Toronto Dance Theatre

Marie · **Posted:** Sun Feb 25, 2001 12:35 pm

<A HREF="http://www.tdt.org" TARGET=_blank>Toronto Dance Theatre</A> was founded by dancer/choreographers Peter Randazzo, Patricia Beatty and (Master Teacher) David Earle (who now runs <A HREF="http://www.dtde.ca" TARGET=_blank>Dance Theatre David Earle</A>) in 1968. TDT is highly regarded as a contemporary rep. company in Canada. The School of Toronto Dance Theatre is one of the premier training centres for modern dance in Canada.A lot of changes have taken place since Christopher House (who has been with the company since 1980) took over as A.D. in 1994. There were rumblings of discord and many of the dancers left the company at that time. House has since assembled a new contingent of twelve members.

"Vena Cava" Choreographer: Christopher House Dancers: Sasha Ivanochka, Naoko Murakoshi, Sonya Stefan, Laura West From the Gazette, 02/24/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Nest has a life of its own Drawing on theatre and spoken word, Christopher House turns a creative corner . . .after 20 years and 60 choreographies, [Christopher House] came to an impasse in his dance making. Searching for a way out of this dead end led to a sea-change in his approach and to a new choreography, Nest, which premiered in Toronto last year and will be performed at Salle Pierre-Mercure this week.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href="http://www.montrealonline.com/performArts/pages/010224/5115926.html" target="blank">more...</a>

"Nest" Photo: Cylla Von Tiedemann Le Voir, 02/22/01, une revue en français <a href="http://www.voir.ca/montreal/artsdelascene/artsdelascene.asp?Id=14694" target="blank">Nid d'amour</a> [This message has been edited by Marie (edited February 25, 2001).]

Azlan · **Posted:** Sun Feb 25, 2001 9:50 pm

Wow, what a great dynamic photo (the one in colour).

Marie · **Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2001 9:28 am

Susi Lovell reports, 03/03/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Nest is collection of treasures from House Like a mischievous magpie, Christopher House, choreographer and artistic director of Toronto Dance Theatre, has stashed a motley assortment of sparkling treasures, bits of fluff and sundry other odds and ends into his choreography Nest.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href="http://www.montrealonline.com/performArts/pages/010303/5033979.html" target="blank">more...</a>

Marie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2001 7:58 am

Toronto Star - Susan Walker, 03/29/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Dance lab compounds elements Four At The Winch includes work by Christopher House The essential ingredients - the members of the TDT company, the stage at the Winchester Street Theatre and the talents of the four choreographers - can make for some wildly unexpected compounds.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href="http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=985753894116&call_page=TS_WhatsOn&call_pageid=978552666364& call_pagepath=Entertainment,Life/Music&col=978552666551" target="blank">more...</a>

Marie · **Posted:** Fri Mar 30, 2001 2:09 pm

Globe & Mail - Deirdre Kelly, 30/03/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>The power of four: new ways to danceThe dancer wore blood, and smeared it over her bare breasts, and later, over the washboard torso of her creepily captivated partner.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> To read more... Netscape Users: Search Deirdre Kelly on the <A HREF="http://www.globeandmail.com" TARGET=_blank>Globe & Mail's</A> 7 Day Search IE Users: Use this direct <a href="http://archives.theglobeandmail.com/s97is.vts?action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Frealtime%2Fsearch%2Fhtml%2F20010330%2FRVDANC%2Ehtml&DocOffset=1&DocsFound=2&QueryZip=deir %20dre+kelly&Collection=TGAM&SortField=sortdate&ViewTemplate=GAMDocView%2Ehts&SearchUrl=http%3A%2F%2Farchives%2Etheglobeandmail%2Ecom%2Fs97is%2Evts%3FQueryZip%3Ddeirdre%2Bkelly%26R esu%20ltTemplate%3DGAMResults%252Ehts%26QueryText%3Ddeirdre%2Bkelly%26Collection%3DTGAM%26SortField%3Dsortdate%26ViewTemplate%3DGAMDocView%252Ehts%26ResultStart%3D1%26ResultCount%3 D10&" target="blank">link</a> [This message has been edited by Marie (edited March 30, 2001).]

Marie · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2001 6:29 am

Christopher HouseNow Magazine - Glen Sumi, 04/12/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Unlike plays, good dance works are rarely remounted or held over.Which makes the return of Nest, Christopher House's Dora-nominated work for his Toronto Dance Theatre Company, a welcome event.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-04-12/stage_dancefeature.html" target="blank">more...</a> [This message has been edited by Marie (edited April 12, 2001).]

Marie · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2001 6:46 am

Photo: Rene Johnston, Toronto StarToronto Star - Susan Walker, 04/12/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Upward movement Toronto Dance Theatre completes rebirth with remount of Nest<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href="http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=986959966848&call_page=TS_WhatsOn&call_pageid=978552666364& call_pagepath=Entertainment,Life/Music&col=978552666551" target="blank">more...</a>

Marie · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2001 6:59 am

The Globe & Mail - Deirdre Kelly, 04/13/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>House dusts off his much-loved Nest A terrible thing happened to Toronto Dance Theatre last week. Someone in the wardrobe department left the lid off a vat of dye and overnight the old Cabbagetown church that is home to the city's longest-running contemporary dance troupe became a toxic hazard.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> To read more: Netscape Users: Search Deirdre Kelly on the <A HREF="http://www.globeandmail.com" TARGET=_blank>Globe & Mail's</A> 7 Day Search IE Users: Use this direct <a href="http://archives.theglobeandmail.com/s97is.vts?action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Frealtime%2Fsearch%2Fhtml%2F20010413%2FRVHOUSN%2Ehtml&DocOffset=4&DocsFound=6&QueryZip=dei rdre+kelly&Collection=TGAM&SortField=sortdate&ViewTemplate=GAMDocView%2Ehts&SearchUrl=http%3A%2F%2Farchives%2Etheglobeandmail%2Ecom%2Fs97is%2Evts%3FQueryZip%3Ddeirdre%2Bkelly%26Res ultTemplate%3DGAMResults%252Ehts%26QueryText%3Ddeirdre%2Bkelly%26Collection%3DTGAM%26SortField%3Dsortdate%26ViewTemplate%3DGAMDocView%252Ehts%26ResultStart%3D1%26ResultCount%3D10&" target="blank">link.[This message has been edited by Marie (edited April 14, 2001).]

