Celebrating over 50 years of inspired dance training 80 Winchester Street, Toronto ON . M4X 1B2 . 416-967-6887 . [email protected] The School of Toronto Dance Theatre The School was established in 1968 by the founders of Toronto Dance Theatre: Patricia Beatty, David Earle, and Peter Randazzo. In January 1978, after a decade of growth, the School incorporated separately from the company. In 1979 the Professional Training Program was established by David Earle, and together the company and School moved into the studios and offces of their current home at 80 Winchester Street. To date the School maintains its affliation with Toronto Dance Theatre, currently under the artistic direction of Andrew Tay. Under the artistic direction of Patricia Fraser since 1993, the School is devoted to providing a broad spectrum of movement classes for the serious dance artist and for the community. It comprises four divisions: the Professional Training Program (PTP): a full-time, three-year, post-secondary program providing training to students intent on a career in contemporary dance, Summer Intensives, Adult Recreational Classes, and our Young Dancers’ Program. The School has served as the foundation and inspiration for generations of dancers. We continue to draw from the fnest aspects of our legacy while looking to new directions in dance to develop artistic vision. w schooloftdt.org @SchoolofTDT ACCELERATION 2021 At this moment, Christina/On this day, Charlotte Choreography: Susie Burpee, with Charlotte Cain and Christina Litt Belch Original Music: Christina Litt Belch Lighting Design: Noah Feaver Film Direction: Aria Evans Director of Photography/First Camera: Aria Evans Second Camera: Allen Kaeja Editing: Aria Evans Dancers: Charlotte Cain (April 9), Christina Litt Belch (April 8) Disclaimer Choreography: Naishi Wang Music: Alexander Koren Lighting Design: Noah Feaver Film Direction: Drew Berry Director of Photography/First Camera: Drew Berry Second Camera: Allen Kaeja Editing: Drew Berry Dancers: Ben Cox (April 8), Alexander Koren (April 9) The dance is an ongoing dialogue to reclaim ownership of one’s own bodily experiences, by moving through the music to silence. Journey through various personal scores from breathing/looping/watering, it addresses a very important question: “How to continue?”. The work contains past, present, and future all at once. It becomes a way of encountering the question physically. Special thanks to the amazing people who put their effort and commitment into making this possible through the period of pandemic time. They are: the School management team, Patricia Fraser, the performers, and the camera team. ― NW Adèle Choreography: Alanna Kraaijeveld and Adèle Ross Videographer: kimura byol-nathalie lemoine Dancer: Adèle Ross RE-JOINED Choreography: Roberto Campanella Music: A Magnifcent Gray, Slow Meadow Lighting Design: Noah Feaver Film Direction: Aria Evans Director of Photography/First Camera: Aria Evans Second Camera: Allen Kaeja Editing: Aria Evans Dancers: Hannah Pilon (April 8), Michael Rayson (April 9) - INTERMISSION: 10 minutes - Danses de travers Choreography: Christopher House Music: Pièces froides: Danses de travers, Erik Satie Lighting Design: Noah Feaver Film Direction: Drew Berry Director of Photography/First Camera: Drew Berry Second Camera: Allen Kaeja Editing: Drew Berry Dancers: Evan Kimber (April 8), Marina Méndez Juárez (April 9) I would like to thank Evan and Marina for their commitment, kindness, and inspiring work. ― CH In your face Choreography: Sasha Ivanochko Music: Matthew Ariaratnam Videographer: Linnea Swan Editing: Linnea Swan Dancer: Lyla-Jean Bowman Thank you to the University of Calgary for providing us with free space to shoot our flm. ― SI this little cut that grew a mountain Choreography: Emma Kerson Sound Designers: Robin Fraser, William Kerson Director of Photography and Editing: Dario Lozano-Thornton Lighting Design: Maximillian Athen Cooper-Flint Dancer: Denver Scott Thank you to Jane-Alison McKinney, Halifax Dance, and our families for their makeshift production assistance, resourcefulness, and unwavering support. This work was created with deep gratitude in Mi’kma’ki on the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. ― EK High Heart (2009) Choreography: Patricia Beatty Rehearsal Direction: Danielle Baskerville Music: Fratres for Strings and Percussion, Arvo Pärt Lighting Design: Simon Rossiter after Roelof Peter Snippe Costume Design: Cara Johnson after Denis Huneault-Joffre Film Direction: Allen Kaeja Director of Photography/First Camera: Allen Kaeja Second Camera: Drew Berry Third Camera: Noah Feaver Editing: Drew Berry Dancers: Kurumi Yoshimoto (April 8), Yael Zifroni (April 9) dignity walks a red path not given but self-made ― PB ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRADITIONAL LAND The School of Toronto Dance Theatre would like to acknowledge the sacred land on which we operate, the site of human activity for over 15,000 years. This land is the traditional territory of many nations: the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land and to share our space with all peoples – those indigenous to Turtle Island and those from the world. