Celebrating over 50 years of inspired dance training

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The School of

The School was established in 1968 by the founders of Toronto Dance Theatre: Patricia Beatty, , 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 evolution of contemporary dance in Alberta. She is a graduate of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and has an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University. ALLEN KAEJA* is an internationally recognized and award-winning choreographer and dance flm director, who has created over 180 stage works and choreographed for 28 flms. He is Co-Artistic Director of Kaeja d’Dance with Karen Kaeja. His stage and flm works have been featured in commercials, flms, and festivals around the world. He has received numerous national and international commissions, and he teaches Kaeja Elevations and Dance Film master classes worldwide. The Kaejas have co-developed many site-specifc and audience interactive engagement performance strategies over the past 30 years. EMMA KERSON* is a Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and writer. Drawn to making as a means to question assumptions through collaborative experiences, she has worked as a researching choreographer through opportunities with adelheid, Mocean Dance, MOonhORsE Dance Theatre, and Shawbrook Dance (Ireland). She is currently developing a group work, themselves, and a collaboration with Jane-Alison McKinney, hard wire. As a dancer, she has worked with Julia Aplin, Patricia Beatty, Elizabeth Chitty, Jennifer Dallas, Blue Ceiling Dance, Robert Desrosiers, Dancetheatre David Earle, Sylvain Émard, Michael Sean Marye, Sharon Moore, Peter Randazzo, and Simon Renaud, amongst others. In 2017 she co- produced and performed in Blue Valentine, presented by Citadel + Compagnie’s Bright Nights, with works by Simon Renaud and Tedd Robinson. Kerson grew up in Halifax, is a graduate of Dalhousie University and The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and is currently working towards her M.A. at the University of Toronto. ALANNA KRAAIJEVELD is a dance artist. Her approach is centered on context driven, collaborative practices. She is curious about how specifcity of relationship has potential to motivate intention, movement, and meaning. She embraces structured improvisation in all manifestations, and is compelled by its dynamic capability. She makes space for both plainness and blurriness in her art. kimura byol-nathalie lemoine (키무라 별 – 나타리 르뫈 – 木村 ビヨル – ナタリ — レムワン —) is a conceptual multimedia feminist artist who works on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), and expresses this with calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos, and collaborations. kimura*lemoine’s work has been exhibited, screened, published, and supported nationally and internationally. As a curator, she has developed projects that give voice and visibility to minorities.

DARIO LOZANO-THORNTON is a Spanish-Irish recording engineer, photographer, and videographer living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, specialising in recording acoustic music to either digital or analog media. He has recorded and flmed for Cecilia Concerts, the Everyseeker Festival, Music Room, Musique Royale, OBEY Convention, and the Scotia Festival of Music. He has worked on projects for the BBC, CBC, and the Discovery Channel, working with many different acts from around the province and across Canada.

LINNEA SWAN is a dance / theatre / flm artist based in Calgary, Alberta. Her multi- platform video work has been commissioned by CADA, Chartier Danse, kloetzel&co., the National Ballet of Canada, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Stand Up Dance, and The University of Calgary among others. She is an Associate Artist with Dancers’ Studio West, where her flm installation Made Up will be presented in June 2021.

Born in Changchun, China, NAISHI WANG began with Chinese folk dances and ballet training at Jilin College of Art. In 2004, he moved to Canada and joined The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Subsequently, he became a company member of TDT for nine years. Since 2015, the award-winning performer has been inspired to work as an independent choreographer. Wang shares the belief that performing arts create imaginary perspectives that expand what dance can be in the 21st century.

* CADA member (Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists) REMEMBERING PATRICIA BEATTY

Staff and faculty of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre are sad to mark the passing on November 20, 2020 of Patricia Beatty, one of the founders of the School and company. Trish, as she liked to be called, was one of Canada’s most esteemed dance artists. She taught and inspired generations of dancers and young choreographers throughout her 40 year career. Her most signifcant work was as a pioneer, founding the New Dance Group of Canada in 1966, one of the frst modern dance companies in the Toronto area. In 1968 she joined forces with David Earle and Peter Randazzo to found Toronto Dance Theatre. During her 25 years as co-director and resident choreographer, she created 24 original works for the company. Her dancing and most of her works have been seen across Canada many times. She was also well-known as an inspiring and effective teacher of both dance technique and composition.

Trish was the author of a book on the art of making dances, now considered a classic on the subject. It is entitled Form Without Formula, and is in its sixth printing. She was the recipient of many awards over the years, including The Toronto Arts Award, and The Dance Ontario Award, which she shared with David Earle and Peter Randazzo. In June of 2005, she was awarded the Order of Canada for her lifetime contribution to modern dance.

