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“one of the treasures of Canadian dance” - Globe and Mail

Toronto Dance Theatre is one of Canada’s leading dance companies, recognized for the intelligent, provocative vision of its choreography and the exceptional artistry of its dancers. Founded in 1968 by Peter Randazzo, Patricia Beatty and David Earle, Toronto Dance Theatre has produced a remarkable body of original Canadian choreography. The company has had– and continues to have– a profound influen

ce on the development of dance in Canada. In Summer 2020, Christopher House stepped down as Artistic Director after 26 season leading the company. Award-winning curator, choreographer and performer Andrew Tay began his leadership as Artistic Director in August 2020. Toronto Dance Theatre performs annually at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre and at the company’s own Wi******er St Theatre in Cabbagetown, where it shares a home with the affiliated School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Patricia Fraser Artistic Director. The company maintains a regular presence from coast to coast in Canada, and has toured extensively in the USA, Europe and Asia.

05/04/2026

Welcoming Jontae McCrory () for their Pilot Episodes residency this week✨

Detroit-born and now based in Montreal, Jontae is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the intersections of contemporary dance, filmmaking, and culture through embodied storytelling. Rooted in Black q***r futurity and ritual, their work explores movement as both personal and collective memory — creating spaces for liberation, connection, and reimagines belonging for q***r and BIPOC communities.

Curious about what unfolds during their residency? Join us for an informal open rehearsal and step into the creative process as it happens. These studio gatherings offer a rare glimpse into the questions, experiments, and ideas that shape new work, with a chance to hear directly from Jonate and share reflections.

🗓 Friday, May 8, 2026
🕟 4:30–5:30 PM (please arrive 15 minutes early)
📍 Wi******er Street Theatre, 80 Wi******er Street
🎟 Free — RSVP via link in bio

Please note: this is an open rehearsal, not a finished performance. You’ll be joining an active process in motion.

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Pilot Episodes is an immersive one week residency series where choreographers collaborate with the TDT ensemble for the first time. Artists are invited to experiment, take risks, and explore new directions—without the pressure of producing a final work.

Photo of Jontae McCrory, design by Driftnote

05/02/2026

It’s the last performance of this run 🎺

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 has opened to full houses every night and met with standing ovations — the outpouring of love is truly meaningful.

To the artists, creators, collaborators, audiences, and supporters: thank you for showing up so fully. This work is a powerful example of our time together, and we’re deeply moved by the response it’s received.

Presented by DanceWorks and Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT)
Co-produced by DanceWorks and Holla Jazz in partnership with TDT

Choreography: Natasha Powell
Music Direction: Jacob Gorzhaltsan
Associate Music Director: Tom Richards .insoundmusic

Dancers: Caroline “Lady C” Fraser , Hollywood Jade , Miha Matevzic , Raoul Wilke
Musicians: Colleen Allen , Thompson Egbo-Egbo .music , Rebecca Hennessy , Scott Hunter , Tom Richards, Eric West .west.drums

Photo by Kendra Epik

05/01/2026

2 down, 2 to go ❤️‍🔥

The Room Upstairs is in full swing, and we’re thrilled to have the audience join us for tonight’s talkback with choreographer Natasha Powell () and all the incredible artists — dancers and musicians, in conversation with facilitator Seika Boye ().

Presented by DanceWorks () and TDT
Co-produced by Holla Jazz (), DanceWorks and TDT

📸 Photo of dancers Caroline “Lady C” Fraser (), Hollywood Jade (), Miha Matevzic (), Raoul Wilke ().
Photo by Kendra Epik ()

04/30/2026

Congratulations to Holla Jazz on a powerful premiere 🎉

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭’𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.
𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1930𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 1940𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 — 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘳𝘢 — 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘤. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯; 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵.
𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘻 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. —

Thank you to everyone who joined us ❤️
We’re so excited to share this work with even more audiences in the days ahead.

Only 3 more shows to go, including a special artist talkback after Friday night’s performance.

Presented by DanceWorks & TDT.
Co-produced by Holla Jazz, DanceWorks, in partnership with TDT

See you there!

Credits: Raoul Wilke (dancer); Tom Richards (trombone), Colleen Allen (saxophone), Rebecca Hennessy (trumpet), Thompson T. Egbo-Egbo (piano), Scott Hunter (bass), Eric West (drums).
📸 Photo by Kendra Epik

04/28/2026

It’s show week for The Room Upstairs 🎷

Congratulations to everyone on the team who brought this powerful work to life. We can’t wait to welcome audiences into this world.

Co-presented by DanceWorks () and TDT
Co-produced by DanceWorks and Holla Jazz () in partnership with TDT

Inspired by and set to the music of John Coltrane, The Room Upstairs is an ensemble work with live music that draws from jazz, lindy hop, and Black vernacular dance. It’s a space for devotion, camaraderie, and grief — held together through movement and sound.

Choreographer Natasha Powell () reflects in her recent interview with —

“I recognize that what we do is bigger than me… the art forms I practice come from a lineage of folks that made incredible contributions to the world under circumstances that were much more than I experienced right now.”

And speaks to Holla Jazz lineage and fusion:
“HOLLA JAZZ is a meeting place for those dance styles to play and work with one another. I wanted to be true to my personal experience and the kinds of artists I was interested in collaborating with.”

See you there!

