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Lady Janitor, DIMBY2009.
photo credit: Kristy Kennedy
DIMBY: Dance in My Backyard, Toronto's local backyard dance festival
When: Friday, August 27 at 7:30pm; and Saturday, August 28 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Where: 171 Havelock Street, backyard, Near Dufferin and Bloor, rain or shine
Tickets: Pay what you can/suggested donation of $10.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Contact: Eroca Nicols, 647-438-7178, danceinmybackyard@gmail.com
The DIMBY festival (Dance in My Backyard) invites Toronto to experience contemporary dance in a cozy, backyard setting. Building on the success of last summer's event, DIMBY continues to blur the lines between public and private performance space.
DIMBY brings exciting new dance works from emerging Canadian dance-makers to a family-oriented, backyard celebration near you!
This year, DIMBY showcases local choreographic outfits Alicia Grant and Cara Spooner, cube 3 and Lady Janitor (aka Eroca Nicols), with dancers form Toronto and Montreal. Join us in the beautiful blooming backyard at 171 Havelock Street! Sidle up with friends and neighbours, babies and dance buffs, and behold the sights and sounds of Toronto's best and brightest new wave of danceartists. After the dancing, DIMBY shifts from local art to local food: each show is followed by a reception brimming with titillating, tasty teas and treats served up by Toronto's dame of DIY organics, Guerrilla Gourmet.
The Dancing at DIMBY
Enviro-Performance Duo, Alicia Grant and Cara Spooner will join together for a new piece made especially for DIMBY. Combining forces they will attach bodies, hearts and hips to introduce you to their newest performancechild…while wearing pants.
Dancing beside, behind, below and between the sheets on the clothes line, cube 3 will hang you out to dry with its new work commissioned for DIMBY!
Lady Janitor makes your dances! In Made-to Order, DIMBY patrons participate in the project by completingand submitting a questionnaire indicating preferences regarding as many variables in the dance as possible (for example, music, site, lighting, costumes, mood, movement quality,etc.). Then your fantasy dance piece comes to life!
Dancers follow your recipe, make the dance, and present the finished product on the spot! Order Up!