5170 Cote Ste. This play by Emily Mann, based on a best-selling book, invites us to get acquainted with two remarkable women who overcame racial and sexual discrimination at a time when many thought it was impossible to do so. St. Dominique St. To balance her program, Porte also performs Cortex, an intellectual trio inspired by intimate notes from leaders in the arts like Picasso, Cocteau and Nijinsky. The series involves week-long explorations of dance and architecture culminating in Saturday shows, and is inaugurated by choreographer Daniele Desnoyers and architect Pierre Thibault, under whose supervision an old church was revamped into performance space, studios and offices for the dance company.
Reservations are necessary.
Their company, Kaeja d'Dance, shares the program with Le Labo des Lettres by fellow Torontonian, poet Armelle Chitrit. Chitrit calls the piece a poem for body letters sung in braille, and deconstructs her words for a dancer, an actor and a musician. Jose Navas and Serge Bennathan have choreographed new works for the students for their program Disparus Pour Etres Apparus. Admission is free. With his wicked take on life in the new millennium, Elias left them howling, as he has been doing to audiences here for years.