Repertory

Each year, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre presents three mainstage performances featuring dancers in the Professional Training Program. The School both commissions new works by renowned Canadian and international choreographers, and also remounts classic works created for other companies.


CURRENT SEASON

IMPULSE 2009
December 3 – 5 & 10 – 12, 2009; 8:00 pm
• dancers from all three years of the Professional Training Program perform works by acclaimed choreographers Marc Boivin, Paul-André Fortier, Allen Kaeja, Sharon Moore, and William Yong

ACCELERATION

acceleration 2010
March 24 - 27, 2010; 8pm
• the 2009 graduating class of the Professional Training Program perform small ensemble works by renowned choreographers: Sharon B. Moore, Darryl Tracy, Peggy Baker, Trish Beatty, Danny Grossman,and Christopher House


IMPULSE MOmENTUM 2010
May 6 - 8 & 13 - 15, 2010; 8pm
• dancers from all three years of the Professional Training Program perform works by acclaimed choreographers: Ginette Laurin,Massimo Agostinelli, Peter Chin, and Julia Sasso

PAST SEASONS

MOMENTUM momentum 2009
April 30 - May 2 & May 7 - 9, 2009; 8:00pm
• dancers from all three years of the Professional Training Program perform works by acclaimed choreographers Danny Grossman, Louis Laberge-Côté, Julia Sasso, Darryl Tracy, and William Yong

ACCELERATION acceleration 2009
April 1 - 4, 2009; 8:00pm
• the 2009 graduating class of the Professional Training Program perform small ensemble works by five renowned choreographers: Peggy Baker, Allison Cummings, Christopher House, James Kudelka, and José Limón reconstructed and directed by Risa Steinberg

IMPULSE impulse 2008
December 4 - 6 & 11 - 13, 2008; 8:00pm
• dancers from all three years of the Professional Training Program perform new and classic works by five leading choreographers: Danny Grossman, D.A. Hoskins, Louis Laberge-Côté, Sharon More, and Heidi Strauss



MOMENTUM MOMENTUM 2008
May 1-3 & 8-10, 2008 at 8 pm
• dancers from all three years of the Professional Training Program perform works by five acclaimed choreographers: Massimo Agostinelli, Sasha Ivanochko, Tedd Robinson, Julia Sasso, and Darryl C. Tracy

ACCELERATION acceleration 2008
April 2 - 5, 2008 at 8 pm
• the 2008 graduating class of the Professional Training Program performs small ensemble works by six leading choreographers: Peggy Baker, Margie Gillis, Christopher House, Louis Laberge-Côté, José Limón, and Julia Sasso

IMPULSE IMPULSE 2007
December 6 - 8 & 13 - 15, 2007 at 8 pm
• dancers from the Professional Training Program perform five challenging works by a line-up of renowned choreographers including Peter Chin, Christopher House, Sharon Moore, Roger Sinha, and William Yong

Spring Rising (2007)
remounts of Danny Grossman's classic Endangered Species, and Coralee McLaren's energetic Aerial Procession, along with four new and challenging works by choreographers Paul-André Fortier, Mitch Kirsch, Sharon Moore, and Heidi Strauss

Spring Loaded (2007)
• featuring the 2007 graduating class in remounts of classic repertory by choreographers Peggy Baker, Rachel Browne, Christopher House, Karen Jamieson, and José Limón reconstructed and directed by Risa Steinberg

Mainspring (2006)
• five premiere works by the highly regarded choreographers Conrad Alexandrowicz, Marc Boivin, Tedd Robinson, Julia Sasso, and Darryl Tracy

Forward Passage (2006)
• remounts of Danny Grossman's sly National Spirit, Christopher House's powerful Four Towers, and Coralee McLaren's vivacious Toccata, as well as new works by accomplished choreographers Sharon Moore, Julia Sasso, and Heidi Strauss

Free Flight (2006)
• featuring the 2006 graduating class in Skyling by Toronto Dance Theatre co-founder Patricia Beatty, Christopher House's dynamic Glass Houses, new works by acclaimed choreographers Sasha Ivanochko and Michael Trent, and selections from classic masterworks by José Limón reconstructed and directed by Risa Steinberg

Fun (2005)
• includes Murray Darroch's quirky Fun, Conrad Alexandrowicz's 1984 duet Boys will be Men, and original commissions by talented the choreographers, Peter Chin, Bill Coleman, D.A. Hoskins, and Darryl Tracy


Beyond Borders (2005)
• dancers from the Professional Training Program perform six exciting works by Danny Grossman, Christopher House, Sharon Moore, Darryl Tracy, Michael Trent, and Charles Weidman

Taking Wing (2005)
• featuring the 2005 graduating class in duets and small group repertory by renowned artists Peggy Baker, Patricia Beatty, Christopher House, Karen Jamieson, Sharon Moore, and José Limón

Crossing Borders (2004)
• students in all three years of the Professional Training Program dance to works by acclaimed choreographers, Peter Chin, Paul-André Fortier, Sasha Ivanochko, Mitch Kirsch, and Julia Sasso