VERGE

Celebrating strength, resilience, and virtuosity; Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre presents VERGE.  This exhilarating mixed-programme presents three World Premieres by internationally acclaimed choreographers Jennifer Archibald, Charlotte Boye-Christensen and Artistic Director, Deborah Lundmark. Featuring live jazz music by Thompson Egbo-Egbo.

Two audience favourites also return to the repertory: ARENA (2009), choreographed by Colin Connor, features 6 dancers clashing and compromising within a circle of boulders to a driving orchestral score by Robert Moran; and RESET (2018), choreographed by Roderick George, “a sardonic riff on pop culture, a shin-kick to authority, a rethink of just who is in charge here”.

“perfect alchemy” – The Scotsman

CCDT is a repertory company launched in 1980 by Deborah Lundmark and Michael deConinck Smith to present gifted next-generation artists in professional productions. The company has staged more than 1,500 performances from Barrie to Beijing including celebration of the Limón Dance Company’s 70th Anniversary with performances of José Limón’s The Winged at New York City’s storied Joyce Theater.

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Poster by jcBowmanDESIGN. Photo by David Hou of ARENA by Colin Connor featuring dancers Kendra Epik, Taryn Na, Miya Shaffer, and Ellis Martin-Wylie.