Trish continued to be active in dance until March 2019, when she coached two of the School’s graduating dancers in one of her many exquisite solos, High Heart, for the performances of the School’s third year show. In presenting this work again, we are delighted to pass on this beautiful gem of choreography to two more young dance artists.

Trish leaves a lasting gift of powerful and expressive choreography, most recently exemplifed by her beautiful solo High Heart. And, as noted at the 2019 Dance Collection Danse induction ceremony into the Dance Hall of Fame: “The work that David, Peter, and Trish began when they founded the company and School has nurtured and inspired hundreds – probably thousands – of artists, many of whom they have not even met…. Their work has left and is still leaving a magnifcent legacy in the world of dance.”

Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann GRADUATING CLASS 2021

Lyla-Jean Bowman, Charlotte Cain, Benjamin Cox, Evan Kimber, Alexander Koren, Christina Litt Belch, Marina Méndez Juárez, Hannah Pilon, Michael Rayson, Adèle Ross, Denver Scott, Kurumi Yoshimoto, and Yael Zifroni.

From Penhold, Alberta, LYLA-JEAN BOWMAN started dancing at the age of three at Penhold School of Dance. In 2016 she joined the Professional Training Program at the Alberta Ballet School. She moved to Toronto in 2018 to continue her training, and is a co-recipient of the Walker Wood Bursary. She is very motivated to stay connected to her passion.

CHARLOTTE CAIN, from Ottawa, Ontario, studied at National Capital Dance Educators and De La Salle’s dance program. She has received Prix d’excellence artistique provincial du Fond Artes 2018, and at the School, the 2020 Lindy Green and Sam Chaiton Bursary. She is invested in a refective, explorative, and action-based practice.

BENJAMIN COX is a dancer, actor, and choreographer based in Toronto, Ontario, and hailing from Fall River, Nova Scotia. His interest in contemporary dance and physical theatre led him to Toronto, where he started formal training in the Professional Training Program at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre.

EVAN KIMBER is a dancer and choreographer based in Toronto, and is in his fnal year of the Professional Training Program at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. His focus moving forward is to continue exploring the interface between breakdancing and other dance styles, both through live performance and flm. ALEXANDER KOREN began dancing in Irish and Ukrai- nian folk groups. His love of performance developed as a member of the Nasha Rodyna Dance Ensemble of St. Mary’s School of Ukrainian dance. After viewing earthdancers’ 25th anniversary show, he joined the group the following year. Koren’s other interests include photography, writing music, and flmmaking.

CHRISTINA LITT BELCH is a dance artist and musician from Hamilton, Ontario. She recently worked as a composer for Kaeja d’Dance, and performed in the SummerWorks Performance Festival. A co-recipient of the Walker Wood Bursary, she is the founder of Litt Dance Collective, and is intrigued by the intimate connectivity of music, movement, and language.

MARINA MÉNDEZ JUÁREZ is a dancer and choreographer from Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, who began dancing Mexican folklore, contemporary dance, and ballet in elementary school. She graduated from the dance faculty of Universidad Veracruzana with a B.A. in contemporary dance. In 2018 she was a dancer with La Plataforma UV company (MEX).

HANNAH PILON, from Sudbury, Ontario, started dancing there at age three, and danced with earthdancers, a student-run, non-proft organization, also receiving an award for volunteering. Pilon received the Lindy Green and Sam Chaiton Bursary at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and plans to pursue further education after graduation.

MICHAEL RAYSON, Toronto-based dancer and model, began dancing at the age of 12. He has performed at various venues across North America, as well as internationally in Poland. He is currently a company member of Opus Dance Collective, and was a nominee for the Jacque Foesier Youth Dance Award in 2019. ADÈLE ROSS started dancing in Montreal through hip-hop, contemporary, and ballet. She has participated in showcases, festivals, and videos such as Articien and SummerWorks. She is a co-founder of the collective Horizons, and hopes to continue exploring the limits of physicality and the fusion of movement languages.

DENVER SCOTT, from Newfoundland, started dancing at age fve. In 2009, she began training with Leica Hardy in Halifax. She has attended summer intensives with The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and L’École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal. In 2018, she performed with Nostos Collectives, and in 2020, with the SummerWorks Festival.

KURUMI YOSHIMOTO is from Japan where she earned her B.A. in Psychology. In 2019, she participated in ProArteDanza’s summer intensive, and was invited to be an apprentice with the company for their fall season. In 2020, she danced in the SummerWorks Festival, and joined Kylie Thompson Dance in the summer. She was a co-winner of the 2020 Kathryn Ash Scholarship.

