Dance
Anna Karenina is too long and often head-scratching, but there are rich rewards
John Neumeier’s new ballet inspired by the Tolstoy novel is intense and often challenging, but it’s beautifully danced and always watchable more
Trace proves audiences are hungry for narratives from Indigenous perspectives
Jera Wolfe's choreography is fun to watch, and the production and performances are strong, but the work doesn't offer anything genuinely transformative more
Subversive Figaro 2.0 is relevant and user-friendly
ProArteDanza's beautifully danced spin on Mozart's comic opera comments on inter-gender social tensions in the #MeToo era more
Akram Khan's Xenos is a powerful achievement by an artist at the top of his game
The UK-based dancer/choreographer's ode to Indian soldiers fighting for Britain in the First World War features riveting dance and a near-perfect blend of sensory elements more
Andre Cornellier
Five (six, actually) dance artists to watch in October 2018
This month is unofficially dance month in Toronto as talented up-and-comers and proven talents deliver some major moves more
Toronto arts incubator hub14 to lose its Queen West home
After 14 years of providing studio space and artist residencies to the indie performance community, the cultural hub must vacate its Markham Street space in December more
SummerWorks review: A Room to Perform
Katie Lyle and Shelby Wright's work-in-development is alternately enchanting, cinematic and banal more
SummerWorks review: YES
Linnea Swan takes potshots at modern dance and stays right on the edge of bitterness and hilarity more
SummerWorks review: fantasylover
Funny and deeply weird ensemble dance show puts a surreal spin on romantic love more
SummerWorks review: Zayo
Esie Mensah's Afro-mythological cultural fusion is a thrilling blend of choreography, great music and rich performance detail more
Samuel Engelking
Bricks and Glitter: a new queer festival that's "for us, by us"
The 10-day grassroots event is more than just an alternative to Pride Toronto more
Fringe review: Nullius in Verba: A Double Bill Dance Performance
Choreographic mixed program is open to interpretation more
Fringe review: Nocturnal Space
Evocative dance about reality and the limits of perception conjures up some serious existential dread more
Fringe review: Anatomy Of A Dancer
Homage to song and dance man Gene Kelly doesn't shed light on what made Kelly great, but the cast decently recreates some classic numbers more
Fringe review: La Femme Kabarett
Christina Digiuseppe's dance exploration of womanhood lacks complexity and context more
Luminato preview: mass movement at Nathan Phillips Square
Sylvain Émard’s large-scale, free outdoor Le Grand Continental finds 220 non-professionals dancing up a storm more
Luminato review: Swan Lake / Loch na hEala soars
Michael Keegan-Dolan's dance-theatre hybrid glides effortlessly between misery and beauty more
What stage shows to see at Luminato 2018
Here are some international and local acts you need to see in the next two-and-a-half weeks more