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Welcome to the 6th season of Canada's best dance!

The NextSteps dance series is programmed to reflect our city's unique cultural diversity and features the best companies from Toronto and across Canada. This season is our most extensive ever!

Harbourfront Centre is proud to host these artists, both emerging and established who call our stages home.

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2012
Dance Ontario
DanceWeekend 2012
Presented in association with Harbourfront CentreDance Ontario's stunning winter showcase features more than 26 superb companies and hundreds of dancers, live musicians and much, much more. Come celebrate the diversity of the city's dance companies in this unique weekend experience.Fleck Dance Theatre
January 20-22, 2012Details | Ticket Info | Package Info
Janak Khendry Dance Company
KAAL – TIMETime creates itself, maintains itself, and ultimately dissolves itself – along with the universe – when the time cycle is complete. This fascinating production centres on the history of time and how it came into existence and our connection to it.Fleck Dance Theatre
January 26- 28, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
COBA: Collective of Black Artists
Les Rythmes de la ForêtThe traditional dance forms from Guinea and Senegal will move you through an incredible and vibrant experience of folklore and storytelling. Dance and rhythm represent rites of passage, initiations, harvest and moments of pure joy and celebration.Fleck Dance Theatre
February 3-5, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Arabesque Dance Company & Orchestra
JamraRaw abandon, vibrant life and energy are at the centre of Arabesque's newest production. Fourteen dance artists, led by Yasmina Ramzy, are accompanied by a live Arabian orchestra alongside the rich voice of Bassam Bishara. Fleck Dance Theatre
February 9-12, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
dance Immersion
TRIBUTE: A Moving History of Canadian Blacks in DanceThe 17th edition of dance Immersion's annual showcase celebrates black dance artists who have contributed to the Canadian and global dance ecology using dance, film and spoken word.Fleck Dance Theatre
February 23-25, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
DanceWorks
DW193 | Sylvain Émard Danse
Fragments – Volume 1The first part of a diptych that places the dancer at the very heart of creation, Fragments – Volume I is a collage of miniatures – a veritable patchwork of insistent urgency.Enwave Theatre
March 3, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Ballet Creole
ExodusThis production celebrates and highlights the dance life of Almond Small, principal dancer for OMO Dance Company. A diversified programme to send off one of Canada's memorable dancers!Fleck Dance Theatre
March 8-10, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Kalanidhi Fine Arts Festival
Spring Festival of Contemporary Indian Dance
CANCELLEDUnder the artistic direction of Sudha Khandwani, the company presents four evenings of contemporary Indian dance featuring artists from Calcutta and Canada's top Indian dance companies. Fleck Dance Theatre
March 14-17, 2012
CANCELLED
The Chimera Project
Fresh Blood
Presented in association with Harbourfront CentreAn evening of fresh dance! Fresh Blood presents interesting, innovative and surprising dance works of tomorrow's contemporary dance superstars who have less than five years experience.Enwave Theatre
March 16-17, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
The Chimera Project
The Calm Before...Known for delivering superb ensemble work, Nowacka investigates the fear, fight and success of the human condition in the face of unpredictable darkness as she blurs the lines between theatre, urban and contemporary dance.Enwave Theatre
March 19-25, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Badass Dance Fun
Presented in association with Harbourfront CentreJoin Lady Janitor (a.k.a. Eroca Nicols) and others for a mini festival featuring site-specific play, unapologetic fun and really loud music.Studio Theatre
March 28-31, 2012Details | Ticket Info | Package Info
inDANCE
QuicksandA multiracial cast of 10 bare-chested men mash the Navarasa, or nine archetypal moods popular in Indian dance, into a techno-hip, strutting declaration of freedom from the constraints of tradition and conventional sexuality.Fleck Dance Theatre
April 12–14, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
DanceWorks
DW194 | Bboyizm
IZMChoreographer-dancer Crazy Smooth explores the street dance tradition of hip hop dance styles, rocking and b-boying in a modern production setting. This programme pushes current popular boundaries of the dance spectrum.Enwave Theatre
April 13-14, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Celebrating 30 YearsFlamenco is a living, ever-evolving art, inspired and influenced by the world around us. The company is joined by guest dancer Juan Ogalla and singers from Spain. Fleck Dance Theatre
April 19- 22, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Toronto Dance Theatre
RiversToronto Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of a bold new work by Christopher House set to Rivers, the beloved masterpiece of the late Canadian composer Ann Southam.Fleck Dance Theatre
