Ballet Creole Soulful Messiah @ Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON - Fri Nov 30th - Sun Dec 2nd!

Tickets are NOW ON SALE for Ballet Creole's signature holiday production! Soulful Messiah infuses tap, African-Caribbean, ballet, jazz and modern dance into a unique celebration of life through dance and music


Soulfully danced to Quincy Jones' Grammy Award-winning R&B rendition of Handel's Messiah, this universal holiday tradition will leave you singing, "Hallelujah!"

Dates & Times: 

Fri, November 30, 2012

• 8pm

Sat, December 1, 2012

• 8pm

Sun, December 2, 2012

• 3pm

Tickets:  $20 - $45

Location:   Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, ON

Visit:  http://www.balletcreole.org/
For tickets:   http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/nextsteps/balletcreole/?ref=fpbanner

Ballet Creole - Exodus @ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON - Thurs Mar 8th - Sat Mar 10th!

This production celebrates and highlights the dance life of Almond Small, principal dancer for OMO Dance Company (Debbie Wilson). Two signature pieces from the OMO repertoire will be remounted. Danny Grossman also remounts one of his pieces on the bodies of Ballet Creole dancers. Patrick Parson says farewell to Almond by presenting one of his ballets. Gabby Kamino will also contribute to this exodus. Working closely with the lighting director and costume designer, a coherent, yet diversified programme sends off one of Canada's memorable dancers.

Thurs Mar 8 - Sat Mar 10

Tickets:

Regular tickets: $35−$45

Student/Senior: $20−$25

NextSteps package price: $30−$40

Student/Senior package price: $20−$25

Flex Pass eligible: YES

8:00PM

Harbourfront Centre, Fleck Dance Theatre

207 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

For info visit::

http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/today.cfm?id=3291&ref=fp

Ballet Creole - Soulful Messiah 10th Anniversary @ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON - Fri Dec 2nd - Sun Dec 4th!

Soulfully danced to Quincy Jones’ Grammy Award-winning R&B rendition of Handel’s Messiah, this universal holiday tradition will leave you singing “Hallelujah!” throughout the festive season! Enriched by the uplifting voices of Aretha Franklin, The Boys Choir of Harlem, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight, Ballet Creole infuses tap, African-Caribbean, ballet, jazz and modern dance in this unique celebration of life through dance and music

Regular tickets: $35−$45
Student/Senior: $20−$25
NextSteps package price: $30−$40
Student/Senior package price: $20−$25
Flex Pass eligible: YES

Location: Harbourfront Centre, Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Friday, December 2, 2011
8:00PM
Saturday, December 3, 2011
8:00PM
Sunday, December 4, 2011
3:00PM

For tickets visit: http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/today.cfm?id=3271&ref=fp

Ballet Creole Presents "The Antagonist" @ The Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront, Centre, Toronto, ON - Thurs Apr 7th - Sat Apr 9th!

“The ANTAGONIST”
Part of Harbourfront Centre’s Next Steps Series, April 7 - 9 @ The Fleck Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

**Presenting New & Remounted Works by: Artistic Director, Patrick Parson; Associate Choreographer,Gabby Kamino; Guest Choreographers: Danny Grossman, Debbie Wilson & José Carret Morejón**

Ballet Creole, forerunners of Blacks in Dance in Canada, and hailed as, “one of Toronto’s top dance companies…” by Dance Critic, Paula Citron, heats up the stage with a sensual, soulful & sizzling collection of new & remounted works by some of Canada’s top choreographers; featuring a World Premiere Ballet, The Antagonist, by Cuban-born choreographer, José Carret Morejón.

Fuelled with explosive Afro-Cuban rhythms, The Antagonist is a duel of the sexes delving into the complexities of love, relationships and the antagonisms beneath the surface.

Canadian dance icon, Danny Grossman, returns to work with Ballet Creole for a 3rd season. This year Grossman remounts Inching (1976), an intimate pas de deux where - inch by inch – the dancers unravel, unfurl, and negotiate the physical and personal limits of space and each other.

The World Premiere of Trouchka by Artistic Director, Patrick Parson, continues in his legacy to innovate, experiment and challenge the boundaries of ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ aesthetics. The results in a bold choreographic statement set to the emotional and rhythmic structure of Stravinsky’s classical score

Guest choreographer, Debbie Wilson, known for her powerful & moving choreography, remounts Raphael is whispering (1998), an homage to her late-husband and respected dancer, Jaques Marcil. Wilson’s duet examines those moments when realms of existence collide, and when one is forced to let go of two to become one. A new ballet, Mmele wa hao o keo ratang (Your Body that I Love) by Associate choreographer Gabby Kamino, rounds out a dance Season of diverse programming.

Location: Fleck Dance Theatre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Thursday, April 7 at 8pm
Friday, April 8 at 8pm
Saturday, April 9 at 8pm

Tickets: $20 to $45 (student/senior tickets beginning at $20)

Buy Tickets: http://bit.ly/fJ47NN or
Harbourfront Box Office. 416.973.4000

For more info: visit http://www.balletcreole.org and
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/dance.cfm?id=2476

Ballet Creole Presents: "Sankofa" @ Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto - Thurs Apr 15th - Sat Apr 17th!

APRIL 15 -17

Fleck Dance Theatre

235 Queens Quay West

(Queens Quay Centre, 2nd Flr)

Tickets $20 - $45

(Student/Senior starting @ $20)

Ballet Creole, one of Toronto’s best dance companies presents SANKOFA as part of
Harbourfront’s Centre’s Next Steps Series. The works of Artistic Director Patrick Parson and Associate Choreographer Gabby Kamino combine contemporary dance with powerful drums and African/Caribbean rhythms.

For more details:

Harbourfront

http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/today.cfm?id=1590

Box Office : 416-973-4000

Ballet Creole

http://www.balletcreole.org

For Media inquiries and interviews contact:

Kevin A. Ormsby

Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

Tel: 416-960-0350 Ext 5

Email: production@balletcreole.org

Soulful Messiah - Ballet Creole @ the Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto, ON - Fri Dec 11 - Sun Dec 13th

Soulful Messiah is a contemporary dance interpretation of Handel’s oratorio, The Messiah. This soulful rendition, infused with R&B, joyously blends Handel’s Messiah and the voices of legendary black singers, resulting in a cornucopia of tap, popular and African-Caribbean dance movements; a tour de force with undeniable holiday appeal.

Showtimes: Dec 11 & 12th @ 8pm Dec 13 @ 3pm

Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
207 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Prices

Regular Ticket: $25-45
Student/Senior Ticket: $20-25
Regular Package Tickets: $20-40

Visit: http://www.balletcreole.org/