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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 influence 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.

10/01/2026

Coming to Nuit Blanche this Saturday: 𝘌𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘞𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 ✨

What becomes of the ideas we never had the chance to realize?

Guest choreographer Blessyl Buan (Blessyl) premieres this site-responsive performance, transforming Toronto’s Old City Hall into a living archive of unfinished dreams, unrealized ideas, and creative possibilities.

Through movement, sound, and a participatory installation, come gather and explore what remains unseen, what gets left behind, and what still has room to grow. Over 12 hours, the space evolves into a collective landscape of memory, imagination, and expression.

📅 October 3–4, 2026
🕖 7 PM–7 AM
📍 Toronto’s Old City Hall (60 Queen St. W.)
🎟️ Free public presentation

Join us throughout the night and become part of this evolving, participatory experience.

Choreography by Blessyl Buan, in collaboration with TDT company dances Camil Bellefleur (Cam Bellefleur), Millina Fletcher (Fletch), Megumi Kokuba (Megumi Kokuba), Ry Kostyniuk (Ryan Kostyniuk), Roberto Soria (*☆R○¡¡¡¡¡BERT○`.~ S○¿?¿RIA¿°•), and Elizabeth Yip (葉倩儀)

Presented in collaboration with TDT and Nuit Blanche Toronto (nuitblancheto)

Graphics courtesy of Blessyl Buan.

09/28/2026

👻 Enter the world of 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚’𝙨 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨

This Halloween, the Wi******er Street Theatre transforms into an immersive haunted house where dance, live music, theatrical storytelling and traditional ghost lore come together in an evening of unexpected encounters, playful rituals and genuinely unsettling surprises.

Featuring TDT company dancers and guest artists, this one-of-a-kind fundraising experience invites you to explore the stories, traditions and mysteries surrounding death, remembrance, spirits and the supernatural, all within the walls of the historic Winch.

📅 October 29–31, 2026
🕰️ Three performances nightly: 7:00 PM | 8:15 PM | 9:30 PM
📍 Wi******er Street Theatre, 80 Wi******er St.
🎟️ Tickets are on sale now!

Join us this Halloween for an event like no other 🎃

Tickets for this production are being offered on a sliding scale, starting at $50. All proceeds from this special event will support TDT’s artistic programming, residencies and facilities management.

Visual design by Driftnote (OD)

09/21/2026

Step Into 𝙀𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙖: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙒𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚
For this year’s Nuit Blanche, TDT welcomes multidisciplinary artist Blessyl Buan (Blessyl) as our guest choreographer for this premiere presentation of her new site-responsive work at Toronto’s Old City Hall.

October 3–4, 2026 | 7 PM–7 AM
📍 Old City Hall, 60 Queen St W
🎟️ Free public performance and installation all night!

Ephemera: The Art We Didn’t Make transforms Old City Hall into a living archive of unfinished dreams — exploring abandoned ideas, unrealized expression, and the creative lives that are interrupted, deferred, or left waiting to be witnessed.

Through choreography, sound, and an evolving participatory installation, dancers move through a shifting landscape of fragments, shadows, gestures, and accumulated offerings. Over the course of 12 hours, the work transforms as audiences contribute their own reflections, becoming an ecosystem of witnessing where unrealized ideas are given space to grow.

Featuring TDT company dancers Camil Bellefleur (Cam Bellefleur), Fletch (Fletch), Megumi Kokuba (Megumi Kokuba), Ry Kostyniuk (Ryan Kostyniuk), Roberto Soria (*☆R○¡¡¡¡¡BERT○`.~ S○¿?¿RIA¿°•), and Elizabeth Yip (葉倩儀).

Presented in collaboration with Nuit Blanche Toronto (nuitblancheto)

Photo of Blessyl Buan’s BABAElan, visual design by Driftnote.

09/17/2026

How does the way our bodies change every day contribute to this greater rot?

This week, Emily Duckett (emily duckett) explores these ideas for their Pilot Episodes residency with the TDT ensemble

Emily is a Black, q***r dance artist based in Tkaronto who’s currently interested in the links between body horror and feminism through a Black, q***r lens. Looking at decay and aging as a genre of body horror, the human body is a source of inspiration for them — how do we feel this cellular feeling in a gargantuan way?

Their artistic expression is profoundly influenced by their intersecting identities, and centres on themes of q***r time theory, decomposition, rejection, gut feelings, cravings and chaos, pleasure and paradoxes.

Get a glimpse into the creative process and hear from Emily! Join us this Friday for an informal open rehearsal

🗓 Friday, September 18, 2026
🕟 4:15–5:15 PM
👣 Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early
📍 Wi******er Street Theatre, 80 Wi******er Street
🎟 Free community gathering + open to the public — RSVP via link in bio

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

09/11/2026

Kicking off the Season with New Possibilities 🌀

The 7th edition of 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 brings choreographers Emily Duckett (emily duckett), Alana Elmer (Alana Harding), Jessie Garon (JESSIE GARON), DA Hoskins (The Dietrich Group), and Kass Prus (Kassandra Prus) into the studio for multi-day residencies with TDT’s company dancers.

Throughout the season, join us for 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙨 with each artist, and get a glimpse into these creative explorations as artists develop new ideas, test possibilities, and follow their curiosity. These informal gatherings are an opportunity to see the artists at work, hear about their practices, and share reflections along the way. No finished work will be presented.

📍 Wi******er Street Theatre
🕓 4:15–5:15 PM ET
🎟️ Free gathering + open to the public | RSVP recommended
🔗 Check out our link in bio

Mark your calendars for Open Rehearsal dates 📌
Sept 18, 2026 with Emily Duckett
Oct 16, 2026 with Jessie Garon
Nov 20, 2026 with Kass Prus
Nov 27, 2026 with Alana Elmer
Mar 19, 2027 with DA Hoskins

Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early, as you’ll be joining an ongoing rehearsal in progress.

