COMMUNITY CALL
Dance With Karen in Rehearsal

Photo by Karen Kaeja. Rehearsal with community members.
Dance with us. We are extending an open invitation to volunteer community non-pro people who want to dance. Karen Kaeja will guide you through her process of research in two rehearsals. If you love to move and want to be moved, we welcome you to participate. This process is leading towards a performance in 2020, with a chance to continue with Karen over the next couple of years, however it is absolutely not mandatory. Come play with us!
Whether you have joined Karen in previous rehearsals or this is your first time - you are welcome! No dance experience of any kind is necessary. 
What? 
Volunteer movement research based on personal reflections.

When? 
We require participants to be available for both of the following dates:
June 27, 2018 @ 9:30am-noon (ages 18 and up)
June 28, 2018 @ 9:30am-noon (ages 18 and up)
Snacks provided!

Where? 
Dovercourt House, 2nd Floor (805 Dovercourt Ave. T.O. - see map here ) 

RSVP 
Email Beata at   urban@kaeja.org   by  Wednesday, June 20  if you would like to participate or  for  more info.  Please put " Karen ' s rehearsal"  in the subject line!

NOTE: At this time our space is not wheelchair accessible.
PORCH VIEW DANCES
Porch View Dances is back for another summer 
in two locations!
Kaeja has teamed up with Lakeshore Arts for the second year in a row! This time Porch View Dances will be coming to the New Toronto neighbourhood!

3 Performances!!

Saturday June 2, 2018 at 2pm
Saturday June 2, 2018 at 7pm
Sunday June 3, 2018 at 2pm
Porch Choreographers:
Karen and Allen Kaeja
Michael Caldwell and Louis Laberge-Côté
Kaeja is back in the Seaton Village (Annex) neighbourhood for the 
7th year in a row!

5 Performances  that are BREAKING. DOWN. BARRIERS! Participants from all walks of life and celebrating many exceptionalities.

Wednesday July 18, 2018 at 7pm
Thursday July 19, 2018 at 7pm
Friday, July 20, 2018 at 7pm
Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 7pm
Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 1pm

Porch Choreographers:
Karen and Allen Kaeja
Andrea Nann with Michelle Silagy
Kathleen Rea

Vignette Choreographer:
Pulga Muchochoma
CRAVE TOURS TO GUELPH DANCE FESTIVAL

CRAVE. M. Caldwelll and S. Tremblay. Chor. by K. Kaeja. Photo by Irina Popova.
CRAVE is going to the Guelph Dance Festival on Saturday, June 2, 2018! 

Quadruple Dora Mavor Moore 2017 nominated   CRAVE   for choreography, music and male and female performers,  winning for outstanding male ,   CRAVE   is poignant, romantic, whimsical and chaotic. A duet that mines intimacy while navigating loneliness, unsettledness and the hope that keeps us hanging on, Sarah Shugarman's stunning score partners with the duo's journey. See more info  here.

Read the GDF Blog on Karen  here.

As part of the pre-show, audience members are invited to join in the preshow dancing on stage with a partner, friend or stranger. Interested in dancing on stage during the prelude? Contact the Guelph Dance Festival at info@guelphdance.com.
COMMISSIONS

Photo by Karen Kaeja. Chor. by K. Kaeja. Dancers: Caryn Chappell & Mateo Galindo Torres.
Karen Kaeja is in creation for this year's live art commission for Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (performances at 2pm and 4pm on July 7 and 8, 2018) at Nathan Phillips Square. Come check out great art, food, and dance! More info here.
RESIDENCIES & RETREATS

Karen is really appreciating the opportunity to dig deeply 
into the following retreats/residencies:

Newfoundland - Writing retreat at the Ochre House from June 10-15, 2018

Banff -  Karen has been selected as a choroegrapher for  The Creative Gesture Collective Composition Lab for Music and Dance 2018   at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity  from  July 29- August 11, 2018

TORONTO'S DANCE COMMUNITY CORNER
STONES
MAY 25-JUNE 10, 2018
GEARY LANE STUDIOS
The continuum of violence against women is an ancient story of throwing stones, a practice that continues to this day in many parts of the world. Women from around the globe who have lost their lives are given a voice through Stones. Created by a diverse cast of some of Toronto's most gifted artists, and led by director Anita La Selva. More info here.
HEART TO HEART: THE TALKING THINKING DANCING BODY
MAY 29, 2018
DANCEMAKERS THEATRE
Free and fully accessible. More info here.
NEW BLUE FESTIVAL
JUNE 4-10, 2018
WINCHESTER STREET THEATRE
One of our awesome partners, New Blue Emerging Dance, has an amazing 'The Festival 18' line up this June. An all-access festival pass is only $25... tons of shows and workshops and discussions to drink in. Find out more here.

Kaeja & New Blue collaborate on Creative Risk Residencies. See more here and here.
LABOUR OF LOVE
JUNE 19-21, 2018
THE CITADEL
LABOUR OF LOVE (Its Innate Proclivities and Myriad Variations) - A celebration honouring the lifetime contribution to dance and the 75th birthday of iconoclast social-realist choreographer Danny Grossman, recently inducted into the Dance Collection Danse Encore! Hall of Fame. You can find more info here.
SUMMER LOVE-IN WORKSHOPS
 JULY 2-6 AND JULY 9-13, 2018
DOVERCOURT HOUSE
Get ready for sweat, magic, rigorous dancing, thoughtful making, discourse and togetherness! More info here.

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