Toronto is a buzz with PANAMANIA fever!
Captivating tens of thousands of spectators each day and night throughout the city, PANAMANIA presented by CIBC, is wrapping up the Pan Am Games portion of its 35-day run as the arts and culture festival for the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.
From photo exhibitions about the state of the world’s water shortage, to sold-out world premiere theatre and dance performances, there has been a cultural event for everyone. Tens of thousands have gathered each night at Nathan Phillips Square to experience a wide variety of live music and dance from all over North and South America, including Calle 13, The Flaming Lips, Cafe Tacvba, Stars, Wyclef Jean, Los Van Van, The Youth Orchestra of the Americas, and many more. Live music and presentations have been taking place at all three live sites; CIBC Pan Am Park at Exhibition Place, PANAMANIA Live @ The Distillery District, and the festival’s epicentre, PANAMANIA Live @ Nathan Phillips Square.
During the change-over between the Pan Am and Paraan Am Games, PANAMANIA events will take a short break, but the art exhibitions will continue to run. The festival returns on August 7 with an entire week’s worth of new and exciting arts and cultural presentations and events including The Roots, Jann Arden, Tanya Tagaq, Janelle Monae and A Tribe Called Red. There will be new ticketed presentations during the Parapan Am Games including OBEAH OPERA featuring an all-female cast singing a cappella music steeped in Caribbean traditions; and the Lawrence Olivier Award-winning dance show MIX from Brazilian choreographer Deborah Colker which takes the audience on a trip to the dance halls of Rio!
PANAMANIA presents 250 unique performances and exhibitions, including over 40 commissioned presentations. PANAMANIA will bring dance, theatre, music, fashion, and visual arts to Toronto in a way that the city has never seen before, creating a cultural legacy that will make an everlasting impression worldwide.
A detailed list of PANAMANIA’s Pan Am Games closing weekend programmes, featuring Sergio Mendes at NPS, is attached.
Closing Weekend of Pan Am Games
Saturday, July 25 – Sunday, July 26, 2015
Saturday, July 25
PANAMANIA LIVE @ NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE (FREE)
12:30pm - Battle for the North Showcase
2pm - Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
3pm - Justin Hines
4pm - Art Battle Canada
6pm - Black Violin
7pm - Victory Celebrations
7:30pm - Francesco Yates
8pm - Damien Robitaille
9pm - The Thirst for Love and Water
9:30pm - Calle 13
10:40pm - Fireworks
Black Violin
Francesco Yates
CIBC PAN AM PARK (FREE)
12pm - Cassava Latin Band
2:30pm - Capoeira Luanda
3:15pm - Cirque Inspirall
3:30pm - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
5pm - Lula All Stars
7pm - The Barra MacNeils
8pm - Cirque Inspirall
8:30pm - Capoeira Luanda
Trombone Shorty
PANAMANIA LIVE @ THE DISTILLERY DISTRICT (FREE)
1pm - Gary Morgan’s PanAmericana
3pm - Choir! Choir! Choir!
7:30pm - Cassava Latin Band
9:45pm - The Hot Sardines
PANAMANIA PRESENTATIONS
THEATRE
BETROFFENHEIT, Shock and bewilderment encompass you in the wake of a disaster. In this timeless,
liminal space you are the survivor, still responding to the crisis long after it has subsided. Created
by Crystal Pite (Kidd Pivot) and Jonathon Young (Electric Company Theatre), BETROFFENHEIT explores
powerful themes of loss, trauma, addiction and recovery through a boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre
and dance. Co‐ presented with Canadian Stage.
8pm - Betroffenheit at St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (WP) $ Runs until July 25.
One of Canada's most celebrated comic artists presents an all-new show about her personal
exploration of life after 50. THE BIG “WHAT NOW?” is a humourous look at what happens once a
woman has completed life's compulsory rites of passage.
8pm - The Big ‘What Now?’ by Sandra Shamas at Young Centre for the Performing Arts (WP) $ Runs
until July 25.
Cirque Alfonse’s TIMBER! is inspired by the exploits of the first Québécois lumberjacks, loggers and
farmers. Talented acrobats and musicians create a colourful, energetic scene of epic feats, complete
with axe-throwing and aerial acrobatics.
1pm & 7pm - Timber! at Fleck Dance Theatre at Harbourfront Centre $ Runs until July 25.
NIÁGARA~ A PAN-AMERICAN STORY, conceived and directed by Veronica Tennant, is a multimedia
show that celebrates a deep and vibrant cultural connection between Cuba and Canada that
goes back 200 years when poet and revolutionary José María Heredia penned his ode to the beauty
and wonder of Niagara Falls.
2pm & 8pm - NIÁGARA ~ A Pan-American Story at Daniels Spectrum $ (WP) Runs until July 26.
