2020 Signature Program

Live streaming from The Fleck Dance Theatre on Oct.3 at 2pm. Tickets starting at $15. Part of Fall for Dance North’s 6th edition, “The Flip Side”, Sept. 29–Oct.18, 2020

Scenes from FFDN's 2020 Signature Program

Our marque festival event, the 2020 Signature Program, presented six world premieres – five of them FFDN commissions – by Canadian dancemakers both at home and abroad. Livestreamed from Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre on October 3rd, this exciting mixed program compelled arts lovers from around the globe to digitally connect with dance. Audiences were compelled to discover Canadian Indigenous, gumboot, tap, jazz, ballet and contemporary dance styles performed by artists at the highest level of excellence, alongside appearances from special guests.

The program was approximately 85 minutes long, followed by a 30-minute post-show chat with the six choreographers, moderated by FFDN's Artistic Director Ilter Ibrahimof.

FLOW

Performance by Red Sky Performance & Third Coast Percussion
Choreography by Jera Wolfe
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with an introduction and Land Acknowledgement by Sandra Laronde

Proximity

Choreography by Joshua Beamish
Performance by Beamish and Rena Narumi
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with an introduction by Medhi Walerski (Ballet BC)

Dialogue with DNA

Performance and choreography by Mafa Makhubalo
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with an introduction by Vivine Scarlett (dance Immersion)

Fool's Gold

Choreography by Lisa La Touche
Performance by La Touche, Danny Nielsen and Laura Donaldson
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with an introduction by Natasha Powell (Holla Jazz)

Terra

Performed by Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (DJD)
Choreography by Kimberley Cooper

Poema Ibérico

Performance by Sonia Rodriguez with Piotr Stanczyk and Spencer Hack
Choreography by Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya
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with an introduction by Karen Kain (The National Ballet of Canada)