Wandering Talks
Photo of Sixth Sense Collective during Entry Waves 2025 by Fran ChudnoffWandering Talks is a public series that invites a pair of Asian diasporic dance artists to be in conversation as they lead a group of people through a neighbourhood of personal significance. The path of conversation can be where they live or work, past or present.
Talking while wandering is a rich mode for the public to learn more about an artist and connect a place to the artist’s creative process. Our identities both influence and are influenced by the places we inhabit. Each wandering talk will “emplace” each programmed artist: They will weave place, life, and art together as they explore topics of interest to them, focusing on their relationship to the land and the communities that gather there. Conversing with another artist adds dialogue and sociality while reflecting that we are formed and re-formed through our encounters with others.
Photo of Tanveer Alam and Atri Nundy at Wandering Talks by Fran ChudnoffPlace - connecting artistic identity to lived environments
Storytelling - sharing personal and artistic narratives through place
Previous Wandering Talks
*in collaboration with Summerworks Performance Festival
*in collaboration with Summerworks Performance Festival
Photos of Wandering Talks participating artists by Fran ChudnoffCanAsian Dance is situated in Tkaronto, a Mohawk word meaning “the place in the water where the trees are standing.” It is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and it continues to be the home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
This land is under the Dish with One Spoon covenant, an agreement between the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. This land is a dish to be shared and cared for and we all share one spoon; the spoon is to be used to take only what is needed and to leave enough for others, thus ensuring a viable and abundant future. We recognize the enduring resilience of Indigenous peoples and we acknowledge that we are accountable to these relationships and these agreements.
We carry these values of responsibility in sharing and caring in abundance with consideration of not only ourselves but of our communities that we share together.
Land Acknowledgement
We are grateful to the following funding partners for their ongoing support
