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random acts of dance is proud to present Your Dance Fest; a new community-oriented dance festival in the heart of Toronto's St. Clair West neighbourhood. Now in its second year, this audience-focused festival boasts professional performances chosen by non-dancers, unique audience/artist interactions, free workshops for everybody, prizes, parties and more - something for every viewer!
What is Your Dance Fest?
Says Festival Director Candice Irwin, “Your Dance Fest is an event that is all about you, the dance watching experts. We assemble a team of artists who are passionate about connecting with the community and a team of community members who are interested in dance. Our artists review applications from dancers interested in presenting work at the festival to assure they meet our submission guidelines. Then, our community members (community curators) are paired with one of our artists and they work together to review all viable submissions.
Finally, we compile the feedback given to us by our community curators and see which submissions were most popular and why. Based on the community curators’ feedback we make our final programming choices. From programming through to presentation it is a collaboration between artists and the community. ”
Performers have descended on the festival from all over Canada, and include Propulse danse, Impetus Movement Project, Dipa Talukder, AKA Dance, Mahfia & Company, Molly Johnson, and Tracey Norman.
FREE dance workshops are available to the public – no experience required! – and include Pulga Muchochoma - African Dance Workshop, Jamee Valin - Dance Creation Workshop, Emily Law - Waacking Workshop, and Mateo Galindo Torres - Latinflavour Workshop.
The primary goal is to bring people together so expect to meet and chat with lots of new faces. Questions and feedback are encouraged at all times because, as the name suggests, this is Your Dance Fest!
Friday August 24 – Sunday August 26
St Clair and Oakwood Community
Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre
General $15
Student/Senior $10
Child (12 and under) $5
Family pass (2 adults& up to 2 children) $30
2018-06-14
Toronto: random acts of dance presents "Your Dance Fest" August 24-26