Dance Ontario Dance Weekend

The Dance Ontario Dance Weekend takes place annually at the Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront, and features an incredible line-up of dance artists over three days.

Dance Ontario DanceWeekend'12

generously funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage
Jan 20, 2012 - Youth Showcase YMI Dancing, Rhythmic Fire Danzers, Vlad's Dance Academy, The Dance Place, Chimera B Company, Cadence Youth Group, City Dance Youth Group, Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, Jade's Hip Hop Academy Performance Co. PLUS excerpts from Dave Wilson's Boy Dancer Documentary

Saturday, 21 Jan 2012
LR Productions, Sashar Zarif Dance, Jasmyn Fyffe (commission),Keiko Kitano (commission), Typecast Dance Company, Break It Down, Arabesque, Stand Up Dance, The Parahumans, Olga Barrios, Michael Caldwell & Louis Laberge Cote,Gadfly Dance

Sunday, 22 January, 2012
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Co, Cadence Progressive Contemporary Ballet Company, Jasmyn Fyffe (commission),Keiko Kitano (commission), COBA, Ballet Creole, Little Pear Garden Collective, Arte Flamenco Spanish Dance Co, Kaeja d'Dance, BoucharDanse, City Dance Corps
Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto
Harbourfront Next Steps
DanceWeekend 2012

Satellite Events
January 3-31, 2012
Dance Photography Exhibit @ Balzacs Coffee House in The Distillery District
featuring images by Daniel Atkinson, David Hou, Peter Lear, Richard Munter, Ali Nejati, Karen Roberts and Jennifer Watkins.

January 10, 2012 @ noon
FREE performance & talkback @ the COC Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
Little Pear Garden Collective
416 204 1083

What The Public Says About DanceWeekend:

"This was awesome", "terrific!" - "best year yet!" Congratulations to all the performers, fabulous tec and FOH crews and to our wonderful audiences!
"...often the opportunity to discover new groups or genres and get our appetite whetted for the shows in the upcoming year". "Congratulations on a great event, and thank you for providing so much pleasure and inspiration over the years."

"I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the fabulous weekend at Harbourfront. The selection was amazingly diverse and a great joy." "I particularly appreciated the two sponsored works by Lacey Smith and William Yong. These were a wonderful complementary set of dances that epitomized the feminine and masculine sides of our world. Well done in enabling this creativity." - Terry Davies

"I've looked forward to this for a long time and I am not disappointed - best event in dance!"

"Keep having this spectacular event please."

"Top calibre talent!"

"A truly enriching, unique, fun and educational experience"