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Drum Artz Community Centre
is a supportive environment that uses the arts to foster diversity,
creative expression, team building, and establish self-esteem
for Toronto communities. Its goal is to improve knowledge
and skills while helping reduce the effects of poverty in
the lives of children, youths and adults. Drum Arts also offers
programs with access to studio space, instruments, art supplies,
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Established in 1971 as one of the first multi-disciplinary
artist run centres, A Space has played a
significant role in the evolution of contemporary art in Canada.
Over the past decades, A Space has developed a curatorial
practice that is inclusive of diverse aesthetics, politically
engaged, technically innovative and representative of their
membership. |
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Red Pepper Spectacle Arts is a community
arts organization and storefront in Kensington Market led
by directors Andy Moro and Gabriella Caruso. Red Pepper produces
the Kensington Market Winter Carnival Festival of Lights and
the Kensington Market Harvest Festival. They also facilitate
programs in schools across the GTA and in remote First Nations’
communities. |
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Exciting Berkeley Street premieres, a revival of the rock-gospel
hit Fire and the cult-musical favourite Little Shop of
Horrors are but a few highlights of the Canadian
Stage Company's anniversary 20th season this year.
The theatre continues its rich tradition of contemporary storytelling
with a full slate of projects for the coming seasons, starting
with the January 14 premiere of Judith Thompson’s The
Palace of the End with Arsinée Khanjian. |
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The Hannaford Street Silver Band is an
award winning, premier professional brass band and Resident
Company of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
In addition to the professional ensemble, the HSSB sponsors
and administers three youth bands and adult education classes.
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Harbourfront Centre’s NextSteps program
showcases local dance talent which reflects the cultural diversity
of Toronto. Ballet Creole, one of the participants
of NextSteps, has been at the forefront of traditional and
contemporary African dance since 1990. Ballet Creole aims
to establish a dynamic new artistic tradition in Canada through
"creolization" or fusion of diverse dance and music
traditions. |
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Mammalian Diving Reflex’s mandate
is to create new work, organize community events, contribute
to theoretical and practical advancements in performance and
provide its young audience with an entertaining and accessible
art experience. Their popular performance, Haircuts by
Children, will tour the US, UK and Australia this year. |
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Native Earth Performing Arts, Canada's
oldest professional Native theatre company, celebrates their
25th anniversary this season. The company is dedicated to
the creating, developing and producing of professional artistic
expression of the Aboriginal experience in Canada. Their highly-acclaimed
festival, Weesageechak Begins to Dance, has helped
develop over 90 new dance and theatre works by Aboriginal
artists. |