Photos of Miha Matevzic, Raoul Wilke, Hollywood Jade by Jason D’Souza.

04/22/2026

𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙠𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙚 🌱

Co-presented and co-produced by TDT and Luminato Festival (), this new work by choreographer Angela Vitovec invites you into an imperial space overtaken by plant life—where movement, sound, and presence unfold beyond human logic.

Created in collaboration with the dancers—and moss, yarrow, clover, oak, and more—the performance explores kinship between humans and the more-than-human world. Performed in close proximity to the audience, 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘯 emphasizes attentiveness and shared presence, allowing the performance to shape in real time. The work favours quiet accumulation over spectacle, revealing patterns of connection, resilience, and coexistence as the dancers move together across the space, creating a post-imperial ballroom utopia.

🗓 June 3–4, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM | 6:45 PM | 7:30 PM
📍 St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King St E, Toronto
🎟 Tickets on sale now — link in bio!

This is a durational performance experience, over three hours with three designated entry times. Audiences are invited to arrive at any of these intervals and are welcome to stay — whether for a brief encounter or the full duration, creating a fluid, self-directed experience of the work.

Featuring: Ann Trépanier (), Brayden Jamil Cairns (.cair), Camil Bellefleur (), Elizabeth Yip 葉倩儀 (), Kate Nankervis (), Megumi Kokuba (), Millina Aaliyah Fletcher AKA Fletch (), Roberto Soria (), Ry Kostyniuk ().

Content note: may include nudity.
Photo by Kendra Epik ().

04/17/2026

Magic Mixing - 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
Come sit with Keegan Shim () and Soeine Bac () as they openly share intertwined practices, conversation and in progress discoveries. Both artists arrived at the beginning of their residency week with their own histories and questions. What happens next is not fixed or determined. Rather than presenting a completed work, they open the space between them and invite you inside to witness their unfolding exchange.

👉 Saturday April 18, 2026
🕓 4:00–5:30 PM at the Wi******er Street Theatre
📍 80 Wi******er St, Studio B
In partnership with TDT and CanAsian Dance ()

This is a free community gathering and open to the public.
🔗 RSVP using the link in bio

04/15/2026

The Room Upstairs is SOLD OUT… but we’ve got you 👀

We’re giving one lucky winner:
🎟 2 tickets to Thursday April 30 performance
🧢 + a TDT beanie
(Prize value up to $80)

Here’s how to enter ✅
1. Follow ALL our partners:
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4. Tag the person you’d bring + comment why you want to come! (1 tag = 1 entry)
5. Share this post to your stories for a BONUS entry (make sure to tag us so we see it!)

⏰ Contest closes Wednesday April 22 @ MIDNIGHT
🏆 Winner announced Tuesday, April 28

Don’t miss your chance to experience The Room Upstairs 🔥

Photos of Hollywood Jade (), Miha Matevzic (), Raoul Wilke (), by Jason D’Souza ().

04/13/2026

Welcoming 2025/26 Magic Mixing Residency artists Keegan Shim () and Soeine Bac () ✨

In partnership with CanAsian Dance (), we’re excited to launch year two of Magic Mixing — a one-week residency bringing together 2 Asian diaspora dance artists from different practices to exchange, explore, and create side by side for the very first time together.

Join us for an informal studio sharing + audience talkback:
📅 Saturday, April 18, 2026
🕓 4:00–5:30 PM
📍 Wi******er Street Theatre, Studio B
80 Wi******er St, Toronto

Through open, process-driven studio time and conversations with CAD Artistic Lead Angie Cheng () this residency centres collaboration, curiosity, and cross-disciplinary dialogue.

This is a free community event and open to the public!
🔗 Link in bio

Photo of Keegan Shim by Shawn Kim; Soeine Bac by Ashkan Kalali.

04/07/2026

Lucy Rupert’s () ensemble and solo work is often rooted in ideas and theories of cosmology, ecology and philosophy. Dedicated to investigating the creative process, she grapples with what is personally and more broadly possible, what role does intuition play, and how can we expand ourselves and our work when changing the creative process? As a mid-career dancer-choreographer, she continually explores new possibilities within growth and limitations over time.

“A bright darkness” is a new solo that challenges strict limits: minimalism and love. This idea has emerged from a personal challenge on Lucy’s horizon: what happens when the creative process is stripped down to two concepts, and an aching body.

04/01/2026

In celebration of Holla Jazz’s 10 year anniversary, TDT and DanceWorks () co-present the world premiere of The Room Upstairs, on stage at the Wi******er Street Theatre, from April 29 to May 2, 2026 at 7:30pm. Choreographed by Holla Jazz () Founding Artistic Director Natasha Powell (), The Room Upstairs is an ode to the indelible impact of John Coltrane, as one of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz—and a fitting tribute in the year that marks what would have been his 100th birthday. Through the vocabulary of black vernacular dances, and set to a live musical score of some of Coltrane’s most celebrated songs, including “Giant Steps,” “Naima,” and “My Favourite Things”, Powell’s choreography ruminates on the inspirational beauty of Coltrane’s creative process—honed in a special room in the upstairs of his family home.

Opening night is already sold out!
👉 Link in bio to secure your tickets.

Photos of Raoul Wilke (), Miha Matevzic (), Hollywood Jade (), by Jason D’Souza ().

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