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES MATTHEW ARIARATNAM is an interdisciplinary sound artist, composer, guitarist, and listener, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He creates sensory walks, writes dumbpop and chamber music, and frequently collaborates with choreographers, visual artists, and theatre-makers. Recent projects and commissions include Impermanence (as dumbpop), Isolation Commission (Little Chamber Music Society), Altar :=: Source (Music on Main), and kiitos, äiti (Thin Edge New Music Collective). He has an M.F.A. from Simon Fraser University, and a B.Mus in Music Composition from Wilfrid Laurier University. DANIELLE BASKERVILLE* has been performing, teaching, rehearsal directing, producing, and advocating for dance for 25 years. Upcoming projects include commissioning and producing The Miserere Project as part of Bright Nights 2021/2022, performing in Jordan Tannahill’s Declarations in Montreal’s Festival TransAmérique 2021, and premiering a new solo by Jonathan Osborn entitled 100 Years of Women in Cinema. PATRICIA BEATTY co-founded Toronto Dance Theatre in 1968 with David Earle and Peter Randazzo; she created 24 works for the company. In 1993, she left TDT in order to concentrate her work in dance solely on spiritual, psychological, and environmental concerns. Many of her works are based on a celebration of the deep feminine energies emerging on the spiritual forefront of our age. In 2005, Trish, as she is known in the dance community, was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. DREW BERRY is a multidisciplinary artist in dance, theatre, photography, videography, and classical piano. As a performer, she collaborates with Jaberi Dance Theatre, Kaeja d’Dance, Portal Dance, and Rock Bottom Movement. She is resident photographer/videographer with Kaeja d’Dance, and has done camera work with Alias Dance Project, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, Fall For Dance North, Human Body Expression, and Reason d’Etre Danse. Berry is currently artist in residence with the Guelph Dance Festival; her newest flm, Portraiture, premieres in June 2021. SUSIE BURPEE* is a choreographer, performer, teacher, and mother. She has received Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Choreography and Performance, and the KM Hunter Artist Award for Dance. She recently completed an M.A. in Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto, and she is guest faculty at various professional dance training programs across Canada. She is the producer of Balancing Act (Theatre Direct), a national platform to support artist caregivers. ROBERTO CAMPANELLA was born, raised, trained, and started his professional dance career in Rome, Italy. He has danced with renowned companies such as Aterballeto and the National Ballet of Canada. Since 2004, he has been the founding Artistic Director of the contemporary dance company, ProArteDanza. He is now a sought-after guest teacher and award-winning choreographer for theatre, flm, and television. Most recently, Campanella was awarded the Empire Community Award from the Italian Contemporary Film Festival for his work on the Oscar-winning flm The Shape of Water. ARIA EVANS is a queer, award-winning, interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans dance, creation, performance, and flm. With a large-scale vision, collaboration is the departure point to their work created under their company POLITICAL MOVEMENT. Advocating for inclusion and the representation of diversity, Evans uses their artistic practice to question the ways we can coexist together. Born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland, CHRISTOPHER HOUSE* was Artistic Director of Toronto Dance Theatre for 25 years, until August 2020. In addition to contributing over sixty works to the TDT repertoire, he has created choreography for Ballet BC, Lisbon’s Ballet Gulbenkian, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The National Ballet of Canada, Peggy Baker, and Guillaume Côté. He is an Associate Dance Artist of Canada’s National Arts Centre, and a Member of the Order of Canada. Since 1991, SASHA IVANOCHKO has worked internationally as a performer, teacher, curator, writer, and choreographer in the feld of contemporary dance. She is currently based in Calgary, Alberta, where she is the Executive and Artistic Director of Dancers’ Studio West, a support service organization dedicated to the