Community event
10 Interviews
Nov 14, 1974 |
CURATOR
Archive Project
Early Collective
CHOREOGRAPHER
Carol Anderson
“I can’t understand how it worked….
Maybe there is magic around the word, the term ‘Dancemakers’. I mean serious magic”
– Grant McDaniel
Mairéad Filgate interviewed 10 dancers from the early years of Dancemakers history:
Andraya Ciel Smith
Pat Fraser
Carol Anderson
Marcy Radler
David Langer
Peggy Baker
Mark Hammond
Pat Minor
Anna Blewchamp
Grant McDaniel
In 2024, Dancemakers turned 50 years old.
This was a time of crucial and critical looking back for Dancemakers. As a way to commemorate this anniversary, we worked with Artist Researchers to read “against the grain” of our archive, which is housed at Dance Collection Danse (DCD) located at 2 Carlton St Unit 1303 in Tkaranto.
Each artist researcher was given a one-week (paid) Writing Residency at Dance Collection Danse (or remotely using DCD’s digital archives) with the intention to produce content that will permanently live on Dancemakers’ website.
Artists
Mairéad Filgate
Mairéad Filgate (Montreal/Toronto) is a Dora Mavor Moore Award winning performer (Ensemble – Public Recordings) and choreographer (with Throwdown Collective), and a K.M. Hunter and Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize nominee.
Carol Anderson
Carol Anderson was a founding member of Dancemakers in 1974 and she performed with the company for 15 years.
Anna Blewchamp
Anna was an associate artistic director from 1977-1978 at Dancemakers
acCessibilIty
Is the venue wheelchair accessible?
Yes, the venue is wheelchair accessible including ramps into the building, elevators and wheelchair accessible washrooms.
Will the event be ASL Interpreted?
All live events will offer ASL interpretation (upon request). Please contact us to request ASL Interpretation.
Will the event be described for Blind and low vision audiences?
This performance does not include audio description.
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