Older & Reckless: 15th Edition

December 4th - 8pm
December 5th - 8pm
December 6th - 8pm

Location: Dancemakers Studio, Distillery Historic District, 55 Mill Street, Toronto
Tickets: $15 (regular), $12 (CADA, students, & seniors)
416-504-6429 ext. 30

This 15th edition of Older and Reckless features choreographers
Deborah Dunn, Lina Cruz, Michelle Silagy, and Claudia Moore.

Older and Reckless, an informal performance series, features work from OLDER artists who continue to grow more RECKLESS as time goes by. Older and Reckless provides an opportunity for seasoned dance artists to perform short works and a chance for the audience to see some of Canada’s most celebrated senior choreographers.

Conceived as a twice-yearly event by Claudia Moore, artistic director of MOonhORsE Dance Theatre, OLDER & RECKLESS is “an intimate exchange for both the performer and the observer; exciting, terrifying, and lots of fun. The performances are followed by a party with music, refreshments, and a chance to talk with the artists about work, process, and whatever else comes up!”

In this 15th edition, Québécois artist, Deborah Dunn will be performing excerpts from her choreography, Four Quartets, which is based on Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot.

Montreal choreographer Lina Cruz will perform A Bit of a Piece, which revisits and re-inhabits minute samples of old and new works; a collage of bits and pieces inspired partly by the imagery of Gustav Klimt and the avant-garde of early 20th century. Another theme feeding the work is that of A Legacy, a visual arts project by Olivia Rojas, inspired by her own experience with breast cancer.

Toronto-based independent dancer Michelle Silagy will present a beautiful solo excerpted from Necessary Velocity. Performed by William Yong, the work is inspired by naturalist D’Arcy Thompson’s revolutionary book On Growth and Form written in 1917, and his writings on surface tension in and surrounding the human heart.

Artistic director of MOonhORsE dance theatre, Claudia Moore will be presenting a commissioned duet that she created for her longtime collaborators Tom Brouillette and Jennifer Dick.

Please join us each night for other fun and engaging activities surrounding the performance to get their hearts, minds and imaginations in gear for the show. The ball gets rolling at 7:45pm with an artist-lead audience warm-up. The fun continues each night after the performance with a lively discourse and snacks at the reception party.

On Saturday, there is a special full evening package in the Distillery Historic District, which included an expressive NIA movement class with Martha Randall, a discounted meal at the Mill Street BrewPub, and the O&R performance with all its bells and whistles. Contact the box office for details and how to register for this great deal.