VISUAL ART
INTERNATIONS/ INTERSECTIONS BY PLANET INDIGENUS 2015, large-scale installations that depict
modes of transport by contemporary First Nation artists. The exhibit will be held at the Aboriginal Pavilion
at Fort York.
10am - InterNations/InterSections by Planet IndigenUS 2015 at Aboriginal Pavilion at Fort York National
Historic Site (WP) Runs until August 9.
REQUIEM OF WATER by Meaghan Ogilvie is an act of remembrance to the spirit of water that has been
forgotten. Ogilvie was inspired by the Anishinaabe culture and their women’s responsibility to the
maintenance and respect of water. She contends that the goal of the REQUIEM OF WATER exhibit is to
heighten public awareness and encourage thoughtful responsibility towards our precious water resources
and the role we play in caring for them.
10am - Requiem of Water: Underwater Photo and Video Exhibition at Brookfield Place (WP) Runs until Aug 14.
World premiere unveiling, CHALLENGE AND TRIUMPH BY DAVID M. GENERAL - At the 1907 Boston
Marathon, Canadian long distance runner Tom Longboat smashed the previous world record by a
whopping five minutes. An inspiration to Aboriginal and Canadian people, sculptor David M. General has
created a tribute to Longboat to his legacy as a Canadian sport icon.
10am - Challenge and Triumph by David M. General at Ontario’s Celebration Zone (WP). Runs until Aug15.
THE POWER PLANT presents Toronto artists Nadia Belerique, Lili Huston-Herterich, and Laurie Kang
and collectives Bik Van der Pol, Tecerunquito, and YES! Association/ Föreningen JA! Juxtaposing. The
artists work together for the first time to investigate intrinsic playfulness and performativity of objects and
photographs in their individual artistic practices, ultimately offering temporality as an instinctual means of
organizing individuals non-hierarchially. The exhibit runs from June 19th to September 7th, at The Power
Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.
10am - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Runs until Saturday, August 15.
WATER’S EDGE, Six internationally renowned fine art photographers, each originating from a Pan Am
country, come together for this world premiere, curated by No. 9, a Toronto arts organization that raises
awareness for environmental concerns. The exhibition will be held at Union Station Great Hall and
Pearson International Airport from July 10 - August 15, and it explores the integral yet tenuous
relationship we have with our natural water supplies.
10am - Water’s Edge – Union Station and Toronto International Airport (WP) Runs until Saturday, August 15.
YOUNG WORLD FACES OF PAN AM from July 10 - August 15 Commerce Court at 199 Bay Street will
hold large-scale portrait photographs featuring 41 Torontonian women who have family backgrounds
reflecting the diversity of the 41 participating nations and territories.
10am - YOUNG World Faces of Pan Am at Commerce Court West (WP) Runs until Saturday, August 15.
FASHION
SMARTER. FASTER. TOUGHER. AN EXHIBITION ON SPORTS, FASHION + TECH, The diverse world of
sports permeates every aspect of our lives from health, fashion and culture to technology, design and
architecture. From parkas to wetsuits, this exhibition showcases the evolution of sportswear technology.
11am - Smarter. Faster. Tougher. An Exhibition on Sports, Fashion + Tech by Design Exchange (WP) Runs
until October 12.
Sunday, July 26
PANAMANIA LIVE @ NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE (FREE)
2pm - Aline Morales & Baque de Bamba
3pm - Steel Pan Super Band
4pm - Ontario Steel Pan
4:30pm - Alex Cuba
5:30pm - Ontario Steel Pan
6:00pm - Calypso Rose with Kobo Town
7pm - Victory Celebrations
7:30pm - marijosée
9pm - Sérgio Mendes
10:50pm – Fireworks
Alex Cuba
Sergio Mendes
PANAMANIA PRESENTATIONS
THEATRE
2pm & 8pm - NIÁGARA ~ A Pan-American Story at Daniels Spectrum $ (WP) Runs until July 26.
VISUAL ART
10am - Challenge and Triumph by David M. General at Ontario’s Celebration Zone (WP). Runs until Saturday, August 15.
10am - InterNations/InterSections by Planet IndigenUS 2015 at Aboriginal Pavilion at Fort York National Historic Site
(WP) Runs until August 9.
10am - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. (WP) Runs until Saturday, August 15.
10am - Requiem of Water: Underwater Photo and Video Exhibition at Brookfield Place (WP) Runs until Aug 14.
10am - Water’s Edge – Union Station and Toronto International Airport (WP) Runs until Saturday, August 15.
10am - YOUNG World Faces of Pan Am at Commerce Court West (WP) Runs until Saturday, August 15.
FASHION
11am - Smarter. Faster. Tougher. An Exhibition on Sports, Fashion + Tech by Design Exchange (WP) Runs until Oct 12.
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