Sofi Gudiño, Festival Director
410 Jarvis St
2nd Floor
Toronto, ON
M4Y 2G6
Canada
Dusk Dances would like to acknowledge that we have the incredible opportunity to live and work on this land, which is the traditional and unceded territory of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Today, the meeting place of Tkaronto is also home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. As a city of Indigenous people, immigrants, settlers, refugees and people of many diasporas, we recognize the sovereignty of Indigenous peoples and honour them as the original caretakers of the land. We commit to caring for this land and each other, and opposing the active forms of colonization still taking place in Canada and all over the world.
Portrait choreographed and performed by Lina Cruz, photo by Kendra Epik
Dusk Dances is one of Canada's longest running outdoor dance series, with its flagship week-long festival taking place at Withrow Park, Toronto, drawing thousands of audience members annually.
As dusk descends, a theatrical host leads the audience to an array of unique dance pieces that unfold in different areas of the park.
Choreographers are invited to create ten-minute pieces inspired by the park’s natural environment. Audiences are invited on a pay-what-you-wish basis to an innovative site-specific festival, which is not only an artistic event but a social and cultural one as well.
As producers, our mandate is to bring dance to the community by making it more accessible
- physically - our venue is a public space with no fenced or ticketed entry
- financially - admission is pay what you wish
- artistically - we strive for diverse programming, for all tastes and ages
Our mandate as presenters is to give choreographers a unique opportunity to showcase their work in a non-traditional dance venue, in front of a large and mostly new audience.
Visit www.duskdances.ca for more details on Dusk Dances.
BABAElan by Blessyl Buan, featuring dancers Candace Kumar and Danah Rosales. Photo by Kendra Epik.
Host Ana Lía, photo by Kendra Epik
Photo by Kendra Epik