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Past Artists

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Mary-Lee Brunet

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Ian Simon

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Elvina Raharja

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Kin Nguien

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Deepti Gupta

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photo by  Citrus Photography

Kunji Ikeda

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photo by David Hou

Yvonne Ng

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photo by Yvonne Chew

Hong Kong Exile

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photo by Anuta Skrypnychenko

Susan Lee

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photo by Cylla von Tiedemann

Hiroshi Miyamoto

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photo by  Rasy Hul

Peter Chin

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photo by Makoto Onozuka

Natsu Nakajima

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photo by Cylla von Tiedemann

Denise Fujiwara

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photo by Stephen De Las Heras

Hari Krishnan

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photo by Yvonne Chew

Lee Su-Feh

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photo by Chris Randel

Andrea Nann

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photo by David Hou

Bageshree Vaze

KickStart

May 6 – 9, 2023: Montreal - Espace Vert, Edifice Wilder

May 12 – 14, 2023: Toronto - Greenwin Theatre, Meridian Arts Centre​

View the Toronto performane programme here

Shion Skye Carter (Vancouver) & Miya Turnbull (Halifax) with dramaturg Julie Tamiko Manning

Marbella Carlos aka Joy Rider (Montreal) with dramaturg Gerard X Reyes

Yui Ugai (Toronto) and Ashvini Sundaram (Vancouver) with dramaturg Anita LaSelva

Katherine Ng (Ottawa) with dramaturg Daniel Mroz

KickStart 2023 Research Recipients:

Rumi Jeraj (Toronto)

Purawai Vyas (Toronto)

Joshua Ongcol (Vancouver)

AnPhong Nguyen (Montreal)

Christbob Phu (Montreal)

To Be Danced

2022

 

Nidhi Baadkar

Kate Kamo McHugh

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CanAsian Dance Festival 25!

March 23 – May 1, 2022

Online

New Moves: Short Digital Dance Works commissioned choreographers:

Ashvini Sundaram with dramaturg Karen Kaeja

Ian Simon with dramaturg Nina Lee Aquino

Mary-Lee Brunet with dramaturg Handy Yacinthe

Program A: March 23  April 17, 2022

View the performance programme here

Ashvini Sundaram (Vancouver/Toronto)

Winnie Ho (Montreal)

Maxine Heppner (Toronto)

William Yong (Toronto)

Program B: March 30  April 24, 2022

View the performance programme here

Charo Foo Tai Wei (Montreal)

Deepti Gupta (Hamilton)

Kokoro Dance (Vancouver)

Ian Simon (Toronto)

Program C: April 6 – May 1, 2022

View the performance programme here

Mary-Lee Brunet (Montreal)

Nova Bhattacharya (Toronto)

Richard Lee (Victoria)

Ziyian Kwan (Vancouver)

Denise Fujiwara (Toronto)

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GRIT: Short Dances

May 14 – 21, 2021

Online

View the performance programme here

Tanveer Alam with dramaturg Harikishan S. Nair and videographer/editor Robert Kingsbury

Mayumi Lashbrook with dramaturg Nina Lee Aquino and filmmaker/editor Henry Mak

Kin Nguien with dramaturg Karen Kaeja and DOP Katrina Castro and cinematographer Ian Simon

Elvina Raharja with dramaturg Queenie Seguban and DOP/editor Phil Kim

Purawai Vyas with dramaturg Suma Nair and videographer/editor Sid Sawant

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KickStart: Choreographers pushing boundaries

March 2020

Performances cancelled due to the COVID-19 state of emergency

 

Deepti Gupta (Hamilton) with dramaturg Peter Chin (Toronto)

Andrea Nann (Toronto) with dramaturg Cindy Mochizuki (Vancouver)

Winnie Ho (Superhova) (Montreal) with dramaturg Hanako Hoshimi-Caines (Montreal)

Charo Foo Tai Wei (Montreal) with dramaturg Dulciea Langfelder (Montreal)

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KickStart: Choreographers pushing boundaries

September 27  29, 2018

The Theatre Centre

David Norsworthy (Toronto) & Justin De Luna (Montreal) with dramaturg Lee Su-Feh (Vancouver)

Suzanne Liska (Toronto) & Takako Segawa (Ottawa) with dramaturg Tedd Robinson (Ottawa)

Pamela Tzeng (Calgary) with dramaturg Lee Su-Feh (Vancouver)

Mark Kunji Ikeda (Calgary) with dramaturg Karen Hines (Calgary)

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KickStart: Choreographers pushing boundaries

February 23 – 25, 2017

Winchester Street Theatre

Yvonne Ng (Toronto) with dramaturg Ginelle Chagnon (Montreal)

Atri Nundy (Toronto) with dramaturg Christopher House (Toronto)

Richard Lee (Edmonton) with dramaturg Eric Rose (Calgary)

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TO Dances Showcase

September 28 – October 1, 2015

Partnering with Toronto-based presenters - DanceWorks, dance Immersion, dance: made in canada/fait au canada, Dusk Dances, and Harbourfront Centre -  to develop a series of showcase performances and ancillary events in order to highlight Toronto’s vibrant dance community and create an opportunity for artists and presenters to connect.

