Coalescing Towards (and Together) with Toronto Dance Theatre
VIDEO INTERVIEW | “If the people can’t come to you—perhaps because they don’t know you exist—then it’s imperative that you go to the people.”
WORDS BY CASSANDRA HENRY
Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT), a contemporary dance ensemble that’s been in existence for over 50 years, presents an interesting case study of an arts organisation that was designed for intersectional public participation at its inception. Yet I myself—an artist and performer with some dance experience—had never heard of the TDT until Cannopy Magazine approached me to write this piece. Before investigating what makes TDT unique, and why it has thrived for this long, I wanted to first recognize why it’s so hard to find out about the arts organisations doing good work in our local community. Having been a part of Toronto’s independent theatre scene for several years now, I’ve been thinking lately of how it is that long-standing hubs like TDT can go unnoticed by artists and members of the general public alike. I have a few theories. — Continue Reading
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