Life is too short to take it seriously all the time. That is why this month Toronto-based choreographer Eroca Nicols is teaming up with the Harbourfront Centre to bring you Badass Dance Fun, as part of the NextSteps Festival 2012. Badass Dance Fun is the newest platform for experimental contemporary dance, featuring emerging artists who interact with the audience and explore their relationship with the performers. All in the hopes of letting our hair down and loosening our ties. The work is presented in a casual and community-based way, which include the public in their performances. These dancers and choreographers are exploring new ways to intensify the connection with their audience. And in return hopefully demystify dance for the public.
Badass ... is curated by Eroca Nicols (aka Lady Janitor.) This show will feel like a festival with music, play and unapologetic fun. Susan Walker of the Toronto Star says, "Eroca... is on a mission to make contemporary dance fun and accessible."
Below are the two programme line-ups
Programme A
March 28 and 30th at 8pm.
Tara Gaucher (Edmonton)
Meg Foley (Philadelphia)
Lady Janitor, Eroca Nicols (Toronto)
cube 3 (Toronto)
Programme B
March 29th and 31st at 8pm
Meryem Alaoui (Toronto)
Julia Male (Toronto)
kirsch&keenan dance endeavors (Montreal/Germany)
Cara Spooner (Toronto)
A double bill programme featuring both Programme A and B will be held March 31st at 2pm. There will also be audience talk backs held March 28th and 29th, and will be led by Eroca Nicols and Cara Spooner.
Tickets are $15 for single a programme and $25 for the double bill on the afternoon of the 31st. For ticket information contact the Harbourfront Centre by phone at 416.973.4000 or through the website by clicking here.
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