The SwizzleStick Theatre

The SwizzleStick Theatre The SwizzleStick Theatre has made an ongoing commitment to teaching, outreaching, public performance and community development, in the GTA.

The Toronto-based SwizzleStick Theatre grew out of Christopher Pinheiro's work with the “Island to Island” cultural exchange between the Toronto Island arts community and Trinidadian Carnival artists. Serving as a leading teacher and designer, he formed a troupe of stilt performers to showcase their art form outside of the carnival arena. SwizzleStick creates and performs full-scale theatrical pro

ductions and participates in parades and performance events. We also teach in schools and communities. Our aesthetic fuses dance, theatre and design with costume considered as kinetic sculpture. Since 1997, we have mounted six productions, collaborated in dance and theatre works by others, and performed in several hundred celebrations and cultural events. Mandated to research, document and develop the art of Stilt-Dancing, The SwizzleStick Theatre has made an ongoing commitment to teaching, outreaching, public performance and community development.

07/31/2022

Coming for you ... elegantly 😏

Your chair is a ladder ... your break is in a dark corner 👀😅
07/31/2022

Your chair is a ladder ... your break is in a dark corner 👀😅

The joy you feel once all your pieces & parts are untangled!!!
07/31/2022

The joy you feel once all your pieces & parts are untangled!!!

What an honour to be asked to participate in this year's Pride Parade ... 🌈💜💙💚💛🧡❤️
06/24/2019

What an honour to be asked to participate in this year's Pride Parade ... 🌈💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

Because stilters can't just sit anywhere ...
06/04/2018

Because stilters can't just sit anywhere ...

Costumed performers, live narration, drumming and Calypso will tell the story of the African origins of Carnival.
08/12/2017

Costumed performers, live narration, drumming and Calypso will tell the story of the African origins of Carnival.

Woot, Woot!!
08/08/2017

Woot, Woot!!

KING AND QUEEN PARADE - Photo by SVPhotography.ca

The King and Queen show has traditionally kicked off the Toronto Caribbean Carnival weekend every year since the beginning. The leaders of Caribana Mas Bands will put on their showcase costumes and perform for the Parade judges and an enthusiastic crowd. Male and female competitors are judged on the details of costumes, how that costume represents the theme the Mas Bands will perform during the 2017 Caribbean Carnival Parade and the performance of the leader. At the end of the night, the King and Queen are crowned.

Great night last night ... great energy! Thank you."This event commemorates the emancipation of the enslavement of Afric...
08/02/2017

Great night last night ... great energy! Thank you.

"This event commemorates the emancipation of the enslavement of Africans in North America and the Caribbean islands and pays homage to the historical fight for freedom. Carnival has become the symbolic representation of freedom."

Looking forward to being part of this on August 3, 2017!
07/31/2017

Looking forward to being part of this on August 3, 2017!

07/09/2017

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