November 23, 2018
Ontario Presents is currently partnering with CanDance and La danse sur les routes du Québec to offer a professional development program for dance artists from Indigenous and racialized communities. This pilot project offers assistance to artists from Ontario and Quebec who identify with Indigenous or racialized communities. Inspired by the success of Jouer dehors, the project’s aim is to develop dance production skills. Artists are guided by Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo and Lee Bolton.
You can find more information about the six artists in the cohort here, and more about their current works here.
Over the next few weeks, each of the artists will be sharing about their work here on the blog. This week’s blog features chroreographer Andrea Peña: