Receptions & talkshows

World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience for audiences. Join us for post-performance talkshows with guest hosts and cast members, opening night receptions, and more. Admission is free with purchase of a ticket to the show. Can't make it? Follow along on Twitter as we live tweet our talkshows!

Upcoming Events

• May 24, 2013

  KAMP (CAMP) – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow moderated by Margaret Evans. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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Past Events

• February 19, 2013

  Sem Mim and Ímã – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• February 20, 2013

  Sem Mim and Ímã – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• February 28, 2013

  The Marketplace at Dachshund UN

  Come visit the indoor marketplace that will be open to the public before, during and after each performance of Dachshund UN, in the lobby between the Enwave Theatre and The Power Plant. There will be a vast assortment of wares available for purchase, including jewellery, clothing, accessories, fine art, and delicious Purina® Beneful® dog food and treats. The Canadian Dachshund Rescue and Helping Homeless Pets will also be on hand, just in case adopting a dachshund is on your to-do list.

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• March 1, 2013

  Dachshund UN – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow, hosted by Stephanie D’Amico, director of Loop Gallery. Admission is free for those in attendance.

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• March 1, 2013

  The Marketplace at Dachshund UN

  Come visit the indoor marketplace that will be open to the public before, during and after each performance of Dachshund UN, in the lobby between the Enwave Theatre and The Power Plant. There will be a vast assortment of wares available for purchase, including jewellery, clothing, accessories, fine art, and delicious Purina® Beneful® dog food and treats. The Canadian Dachshund Rescue and Helping Homeless Pets will also be on hand, just in case adopting a dachshund is on your to-do list.

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• March 2, 2013

  The Marketplace at Dachshund UN

  Come visit the indoor marketplace that will be open to the public before, during and after each performance of Dachshund UN, in the lobby between the Enwave Theatre and The Power Plant. There will be a vast assortment of wares available for purchase, including jewellery, clothing, accessories, fine art, and delicious Purina® Beneful® dog food and treats. The Canadian Dachshund Rescue and Helping Homeless Pets will also be on hand, just in case adopting a dachshund is on your to-do list.

  Performance details

• March 3, 2013

  The Marketplace at Dachshund UN

  Come visit the indoor marketplace that will be open to the public before, during and after each performance of Dachshund UN, in the lobby between the Enwave Theatre and The Power Plant. There will be a vast assortment of wares available for purchase, including jewellery, clothing, accessories, fine art, and delicious Purina® Beneful® dog food and treats. The Canadian Dachshund Rescue and Helping Homeless Pets will also be on hand, just in case adopting a dachshund is on your to-do list.

  Performance details

• March 5, 2013

  LEAR – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• March 6, 2013

  LEAR – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

  Performance details

• March 6, 2013

  Everyday Anthems – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• March 7, 2013

  Everyday Anthems – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow hosted by Kathleen Smith, editor at The Dance Current. With striking visuals and insightful writing, The Dance Current provides an entertaining, illuminating and informed perspective on the issues, creators and innovators in the Canadian dance scene. An invaluable companion piece for any World Stage dance production. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• March 19, 2013

  Series 8:08 Alternative Technique Class – New Body Techniques: Intensive Master Class

  Tao Ye and his company will teach an intensive two-hour physical exploration and discovery master class. Through games to relax the body, as well as exercises to open the mind, participants will experience, first-hand, Tao Ye’s latest movement techniques.

  Workshop is open to all professional and pre-professional dance artists. Artist talk to follow.

  Click here for registration info and complete details.

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• March 20, 2013

  Weight x3 & 2 – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• March 21, 2013

  Weight x3 & 2 – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• March 23, 2013

  2013 Chinese Contemporary Dance Aesthetics Symposium – Day 1

  Come out to a free symposium on Chinese contemporary dance aesthetics presented by Little Pear Garden Collective in association with Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage.

  As part of Little Pear Garden Collective’s 20th anniversary celebration, scholars, performers and artistic directors from China, Taiwan, the United States and Canada will discuss their work, inspiration, cultural and national trends in Chinese dance. TAO Dance Theater’s artistic director, Tao Ye, will be participating in the event.

  Following the symposium, workshops for professional and pre-professional dancers will be led by some of the speakers.

  Click here for complete details.

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• March 24, 2013

  2013 Chinese Contemporary Dance Aesthetics Symposium – Day 2

  Come out to a free symposium on Chinese contemporary dance aesthetics presented by Little Pear Garden Collective in association with Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage.

