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FFDN 2023
Annual Festival Hightlights Gallery

FFDN 2023’s annual festival held from Sep 28 - Oct 7 was a love letter to dance. To all the dancers and dancemakers that shared their passion, to the staff and board that realized the vision, to our amazing donors and sponsors, and to the audience that brought their empowering belief in the essential nature of dance, THANK YOU! Dance is alive in Toronto and it is our privilege and honor to share in its beauty with you.

Please enjoy these select highlights from FFDN 2023.
With love,

- Ilter Ibrahimof
Artistic Director


Audience members at Meridian Hall lobby. Photo by Bruce Zinger.


Audience members at Meridian Hall lobby. Photo by Bruce Zinger.



Audience members at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema lobby. Photo by Kendra Epik.

 


Ballet BC in Heart Drive by Imre and Marne van Opstal. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Ballet BC in Heart Drive by Imre and Marne van Opstal. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black in NINA: By Whatever Means by Mthuthuzeli November. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black in NINA: By Whatever Means by Mthuthuzeli November. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Gibney Company in Bliss by Johan Inger. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Gibney Company in Bliss by Johan Inger. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Candoco in I think we should start over by Jamaal Burkmar. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Audience members at a pre-show artist talk moderated by Nicole Inica Hamilton. Photo by Lily Sutherland.

 


FFDN Board members and patrons in the lobby of Daniels Spectrum. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


FFDN patrons in the lobby of Daniels Spectrum. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Mthuthuzeli and Siphesihle November in My Mother's Son by Mthuthuzeli November. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Mthuthuzeli and Siphesihle November in My Mother's Son by Mthuthuzeli November. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Gibney Company in Oh Courage! by Sonya Tayeh. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 

Pulga Muchochoma in his own creation, Mascara. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 

Pulga Muchochoma in his own creation, Mascara. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Dancers from TMU Performance in Light Print by Jesse Obremski. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Audience members and FFDN volunteers at Meridian Hall lobby. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


FFDN board members and patrons in Meridian Hall lobby. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Post-show artist talk after a Charlotte Ballet performance of Kamuyot by Ohad Naharin. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Producer of Tkaronto Open Freddy Gipp at Union Station. Photo by Marlowe Porter.

 


Jingle dress contestants during Tkaronto Open at Union Station. Photo by Marlowe Porter.

 


Jingle dress contestants during Tkaronto Open at Union Station. Photo by Marlowe Porter.

 


Jingle dress contestants during Tkaronto Open at Union Station. Photo by Marlowe Porter.

 


Audience members and Jingle dress contestants during Tkaronto Open at Union Station. Photo by Marlowe Porter.

 


Audience members and Jingle dress contestants during Tkaronto Open at Union Station. Photo by Marlowe Porter.

 


FFDN Artistic Director Ilter Ibrahimof and CBC's Grazyna Krupa at Swan Song screening at Meridian Hall. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


Sean O'Neill, Chelsea McMullan, Karen Kain, Siphesihle November, Jurgita Dronina, Arielle Mirales during Swan Song post-screening artist talk. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

 


FFDN General Manager Aviva Fleising with FFDN volunteers at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema lobby. Photo by Kendra Epik.

 


Select filmmakers of 8-COUNT short dance films at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema lobby. Photo by Kendra Epik.

 


FFDN volunteer scanning tickets for 8-COUNT short dance films screening at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema lobby. Photo by Kendra Epik.

 


FFDN Artistic Director Ilter Ibrahimof, Producer of Digital Programming Milana Glumicic and General Manager Aviva Fleising at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema lobby. Photo by Bruce Zinger.