April 25-28, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
DanceWorks
DW195 | BoucharDanse
Histoire d'amourOur undying search for love and understanding of its meaning is the basis for this full-length trio that marries dance and theatre.Enwave Theatre
May 3-5, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
TransMigration
Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre's Planet IndigenUsWorld premiere! TransMigration is inspired by the paintings and life of iconic Ojibwe shaman-artist Norval Morrisseau, known as the "Picasso of the North."Fleck Dance Theatre
May 10-13, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
ArenaThis programme features six contemporary dance works, including two premieres by 2012 resident guest artist Sylvie Bouchard and artistic director Deborah Lundmark.Fleck Dance Theatre
May 25-26, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Raagini Dance / Bageshree Vaze
Damaru / MudraThe tandava and lasya – masculine and feminine – aspects of Indian dance are highlighted through two new exciting dance works. Enwave Theatre
May 25-26, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Menaka Thakkar Dance Company
SitayanaCanada's premiere Indian dance company presents a dance weekend of three productions choreographed by Menaka Thakkar based on the Ramayana.Fleck Dance Theatre
May 31 – June 3, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Menaka Thakkar Dance Company
Prince Rama in the Wilderness Canada's premiere Indian dance company presents a dance weekend of three productions choreographed by Menaka Thakkar based on the Ramayana.Fleck Dance Theatre
May 31 – June 3, 2012Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
2012
2011
DanceWorks
DW190 | Signal Theatre
from thine eyesWorld premiere! Choreographer Michael Greyeyes and writer Yvette Nolan create a dance theatre production where six characters, who are stuck in limbo examine mortality, memory and forgiveness, through the lens of contemporary dance expression.Enwave Theatre
September 22-24, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
ProArteDanza
Season 2011Blending beauty and all-out athleticism, Toronto's hottest contemporary dancers perform premieres by award-winning choreographers Roberto Campanella, Robert Glumbek, Kevin O'Day and a world premiere by Guillaume Côté.Fleck Dance Theatre
October 5-8, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Chartier Danse
STRIAAward-winning choreographer Marie-Josée Chartier invites the audience on a unique and virtuosic physical and theatrical expedition of her dark, playful and unconventional self-portrait.Enwave Theatre
October 14-15, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
DanceWorks
DW191 | Zata Omm
Eight Ways from MaraA multidisciplinary, imaginative and visually compelling work that explores a modern interpretation of how people strive to find ways to avoid life's misery.Enwave Theatre
October 20-23, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
DanceWorks
DW192 | Tribal Crackling Wind
FluencyCan one become Nicaraguan? Peter Chin answers that question with Fluency, a multidisciplinary piece developed during a stay in Latin America. Filled with finesse and humour, this playful piece lies somewhere between dance, theatre, video and a talk show.Enwave Theatre
November 3-5, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Menaka Thakkar Dance Company
In the Further Soil / Tribute to TagoreThe first half of the performance captures the transplantation of a dance tradition with an Indian dancer in Canada. In the second half, Menaka pays tribute to Rabindranath Tagore to mark the 150th anniversary with a solo performance. Fleck Dance Theatre
November 11-12, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Break it Down
Enter the Shadow
A Harbourfront Centre Fresh Ground new workEmbark on a dynamic journey through the b-boy lifestyle, told as the artists journey from the streets to the stage and back again. Enter into the mind of a b-boy, always striving to be the best in a world that tells you that you will amount to nothing.Enwave Theatre
November 24-27, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Gadfly
Klorofyl
Presented in association with Harbourfront CentreInspired by the 1954 film Seven Samurai, Gadfly takes a closer look at zokus (a Japanese term meaning tribes or families), the human need to generate passion to feel alive, the dependence on each other, and how communal relations become passion boosters by satisfying our six primal human needs.Fleck Dance Theatre
November 24-27, 2011Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Ballet Creole
Soulful Messiah
10th anniversarySoulfully danced to Quincy Jones' Grammy Award-winning R&B rendition of Handel's Messiah will leave you singing throughout the festive season. Discover the magic of this universal holiday season favourite!Fleck Dance Theatre
December 2-4, 2011 Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
Wintersong – dances for a sacred seasonFor the past 24 years, Wintersong has warmed the hearts of family audiences with its breathtaking tapestry of seasonal dance inspired by the world's rich solstice traditions.Fleck Dance Theatre
December 9-10, 2011 Details | Buy Tickets | Package Info
2011
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