The Dance Ontario Commissioning Committee (Lola Ryan, Jennifer Watkins, Yasmina Ramzy) is happy to announce that BaKari I. Lindsay and Madeleine Twyman have been selected as this year’s Commissions|Creative Partnerships. The artists will present the world premieres of the new works at DanceWeekend’23 running at Harbourfront Centre in January 2024.
BaKari I. Lindsay’s Manifestations will explore finding beauty in the imperfect and unusual, acknowledging different point of views, and ultimately developing empathy and care towards yourself and others. Manifestations is a work about renewal, self discovery and rebuilding through physical exploration created using BaKari’s pan-African dance technique Afeeree The Physical Language.
Madeleine Twyman will create a piece that speaks to the feminine experience in 2022This piece will have young women of all ethnicities, shapes and sizes (8-10 dancers) combining contemporary dance movement with both cultural and ancient symbolism to provide a lens into the silent messaging permeating the feminine psyche.
We look forward to sharing these exciting new works with you!