Canada's DANCE: MADE IN CANADA Announces Updates to Program

Toronto, July 23, 2015 - Artistic Director Yvonne Ng announces more programming updates for princess productions' biennial dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) festival. This celebration of cutting-edge Canadian contemporary dance runs Thursday, August 13 to Sunday, August 16 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto and features 12 different dance events (including 6 world premieres and 1 Toronto premiere) from across Canada (Alberta, Newfoundland, Ontario and Quebec) in three Mainstage Series and a lottery-drawn What You See Is What You Get program, as well as various Arts Encounters. For info and tickets, call 416-533-8577 or visit online at www.princessproductions.ca

Added to d:mic's roster is the Toronto premiere of choreographer Troy Emery Twigg's Iitahpoyii in collaboration with dancer Justin Many Fingers, which replaces his They Shoot Buffalo, Don't They? in the Sinha Mainstage series.

Also added, in partnership with Dance Collection Danse, princess productions screens the avant-festival Toronto premiere of the compelling full-length dance documentary A Good Madness - The Dance of Rachel Browne, written, directed and produced by Danielle Sturk, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 @7:30pm at the Betty Oliphant Theatre. This feature documentary on Rachel Browne (1934-2012), founder of Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, Canada's oldest professional modern dance company, captures the essence of the woman and the power of the dance she created, exposing her unwavering desire to create dance to the exclusion of all else. Official Selection: International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal, March 2015. A Good Madness is curated by Yvonne Ng and Kathleen Smith.

Ng has also released an extended trailer (01:35) for d:mic : https://princessproductions.ca/dance/what-we-do/current-festival/

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