Marie · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2001 6:45 am

The Globe & Mail - Deirdre Kelly, 04/14/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Nest cuts to core of choreography He tells us, by means of a voice-over, an externalization of his internal thoughts, not to worry -- he won't be wearing the suit all the way through the piece. True to his word, by work's end, he has stripped it off, right down to his goose-pimpled flesh.Toronto Dance Theatre's artistic director Christopher House stands nakedly before us, and in more ways than one.Nest, his acclaimed work of last year, revived this week for a three-performance run at Premiere Dance Theatre, uses this image of raw self-exposure to fuel ideas about the creative process.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> To read more: Netscape Users: Search Deirdre Kelly on the <A HREF="http://www.globeandmail.com" TARGET=_blank>Globe & Mail's</A> 7 Day Search IE Users: Use this direct <a href="http://archives.theglobeandmail.com/s97is.vts?action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Frealtime%2Fsearch%2Fhtml%2F20010414%2FRVDANC%2Ehtml&DocOffset=2&DocsFound=6&QueryZip=deir dre+kelly&Collection=TGAM&SortField=sortdate&ViewTemplate=GAMDocView%2Ehts&SearchUrl=http%3A%2F%2Farchives%2Etheglobeandmail%2Ecom%2Fs97is%2Evts%3FQueryZip%3Ddeirdre%2Bkelly%26Resu ltTemplate%3DGAMResults%252Ehts%26QueryText%3Ddeirdre%2Bkelly%26Collection%3DTGAM%26SortField%3Dsortdate%26ViewTemplate%3DGAMDocView%252Ehts%26ResultStart%3D1%26ResultCount%3D10&" target="blank">link</a>

Marie · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2001 6:27 am

Shannon Rupp - The Ottawa Citizen, 04/17/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Oven racks and a bag of goldfish Indescribable dance program uses unexpected props to explore the creative process<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><A HREF="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/010418/5027644.html" TARGET=_blank>more...</A>

Marie · **Posted:** Mon Apr 23, 2001 9:31 am

Jenny Jackson - Ottawa Citizen, 04/23/01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>One man's dance about dance Toronto choreographer offers honest look at creative process<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><A HREF="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/010423/5055540.html" TARGET=_blank>more...</A>[This message has been edited by Marie (edited April 23, 2001).]

Marie · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2001 3:09 pm

GLENN SUMI - Now Magazine, 11.22.01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>BUILDING THE NEW HOUSECHRISTOPHER HOUSE TAKES ON THE ODYSSEY, AND THE JOURNEY SEEMS ENIGMATIC, NOT EPIC it's two weeks before the pre- miere of his new full-length dance work, and Christopher House is looking lost.He's facing a restless crowd of dance lovers sitting in the Toronto Dance Theatre, where House is artistic director. We're here for an informal sneak peek at the new piece, intriguingly (and perhaps nonsensically) titled Persephone's Lunch.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>more...[This message has been edited by Marie (edited November 28, 2001).]

Marie · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2001 3:12 pm

William Littler - The Star, 11.28.01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Dance seeks guidance in Homer Christopher House's latest work inspired by epic poem The choreography marked no breakthrough in vocabulary for House. If anything, he kept things simple, the major development being a heightened emphasis on sensuality in movement. The only really surprising dancing took place when the six men of his 12-member company rushed across the stage in high heels, emulating a game his vocal commentary attributed to the ancient Phoenecians.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> To read more go to the Entertainment Section of the <A HREF="http://www.thestar.com" TARGET=_blank>Toronto Star</A>.

Marie · **Posted:** Thu Nov 29, 2001 7:37 am

Paula Citron - Globe & Mail, 11.29.01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>House serves up a feast for the eyesChoreographer Christopher House, artistic director of Toronto Dance Theatre, is one of the intellectuals of Canadian dance. He also has a wickedly droll sense of humour, as well as a fine eye for movement patterns, and all these qualities are apparent in his latest full-length work, Persephone's Lunch.Choreographically, House's movement mirrors the easygoing nature of the score, at once loose and lanky, sensual and sexy, with subdued energy held in check within a cocoon of reflection. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>To read more search Paula Citron on the <A HREF="http://www.globeandmail.com" TARGET=_blank>Globe & Mail's</A> 7 Day Search

Marie · **Posted:** Thu Nov 29, 2001 7:53 am

Michael Crabb - National Post, 11.29.01: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Christopher House embarks on a long voyage homeApart from the splendid dancing -- TDT is a crackerjack troupe these days -- those who have followed House along his new path will find much to engage their curiosity in Persephone's Lunch. As House himself tells us in an early voice-over, his new piece is "floating on a text." It's not so much about the voyage of Odysseus as about the voyage House is currently making, the way he is liberating his own imagination and using intuition as much as intellection as a creative tool.The result is neither neat nor easy.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> more...


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