Torque at Harbourfront Centre
Dates: (10/27/2022 - 5/17/2023 )
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Harbourfront Centre announces its international contemporary dance series, Torque, on stage from October 2022 to May 2023. The 2022/23 season will showcase five dance presentations and three world premieres. UKs Hofesh Shechter Company, October 27-29, presents the Ontario premiere of Double Murder, the internationally celebrated choreographers thrilling new double bill of contrasting works - Clowns and The Fix; Torontos own Kaeja dDance, November 11-13, presents two world premieres with TouchX// I am the Child ofand examines the universal power of reflection, resilience and touch; Quebecs Compagnie Virginie Brunelle, February 24-25, presents the Toronto premiere of Les corps avals, a moving union between contemporary dance and classical music, performed live by the Molinari Quartet; Six Nations of the Grand Rivers and Torontos Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, April 13-15, presents the world premiere of Homelands, a multimedia performance created to uphold power, sacred existence and continuance of feminine creative force; and South Africas Dada Masilo, May 16-17, presents The Sacrifice, an exploration of the minimalism and animality of Tswana dance in relation to Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. For Torque tickets and to explore Harbourfront Centres full season lineup, visit: harbourfrontcentre.com
News About Torque at Harbourfront Centre
Canadian Premiere of SWAN LAKES + MINUS 16 Comes to Harbourfront Centre Next Month
March 13, 2024Harbourfront Centre will present the Canadian premiere of Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart’s mixed program, Swan Lakes + Minus 16, on stage April 18–20, 2024, at 7:30pm at Fleck Dance Theatre.
Harbourfront Centre to Present Elle Sofe Sara's VASTADUS EANA - THE ANSWER IS LAND
January 30, 2024Harbourfront Centre presents the Toronto premiere of Elle Sofe Sara's powerful work on Indigenous reclamation and identity in 'Vástádus eana - The Answer Is Land'.
DECIPHERS Comes to the Harbourfront Centre Theatre in February
January 04, 2024Harbourfront Centre and DanceWorks present the Ontario premiere of the thought-provoking dance/theatre hybrid Deciphers, performed and choreographed by independent dancemakers Naishi Wang and Jean Abreu, on stage February 8–10, 2024 at 7:30pm at Harbourfront Centre Theatre.
Feature: NÄSS at Harbourfront Centre
October 19, 2023This year’s Harbourfront’s TORQUE dance series opens October 26-28 with Fouad Boussouf’s NÄSS (Arabic for “people”), inspired by his childhood in Morocco and revolutionary Moroccan musicians Nass el Ghiwane. BroadwayWorld spoke to Boussouf about the piece, its world travels before reaching Toronto, and its and ever-changing nature.
Harbourfront Centre Launches 2023/24 Torque Season with Canadian Premiere of Fouad Boussouf's NASS
September 20, 2023Torque, Harbourfront Centre’s esteemed international contemporary dance series, celebrates the launch of its fifth season with an electrifying line-up of international and Canadian choreographers. Learn more about the upcoming performance and how to get tickets here!
Harbourfront Centre Presents The Toronto Premiere Of Dada Masilo's THE SACRIFICE
April 12, 2023Harbourfront Centre presents the exhilarating Toronto premiere of award-winning South African choreographer Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice, on stage May 16 and 17, 2023, at 7:30pm at Fleck Dance Theatre, as part of the international contemporary dance series Torque.
Harbourfront Centre Presents World Premiere Of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre's HOMELANDS
March 07, 2023Harbourfront Centre presents the world premiere of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre's Homelands, a meditation on the connection between Indigenous women, their lands and waterways since time immemorial.
Harbourfront Centre Presents Ontario Premiere Of Compagnie Virginie Brunelle's LES CORPS AVALES
January 17, 2023Harbourfront Centre presents the Ontario premiere of Compagnie Virginie Brunelle's striking union between contemporary dance and classical music with Les corps avalés, February 24 and 25, 2023, at 7:30pm at Fleck Dance Theatre.
Interview: Karen Kaeja, Allen Kaeja, and Bruce Barton of 31: TOUCHX and I AM THE CHILD OF at Harbourfront Centre
November 15, 2022Renowned Toronto dance company Kaeja d’Dance, winner of the 2019 Dance Ontario Lifetime Achievement Award, brings the premiere of two new works to Harbourfront Centre from November 11-13. The company, now in its 31st year, presents 31: TOUCHX and I AM THE CHILD OF as part of Harbourfront’s Torque series.
Harbourfront Centre Presents World Premiere of Kaeja D'Dance Double Bill
October 04, 2022Harbourfront Centre presents the world premiere of two deeply personal and expressive new works from Kaeja d'Dance: 31 (TouchX + I am the Child of), on stage November 11–13, 2022 at 7:30pm at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, as part of the international contemporary dance series, Torque.
Harbourfront Centre Launches 2022-23 Torque Season With Hofesh Shechter Company's DOUBLE MURDER
September 23, 2022Harbourfront Centre opens its international contemporary dance series, Torque, with the Ontario premiere of Hofesh Shechter Company's hypnotic and high-energy double bill Double Murder, on stage October 27–29, 2022 at 7:30pm at Fleck Dance Theatre.
Interview: Nathalie Bonjour talks STORY, STORY, DIE. and the Torque Dance Series at Harbourfront Centre
June 23, 2022On June 28-29, Harbourfront Centre presents the final work in the Torque dance series, Alan Lucien Øyen and winter guests’ STORY, STORY, DIE. This multidisciplinary production from the award-winning Norwegian director is an exploration of the way we shape the world’s perception of our lives, and the lies we tell to appear more desirable.
Harbourfront Centre to Present the Toronto Premiere of STORY, STORY, DIE.
May 25, 2022Harbourfront Centre will present the Toronto premiere of winter guests’ evocative work, Story, story, die., as part of the contemporary dance series Torque and the year-long Nordic Bridges initiative.
Harbourfront Centre Presents the Ontario Premiere of A'nó:wara Dance Theatre's SKY DANCERS
April 12, 2022Harbourfront Centre presents the Ontario premiere of A'nó:wara Dance Theatre's multidisciplinary work, Sky Dancers, on stage May 20-23, 2022 at Fleck Dance Theatre, as part of the contemporary dance series Torque.
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