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11th CanAsian International Dance Festival

April 30 – May 2, 2015

Harbourfront Centre Theatre

Natsu Nakajima (Japan)

Tribal Crackling Wind (Toronto)

Lee Su-Feh (Vancouver)

Hong Kong Exile (Vancouver)*

Sampradaya Dance Creations (Toronto)

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KickStart: Choreographers Pushing Boundaries

April 24 – 26, 2014

Betty Oliphant Theatre

Bageshree Vaze (Toronto) with dramaturg Christopher House

Robert Abubo (Toronto) with dramaturg William Yong

Michael Caldwell (Toronto) with dramaturg Susie Burpee

Emily Law (Toronto) with dramaturg Michael Trent

Ziyian Kwan (Vancouver) with dramaturg Barbara Bourget

Natalie Tin Yin Gan (Vancouver) with dramaturg Lee Su-Feh

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10th CanAsian International Dance Festival

April 28 – May 12, 2013

Fleck Dance Theatre​

Programme A

Susan Lee (Toronto)*

Jocelyne Montpetit (Montreal)

inDANCE (Toronto)

Programme B

Taketeru Kudo (Japan)

Procession

Jeng Yi Drums and Dance (Toronto)

Late Night

Ziya Azazi (Vienna)

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KickStart: Choreographers Pushing Boundaries

February 9 – 11, 2012

Winchester Street Theatre

William Yong (Toronto) with dramaturg Tedd Robinson (Ottawa)

Susan Lee (Toronto) with dramaturg Elizabeth Langley (Montreal)

Hiroshi Miyamoto (Toronto) with dramaturg Guillaume Bernardi (Toronto)

Emily Cheung (Toronto) with dramaturg Peter Chin Toronto)

Meena Murugesan (Montreal) with dramaturg Janet O’Shea (Los Angeles)

Tomomi Morimoto (Montreal) with dramaturg Elizabeth Langley (Montreal)

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9th CanAsian International Dance Festival

February 23 – 26, 2011

Fleck Dance Theatre

Programme A

Ziya Azazi (Vienna)

Jocelyne Montpetit (Montreal)

Mi Young Kim Dance Company (Toronto)

Programme B

Tribal Crackling Wind/Peter Chin (Toronto/Cambodia)

Bageshree Vaze (Toronto)

Butoh on Film: Darkness and Light curated by Chris MaeGe

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Museum Dances: Ancient Inspiration, Contemporary Interpretation

May 7 – 9, 2010 and May 14 – 16, 2010

Royal Ontario Museum in collaboration with the Institute for Contemporary Culture

 

Commissioned site-specific dance works inspired by artifacts of the Royal Ontario Museum:

Natasha Bakht (Ottawa) with composer Alexander MacSween (Montreal)

Moving Dragon Dance Company (Vancouver) with composer Michael Vincent (Toronto)

Soojung Kwon (Toronto) with composer the Opaque Ensemble (Toronto)

F.A.M. (Toronto)

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8th CanAsian International Dance Festival

May 6 – 9, 2009

Fleck Dance Theatre

Programme A

Ko Murobushi (Tokyo)

Jung-Ah Chung (Victoria)

princess productions (Toronto)

Programme B

Post Ego Dance Company (Seoul)

Mira Hunter and Raqib Brian Burke (Vancouver)

Andrea Nann (Toronto)

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7th CanAsian International Dance Festival

May 1 – 3, 2008

Enwave Theatre

Programme A

Tribal Crackling Wind (Toronto)

inDANCE (Toronto)

Programme B

Wen Wei Dance (Vancouver)

Soojung Kwon (Toronto)

Chitralekha Odissi Dance Creations (Toronto)

Programme C

Natsu Nakajima, choreographer (Tokyo), for Denise Fujiwara (Toronto)

Student Matinee

Natsu Nakajima, choreographer (Tokyo), for Denise Fujiwara (Toronto)

inDANCE (Toronto)

