Alyssa Martin
iPhoto caption: Benu. Photo by Selina McCallum.
REVIEW: The Sankofa Trilogy is a passionate love letter to Jamaica and Black womanhood
“Politician, yuh have to listen.” “No borders on stolen land.” “No genocide inna Gaza.” These are just three of the rallying cries featured on signs held by picketers in word! sound! powah!, the final installation of d’bi young anitafrika’s Sankofa Trilogy.
iPhoto caption: Fall for Dance North. Artist-in-residence Esie Mensah's world premiere of ESHI. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
If opening night is any indication, this year’s Fall for Dance North will deliver on its reputation for range and vitality, reaffirming how inclusive, diverse, and uncontainable dance in Toronto can be.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Barry McClusky.
REVIEW: Contact highs mix with rehab lows in Coal Mine’s People, Places and Things
Louise Lambert embodies the caustic, recoiling Emma with extraordinary physical and emotional stamina, hands thrust in her hoodie pockets as if they might contain keys to another, less excruciating world.
iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of Rock Bottom Movement
REVIEW: Rock Bottom Movement’s Sex Dalmatian takes offbeat ideas to subversive extremes
Sex Dalmatian is one of those productions I'd feel confident bringing any fellow young person to, whether or not they're a fan of the performing arts.