YAEL ZIFRONI, originally from Israel, was introduced to dance through famenco, and furthered her practice through contemporary, Israeli folklore, and Graham. She has worked with choreographers Yoni Soutchy and Ido Tadmor. Co-winner of the 2020 Kathryn Ash Scholarship, she also received the 2020 and 2021 Lindy Green and Sam Chaiton Bursary. The School of Toronto Dance Theatre gratefully acknowledges our supporters:

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SUPPORT

SCHOLARSHIPS & BURSARY PROGRAM Alex Muto Leslie Wood Arts Access Fund Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton BLG Foundation The Turk Family Kathryn Ash Scholarship Fund The Walker Wood Foundation

STUDENT EXCHANGE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Bulmash-Siegel Foundation Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton

WINCHESTER PRIZE Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton SummerWorks Performance Festival

FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS Jackman Foundation Metcalf Foundation The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS & PARTNERS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS SPECIAL THANK YOU Artists’ Health Alliance Board of Directors Blooming Cylla von Tiedemann Bostok Hathaway David Evans of East Toronto Orthopaedic Canada’s National Ballet School & Sports Injury Clinic Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre Human Body Expression Citadel + Compagnie Jet Fuel Coffee Dancemakers Parkbench.com DanceWorks Salt & Tobacco Douglas Design Studio Inc Stout Irish Pub Down Syndrome Association of Toronto University of Calgary George Brown College Volunteers Harbourfront Centre Humber College And to all family and friends who have Peggy Baker Dance Projects contributed to the Students Funds. Steam Whistle Brewing Toronto Dance Theatre United Way of Greater Toronto Weenen General Contracting Ltd The School of Toronto Dance Theatre also gratefully acknowledges the support of the following individual donors:

CHAMPION – $5000 + SUPPORTER – $100 + FRIEND – UP TO $99 Bulmash-Siegel Foundation Anonymous Anonymous Steven Del Degan Francisco Alvarez Annat Ariaz Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton Doug Arcand Mary Asselstine Peter & Lois Turk Nora Aufreiter Adela Bezemer-Cleverley Ryan Baker Sebastian Buccioni BENEFACTOR – $1000 + Johanna Bergfelt Lindsay Cader Rita Bilerman Kelle Caron Steven Cooney Carol Bishop-Gwyn Michele Carver Anna Blewchamp Cynthia Bliss Elizabeth Chitty Patricia Fraser Ross Blundell Susanne Hong Ming Chui & Peter McKinnon Terri Boake Annette Dimeck Lorne Fox Brigid Brady Hagit Fry Gail Lilley Shannon Carson Mateo Galindo Torres Ben Louie & Richard Wilson Elaine Gold Susan Macpherson Alexandra Caverly-Lowery Cynthia Gonsalves & Robert Steiner Paul DeAdder Ann Hebert Joan Moore Kathleen Fairbarns E. Hergott Alex Muto Ian Flemming Albert Hsu Laura Ryan Philippa Flint Pieter Huisman Louise Smith Janice Forsythe Gillian Johnston Marnie Temple* Jim Fregeau Peter Kelly Jessica Wilson Margaret Genovese Bonnie Kim Leslie Wood Joseph Guss Courtney Labrentz Michelle Yeung* Julie Hanson Cheryl Lalonde & Michael Minchella Shana Hillman Laurence Lemieux Ama Hysi Eric Leon PATRON– $500+ Sandra Janzen* Norah L’Esperance Sue Ash-Lindsay Ron Kaplansky Krista Lin Arei Bierstock* Ruth Kates* Heather MacPhail Allison Bone Amy Khan Coralee McLaren Emmanuel Presbyterian Church Areti Kiriakis Robin McPhail-Dempsey in memory of Evelyn Pritchard Louis Laberge-Côté Richard Miles Lucille Fournier Shirley Lee Elizabeth Moginot Jodi Holden John Letters Stacey Morrow Irene Koren Janet MacInnis Philip Murphy Kathleen Lippa Kathy Martin David Nash Susan Parker Fabienne Michelet Pickavé Yvonne Ng Brian Rolfes Sharon Moore Mollie Oates-Johnson Brian Sambourne Karen O’Brien Angela Petrovik Lincoln Shand Deborah O’Connor Louise Plunkett Heather Snell Charles Pavia & Allan Gillespie Joanne Wildgoose Kenny Pearl Sonja Popovich Carol Richardson Edward Powers PARTNER - $250 + Linda Robinson Jaclyn Rodrigues Olga Rodríguez Lucy Rupert Peggy Baker Anuschka Roes* Jade Sakamoto Guy & Barbara Bentley John Sharpe Julia Sasso Max Beck & Barbara Hall Karen Sparks Ludivine Sawka Rita Bilerman Jini Stolk Katrin Schmidt Wendy Chiles Maya Toman Lincoln Shand Karin Coles Kristina Udegbunam* Michelle Silagy Heather Dunford* Toby Vigod Roger Sinha Christina Giannelia David Walden Jenn State Marie Gadula Phyllis Whyte* Alexandra Skoczylas Christopher House Karen Wierucki Karen Smith Ama Hysi Maria Williams Kalpana Srinarayanadas Nenagh Leigh Debbie Wilson Lilya Sultanova Alison Loat Jay Wilson Christine Tovee Sandra Janzen* Karusia Wroblewski Adam & Susan Urbach Michael Jones* Jae Yang Blake Vecchiato Philip Moller Jamie Young Kathia Wittenborn Selma Odom Xoomler, in honour of Gavin Betty Xie James Polk Mark Visneskie Connie Reeve Erik Zennstrom Carolyn Vose Alicia Zhong Mary Jane Warner * MONTHLY DONORS Donations listed as of April 8, 2021 What your contribution means to The School of Toronto Dance Theatre All donations help the School develop young, emerging artists today. Your donation will directly beneft our students and allow us to continue to deliver inspired training. Please consider donating today: schooloftdt.org/donate

