May 12, 2022
DIASPORIC DANCES: RAGE, RECKONINGS AND OTHER REFLECTIONS In recognition of Asian Heritage Month, we’re taking a look back at Diasporic Dances: Rage, Reckonings and Other Reflections, in conversation with Natalie …
May 10, 2022
This Season, MZD has commissioned poets to respond to the work created by dance artists. Thinking about dance through poetry adds a different perspective to the work and opens up …
March 27, 2022
In the past month, it feels a bit like the world has turned upside down without anyone noticing. Naturally, everyone is aware of the devastating war in Ukraine, a calamity that …
March 22, 2022
When Artistic Director, Gerry Morita, approached me to curate the 2021 Winter Salon the first thing I thought was, “Which ACB femmes do I know that I can invite to …
February 8, 2022
When I mention the word failure (in relation to art practice), most folks think that it means I cannot do the thing I have set out to do. Or they …
January 18, 2022
This Season, MZD has commissioned poets to respond to the work created by dance artists. Thinking about dance through poetry adds a different perspective to the work and opens up …
December 31, 2021
When I was 21, I walked into an empty dance studio with a huge bank of windows at York University and immediately felt a sense of potential. It was a …
November 24, 2021
Finding Movement in Grief: Understanding the Power of Dance in This is not a burial, it’s a resurrection. Written by Sue-Shane Tsomondo This is not a burial it’s a resurrection …
October 26, 2021
This fall MZD Artistic Director, Gerry Morita, had the opportunity to create a new work as part of Artists in the Fallow, at Brighten Block in Edmonton, Alberta. It started …