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10 NEWS SOUTH ASIAN OBSERVER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2017

DanceWorks presents 40TH Anniversary Celebration show!

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TORONTO Twenty years after their magnificent Firedance
collaborations for DanceWorks, Esmeralda Enrique and
anceWorks, Toronto's acclaimed and longest Joanna de Souza reunite in a new kathak/flamenco duet
running contemporary dance series, is proud to with original live music. Each form stands alone or
Dpresent its 40th Anniversary Celebration, a stellar merges flawlessly as these stellar artists embody the
evening of world premieres and past favourites reflecting vitality and passion of dances from India and Spain while
its inspired presentations over the last four decades. The they reveal their joy of dancing together.
40TH Anniversary Celebration runs November 16-18 at Denise Fujiwara, Moving Parts (world premiere)
Harbourfront Centre Theatre as part of the NextSteps Choreographer: Denise Fujiwara
dance series. Performers: Sylvie Bouchard, Lauren Gillis, Alaine
From solos to duets to a work for nine dancers and a Hutton, Claudia Moore, Lucy Rupert, Lacey Smith, Miko
community choir - with some pieces incorporating live Sobreira, Rebecca Hope Terry, Gerry Trentham
original music - four different sets of phenomenal Music Direction & Song Arrangements: Phil Strong &
creators bring their work to the 40th Anniversary Laurel MacDonald
Celebration. Choir leader: Cathy Nosaty
Featured artists in this unique evening include Partial Choir list: Annabelle Chvostek, Lieke van der
choreographers/performers Esmeralda Enrique and Voort, Susan Slottow, Simone Moir, Leah Collins Lipsett,
Joanna de Souza who collaborate on the world premiere Bev Kreller, Catherine Crowe, Linda Deshman, Thomas
of Amalgam; choreographer Denise Fujiwara with the Hoy, Michelangelo Iaffaldano, Ray
world premiere of Moving Parts; Kinoshita, Howard Druckman
choreographer/performer Learie McNicolls with two seasons. These pieces are a sampling of themes from Pop songs and a pop up choir! Distressed by the current
works, remounts of The Night Journey and excerpts from different decades of DanceWorks, drawn from 1981 to state of geopolitics, one wonders what to do? Dancing and
Dancing With The Ghost; and choreographer Holly Small today." singing pop songs is not the first thing that springs to
with composer Robert W. Stevenson with a re-imagining Following is the exciting lineup for the evening: mind for most people. When the 39-member ensemble was
of Cheap Sunglasses. asked this question, they realized there's an important
Mimi Beck, Curator of DanceWorks, notes: Esmeralda Enrique and Joanna de Souza, Amalgam question even before that. How can we be? Receptive,
"DanceWorks began at the Music Gallery in 1977. We've (world premiere) perceptive and creative came the answer. Which, of
had 222 numbered performances since then. True to its Choreographers/Dancers: Esmeralda Enrique, Joanna course, leads to dancing and singing! In times when
early roots, the 40th anniversary edition - DW 223 - de Souza opinions are polarized, Moving Parts corrals pop songs,
features music, dance and performance by five seasoned Musicians: Caroline Plante and Ian de Souza with harmonization, dance and improvisation. What is life if
choreographers, all of whom were presented in previous Santosh Naidu and Maryem Hassan Toller not an improvisation?