Come witness and be a part of where new ideas begin!

Photos of Emily Duckett; Alana Elmer by McKenzie James; Jessie Garon by Samantha Hurley; DA Hoskins; Kass Prus by Reenie Perkovic. Visual design by Driftnote.

09/09/2026

SCORE TO DANCE INFINITE REALITIES… with Katie Ward ✨

This week only at TDT, join us for a movement practice rooted in improvisation, body-based imagination and the endless possibilities of how we dance, sense and create.

Drawing from personal desires, body archives and embodied ways of knowing, Score to Dance Infinite Realities… invites participants to wander, disrupt familiar points of view and explore new ways of imagining and moving.

Each class begins with a warm-up grounded in biomechanical, emotional, sensorial and metaphorical imagery, followed by improvisation exercises designed to expand your movement vocabulary and creative possibilities.

🗓️ September 9–11, 2026 from 10:15–11:45 AM
📍 Wi******er Street Theatre, 80 Wi******er Street

Open to dance and interdisciplinary artists looking to deepen improvisation, expand compositional tools and develop an autonomous creative practice. Exercises are adaptable.

Register now using our link in bio!

About Katie Ward:
Dance artist and choreographer Katie Ward works and creates in Tiohtiá/Mooniyang/Montréal. Her research-based practice explores embodied imagination, expanded choreography and the conditions through which forms, relationships and meanings emerge. With Marie Claire Forté, Katie continues to develop Score to Dance Infinite Realities… as a practice of ever-changing embodied imagination.

Please note: Wi******er Street Theatre is not currently wheelchair accessible. For questions about accessing the space, please contact [email protected].

Photo by Erika Mitsuhashi

09/03/2026

✨ A SEASON OF SUPPORT & NEW POSSIBILITIES ✨

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔/𝟐𝟕 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧.
A place where ideas take shape, artists take risks, and possibility comes first.

TDT’s new season creates space for 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺—supporting artists in what they make, and in how they make it.

This season, step into the process:

🌿 𝙀𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙖: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙒𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 — Guest choreographer Blessyl Buan (Blessyl) transforms Old City Hall into a 12-hour site-responsive installation exploring unfinished dreams, unrealized ideas, and what gets left behind. Presented in collaboration with nuitblancheto

👣 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚’𝙨 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 — Wi******er Street Theatre becomes an immersive haunted house of ghostly performances, live music, storytelling rituals and unexpected encounters.

🌌 𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 — TDT’s seven company dancers meet seven electronic musicians to create new solo works through cross-disciplinary collaboration and exchange, all in one production.

⚡ 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩&𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 — The iconic performance party returns for its fourth edition in the city, bringing together 25+ artists with only 3 minute each. Expect bursts of bold experimentation.

🌱 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙨: 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 — Five choreographers join TDT’s company dancers for multi-day residencies designed to give new ideas more time, space, and possibility.

And throughout the season, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 with returning artist residencies, Open Door Project’s subsidized studio access, creative exchange and space for artists in partnership with CanAsian Dance (CanAsian Dance), and workshops and classes for dance artists.

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.
A question, an experiment, a risk, a collaboration, a possibility.

Welcoming TDT’s 2026/27 season!
👉 Explore the season and discover what’s ahead

Visual design and music by Driftnote ()

08/14/2026

⭐ What a season it has been ⭐

From bold new works and unforgettable experimental experiences, to artist residencies, workshops, collaborations, and open sharings, the 2025/26 season has been a celebration of what becomes possible when artists, audiences, collaborators, and community come together.

We shared stories, challenged perspectives, welcomed distinct choreographic voices, supported artists throughout their developmental processes, and continued to steward space for dance and performance to connect us—to one another and to the world around us.

From Toronto premieres of Make Banana Cry, The Room Upstairs, layers of kin, and Songs for Bones, Flesh, Sweat, to residencies, community programs, partnerships, and so many moments of gathering, take a look back at this incredible season of movement, connection, experimentation, and community.

Thank you for being part of TDT’s community ❤️

Video edited by Kes Agnew kes ✨
Original music by Phil Nozuka Philip Nozuka

08/05/2026

Experience Collision Project: The Toronto Chapter this SummerWorks Festival (SummerWorks) ✨

This first iteration, Hong Kong’s Unlock Dancing Plaza (Unlock Dancing Plaza 不加鎖舞踊館| 香港當代舞團) brings 4 international artists to Toronto in partnership with and CanAsian Dance for a one-day micro-festival including contemporary dance performances, cultural exchange with the community, and collaboration.

📍 SummerWorks Festival at 80 Wi******er Street
Sunday August 9, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM
• Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - performed and choreographed by Joseph Lee
• Come closer, go deeper! - interactive performative workshop by Paula Wong

🕝 2:30 PM
• Click - creation, concept and performance by Chan Wai Lok
• Stay with the Spin - performative history of pole dance by Cheung Wai Yin

Tickets starting at $20! As an artist, presenter, dance enthusiast, or simply curious about these offerings, lean into this unique opportunity to hear from distinctive artistic voices Toronto, Hong Kong and beyond 🎉

Photos (from left to right) by Yu-ting Fang, Zoe Chan,Celina Lawina, Vincent Yik. Lighting and Set Design for Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger; Come closer, go deeper by Le Dinh Dat; Costume Design for Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Trista Ma. Photos courtesy of SummerWorks Festival (2026).

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