gratitude to Shirley Horn - our Elder in Residence and Cultural Consultant over many years. A deep bow in celebration of you, Shirley!
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#Thankyou #Thursdays #Elder #culturalconsultant #grateful #dance #lush # memories #celebration
SUNDAY FUN DAY!
Hope everyone is having a grooving, stellar long weekend, whether you're in the city, the county or hallway in between!
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#sundays #longweekend #sunny #city #country #inbetween #grooving #stellar #contemporarydance #dance
"Respect is not something you earn. Its something you aspire to or ask of others. It isn't your right or what you should expect of people. Respect is the ability to honour all of creation. It is something you offer & something you carry within you."
-Richard Wagamese
Thankful Thursday
Today we send our gratitude to Donna Hilsinger - the wonderwoman behind the years we were invited to create and share work at the Algoma Fall Festival in Salt Ste Marie. We carry so many fond & lush memories of our tours in Northern Ontario, all thanks to Donna!
Chimera Artist Corner Monday!
Featuring Arwyn Carpenter & Sophie Dow!
There are only 2 WEEKS left until Prince Edward County's FLIGHT Festival of Contemporary Dance. NOT to be missed!
All details here: flightfestivalpec.org
"If you will tell me why the fen
appears impassable, I then
will tell you why I think that I
can get across it if I try."
-Marianne Moore
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Thankful Thursdays,
Today we send major thanks to another one of our SUPER sponsors: Dolphin Gaming Toronto! We are so grateful for your support so we can continue creating the magic we were meant to make!
Sophie Dow, our Artistic Associate & Arwyn Carpenter, a wonderful members of the Chimera Workout Crew, are 2 of 5 Creative Directors of Prince Edward County's FLIGHT Festival of Contemporary Dance, beginning in just 3 WEEKS! Check out all details here: flightfestivalpec.org