  As part of Little Pear Garden Collective’s 20th anniversary celebration, scholars, performers and artistic directors from China, Taiwan, the United States and Canada will discuss their work, inspiration, cultural and national trends in Chinese dance. TAO Dance Theater’s artistic director, Tao Ye, will be participating in the event.

  Following the symposium, workshops for professional and pre-professional dancers will be led by some of the speakers.

  Click here for complete details.

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• April 9, 2013

  Series 8:08 Alternative Technique Class – A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football: Inside the Show

  Learn and rehearse repertoire from the performance A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football and experience a new logic. The workshop will be given by two of Jo Strømgren Kompani’s experienced dancers, Mikkel Are Olsenlund and Jan Nicolai Wesnes.

  The workshop is open to all professional and pre-professional dance artists. Artist talk to follow.

  Click here for registration info and complete details.

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• April 10, 2013

  A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• April 11, 2013

  A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• April 17, 2013

  She She Pop & Their Fathers: Testament – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• April 18, 2013

  She She Pop & Their Fathers: Testament – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• April 23, 2013

  Still Standing You – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

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• April 24, 2013

  Still Standing You – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

  Performance details

• April 24, 2013

  Series 8:08 Alternative Technique Class – Collective Effervescence

  The aim of this workshop is to find the meaning of “togetherness.” Using the notion of group and group effort to construct scenes, participants will work as an ensemble, where equal amount of importance is assigned in order to create the dramaturgy of the scene. The workshop will be facilitated by Guilherme Garrido.

  The workshop is open to all professional and pre-professional dance artists. Artist talk to follow.

  Click here for registration info and complete details.

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• May 5, 2013

  Series 8:08 Alternative Technique Class – what we are saying: Performance Encounter

  Participants will be invited into an immersive performance environment where Public Recordings’ collaborating artists will introduce the working principles and performance strategies from their newest work, what we are saying.

  The workshop is open to all professional and pre-professional dance artists. Artist talk to follow.

  Click here for registration info and complete details.

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• May 6, 2013

  GOETHE FILMS: Young & Old

  Three nights of award-winning features on the young, the old and intergenerational encounters, including Dörrie’s Hanami, Dresen’s Cloud 9 and Schmid’s Toronto premiere of Home for the Weekend. May 6, 8 and 12, 2013 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Young & Old presented in association with She She Pop and Their Fathers: Testament.

  Click here for tickets and showtimes.

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• May 7, 2013

  In Conversation: Ame Henderson and Johanna Householder

  In anticipation of Ame Henderson’s new performance with Public Recordings entitled what we are saying, The Power Plant pairs this experimental choreographer with performance art pioneer Johanna Householder who will discuss the stakes of performance encounters that demand both openness and commitment. As a founder of the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, Householder helped initiate the recent surge of interest in performative practice, while Henderson’s multidisciplinary collaborations evoke such precedents as happenings, constructed situations and social aesthetics. Together, they will draw on their own histories and current curiosities to offer each other questions and provocations regarding notions of synchronicity and togetherness as well as the borders of sound and sense, physical gesture and utterance, considering thought as dance and language as movement.

  LOCATION:
  The Theatre Centre Pop-Up
  1095 Queen Street West
  7pm
  FREE

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• May 22, 2013

  what we are saying – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

  Performance details

• May 23, 2013

  what we are saying – talkshow

  World Stage is committed to providing you with live performance of unparalleled quality. Part of that commitment includes exclusive opportunities to engage with the artists and performers involved with the work. Please stay around after the performance for an informative and engaging talkshow. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket. Hosted by Jacob Korczynski.

  About Jacob Korczynski:

  Jacob Korczynski is an independent curator based in Toronto. A recent participant in the de Appel Curatorial Programme, he has curated projects for the Dunlop Art Gallery, Gallery TPW and the Dutch Art Institute, and his writing has appeared in Prefix Photo, C Magazine and Fillip. Currently, he is developing a research project for the Performance in Residence platform of If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution and preparing the exhibition Surface Tension for presentation at Oakville Galleries this September.

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• May 23, 2013

  KAMP (CAMP) – Opening Night Reception

  World Stage goes deeper to deliver a more in-depth performance experience. We invite you to join the World Stage team for food, drinks and discussion at our opening night reception. Admission is free with the purchase of your ticket.

  Performance details