BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek: Rhodnie Désir presented by dance Immersion
BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek: Rhodnie Désir
dance Immersion
October 19 & 20, 2023
Studio Presentation + Artist Talk
Toronto Dance Theatre, Winchester Street Theatre
𝘉𝘖𝘞’𝘛 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘓 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘬, is a conversation between the present and the past, channeled through the body of Désir in which more than 130 testimonies collected on 7 lands of the Americas still reside.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023; 8:00 – 9:30 PM
𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃: 𝐀 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
This 90-minute discussion and artist talk will take you on Rhodnie’s immersive research, artistic, and ancestral journey – an important journey for dance and theatre makers, visual artists, and African Diasporic communities.
Friday, October 20th, 2:00 PM (matinee)
𝐀𝐍𝐃 7:00 PM (evening performance)
𝐁𝐎𝐖’𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐤: 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
This abbreviated studio version of the piece involves a 30-minute movement and musical performance by Rhodnie Désir, Engone Endong, and Jahsun, followed by an artist-talk about the work.