$100 The cost of band aids for the year! $150 The cost of a Dance Adventure guest lecture by a noted visiting artist $250 The cost of a teacher and accompanist for a 90 minute core curriculum class or a scholarship to the winter term of our Young Dancers’ Program $300 The cost of one Outreach class for a local high school $1000 The cost of a leadership scholarship for a worthy senior student $5000 The cost of a one week residency with an internationally renowned visiting guest artist THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Charitable Registration 10796 2771 RR 0001

WINCHESTER STREET THEATRE REVITALIZATION The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and Toronto Dance Theatre would like to thank the following funders who have contributed to the capital improvements being made to our home at 80 Winchester Street:

The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario Heritage Grant Program

For more information about these capital improvements, please contact: [email protected]

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP

Gail Lilley Directors: Patricia Fraser President Allison Bone Artistic Director Steven Del Degan Ama Hysi Lorne Fox Michelle Yeung Treasurer Christina Giannelia Managing Director

Marie Gadula Secretary

Leslie Wood Past-President PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM Susan Macpherson Lindsay Naft Resident Choreographers: Artistic Associate Student Services & Sharon B. Moore Financial Aid Offcer Julia Sasso Johanna Bergfelt Colin Frotten Darryl Tracy Artistic Associate Communications & Andrea Roberts Engagement Manager Admissions & Records Manager Robynne Harder Production & Rosemary James Operations Manager Training & Performing Associate Reesa Barkhouse Development Coordinator

Tiffany Chan Social Media & Digital Marketing Intern

Chiaki Nemoto Bookkeeping

FACULTY AND GUEST ARTISTS (2020-2021) ACCOMPANISTS (2020-2021)

Peggy Baker Jeff Morris Normand Babin Danielle Baskerville Megan Nadain Tita Evidente Johanna Bergfelt Kenny Pearl Larry Graves Yiming Cai Andrea Roberts Laurie Hood Michael Caldwell Julia Sasso Michael Menegon Alvin Collantes Michelle Silagy Jake Oelrichs Patricia Fraser* Riley Sims Raphael Roter Sarah Fregeau Darryl Tracy Jay Sussman Colin Frotten Debbie Wilson Stich Wynston Christine Wright Christopher House Rosemary James FACILITIES STAFF Allen Kaeja Gregg Kittell Eddie Kastrau Hanna Kiel Director of Operations

Susan Macpherson Cleaning Staff: Robert McCollum Kaelin Isserlin Patricia Miner Ryan Kostyniuk Sharon B. Moore

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES & EVENTS April 30, 2021 – Spring Coffee House May 27 & 28, 2021 – Momentum 2021 July 5 - 30, 2021 – Online Summer Intensives The School is passionately committed to training and education in the art of contemporary dance. Through our Professional Programs, the School:

• provides training, education, and artistic and skills development, and networking opportunities to aspiring professional dancers; • supports the art form, contributing well-trained graduates to the profession; • engages exceptional professional faculty to provide outstanding and relevant instruction; • provides mentorship, connection, and exposure to current professional artists, and links to the professional world; and • provides leadership to the feld and leaders for the feld.

The School of Toronto Dance Theatre’s Professional Training Program is approved as a vocational program under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005.

The School of Toronto Dance Theatre is affliated with Toronto Dance Theatre (Andrew Tay, Artistic Director). For more information about the company, please visit: tdt.org.For more information on the Winchester Street Theatre, please visit: winchester.tdt.org

FACILITIES STAFF

Gregg Kittell Director of Operations

Cleaning Staff: Kaelin Isserlin Ryan Kostyniuk