Jeng Yi Drums and Dance (Toronto)

princess productions (Toronto)

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6th CanAsian International Dance Festival

February 22 – 24, 2007

Harbourfront Centre

Brigantine Room

cokaseki (Berlin)

Premiere Dance Theatre 

Joanna de Souza, Toronto)

Keiko Ninomiya (Toronto) with Kinya “ZULU” Tsuruyama (Tokyo)

Soojung Kwon (Toronto)

Sinha Danse (Montreal)

Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company (New York)

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Transformations: Expressions of Gender Roles in Asian Dance

June 8 – 10, 2006

Enwave Theatre

Song Chang Rong (China)

Elly (Indonesia)

Yukio Waguri (Tokyo)

Peter Chin, choreographer, with Didik Nini Thowok, featured performer, (Indonesia)

Hari Krishnan, choreographer, for Sudarshan Belsare (Boston)

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5th CanAsian International Dance Festival

February 19 – 27, 2005

Premiere Dance Theatre

Mainstage A

Lu Min (Shanghai)

Alvin Tolentino (Vancouver)

Hari Krishnan and inDANCE (Toronto)

Andrea Nann with George Gao (Toronto)

Mainstage B

Peter Chin (Toronto) with Didik Nini Thowok (Indonesia) and Gamelan (Toronto)

Shobana Jeyasingh, choreographer (London), Natasha Bakht (performer), Ottawa*

Denise Fujiwara (Toronto) with Mayumi Seiler (Toronto)

Yan-Shu (Tokyo)

Asia Toronto Dances

Sashar Zarif (Toronto)

Keiko Ninomiya (Toronto)

Cynthia Tsang, Art of Dance Academy (Toronto)

Joanna de Souza, choreographer (Toronto), for Chhandam Dance Company (Toronto)

Peter Chin, choreographer (Toronto), for Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre (Toronto)

Folklorico Filipino (Toronto)

CanAsian Cinebooth

Tari Rickshaw by Nick dePencier and Peter Chin (Toronto)

Remember/Everything by Marianne M. Kim (Chicago)

Student Matinee

Cynthia Tsang, Art of Dance Academy (Toronto)

Andrea Nann with George Gao (Toronto)

Peter Chin, choreographer (Toronto), for Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre (Toronto)

Sampradaya Dance Creations (Toronto)

Workshops

Alvin Tolentino (Vancouver)

Yan-Shu (Tokyo)

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April 1 – 3, 2004

Betty Oliphant Theatre

Co-Presenting Roger Sinha Danse (Montreal)

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4th CanAsian Dance Festival

March 22 – 30, 2003

Commissions

Yvonne Ng, choreographer, with Lee Pui Ming, composer (Toronto)*

Devraj Patnaik (Burlington)

Mainstage

Mi Young Kim (Toronto)

Lee Su-Feh (Vancouver)

Roger Sinha, choreographer, with Natasha Bakht, performer (Montreal)

William Lau (Toronto)

Yumiko Yoshioka (Germany/Japan)

Asia Toronto Dances

Rina Singha (Toronto)

Gunaseelan Dance Company (Toronto)

Yan Lam (Toronto)

Jeng Yi (Toronto)

Maxine Heppner (Toronto)

Workshops

Lee Su-Feh (Vancouver)

Yumiko Yoshioka (Germany/Japan)

Natasha Bakht (Ottawa)

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March/April 2002

Workshops

Mas Wiryawan Padmonojati (Jakarta/Toronto)

Maria Darmaningsih (Lethbridge)

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3rd CanAsian Dance Festival

March 22 - 24, 2001

Betty Oliphant Theatre

 

Maria Darmaningsih (Toronto) with Gamelan  (Toronto)

Peter Chin, choreographer, with Chan Hon Goh, performer (Toronto)

Kokoro Dance (Vancouver)

Tedd Robinson, choreographer (Ottawa), with Denise Fujiwara, performer (Toronto)

Ellora and Devraj Patnaik (Burlington)

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May 1998

Choreography Residency

Jay Hirabayashi (Vancouver)

Studio Performance

MiYoung Kim Dance Company (Toronto)

Denise Fujiwara (Toronto)

Ellora Patnaik (Toronto)

Jay Hirabayashi, residency work-in-progress (Vancouver)

 

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1st CanAsian Dance Festival

May 1997

Jahanara Akhalaq (Toronto)

Peter Chin (Toronto)

Carly Wong (Toronto)

Yvonne Ng (Toronto)

Joanna Das and Esmeralda Enrique (Toronto)

Mariko Tanabe (Montreal)

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