NextSteps brings you the very best in Canadian dance. From explosive movement to evocative compositions, this season continues the 40-year legacy of dance at Harbourfront Centre. It is the launching pad for new stars, and the destination of established artists. It is a place to experience dance.

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Kaeja d’Dance – Kaeja d’Dance 25th Anniversary Concert

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Ritmo Flamenco Dance & Music Ensemble – SIROCCOPhoto: Denise Grant

What does dance mean to Harbourfront Centre? Dance is Canada reflected onstage. The diversity, the culture, the global inspiration is all part of what makes NextSteps unique.

What does Harbourfront Centre mean to dance? It’s a place to call home. To bring the dance community together. To support artists pushing boundaries. For audiences who crave dance.

Harbourfront Centre has supported dance from the beginning, over 40 years ago, before the site even had buildings. There have been so many performances, companies and dancers that have developed alongside Harbourfront Centre and have helped create the dance ecology in Canada.

The 2014/15 season celebrates diversity in dance. I love seeing contemporary, flamenco, Bharatanatyam, solos, large scale group work, live music, family holiday favourites, festivals and special events over the one dance season. I am excited each time I go into the theatre to see a show, knowing that it will be completely different from the last dance show that I saw.

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aFor the dance obsessed, only a Flex Pass will do. Purchase four tickets for just $110, and use them at any production. Or buy eight tickets for $180. See more performances for less.

NextSteps Flex Passes are only available until October 11, 2014.

Flex Pass terms: Tickets can be redeemed for participating NextSteps shows over the phone or in person for any show in any combination. Seats are subject to availability. Flex Pass credit is non-refundable and validity expires June 30, 2015. Flex Passes are only available for purchase until October 11, 2014. A flat service charge of $12 per person, per pass, applies to the Flex Pass. The Flex Pass is only available by phone or in person.

Did you know? Your NextSteps ticket entitles you to 35% off World Stage performances. And if you’re a World Stage ticket buyer, you can get 35% off select NextSteps productions. Call the box office for details.

More info: harbourfrontcentre.com/boxoffice | 416-973-4000

Every year, World Stage presents dance and performance from around the world. Find out about the 2015 season by signing up for our e-newsletter at harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage.

From weekly dance performances to participatory dance events, school visit programmes to dance camps, Harbourfront Centre has fantastic dance programming all year long.

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BoucharDanse/Théâtre La Tangente – L’Implorante Photo: John Lauener

Californian Colin Connor explores uncharted waters, casting CCDT Artistic Director Deborah Lundmark in his domestic tempest, The Weather in the Room. Also featuring Ofilio Sinbadinho Portillo’s acclaimed 2014 Harbourfront Centre commission, Anomykz.

May 29–30, 2015

Fleck Dance Theatre | $22.50–38

Photo: David Hou

Photo: Ken Ewen

Photo: Chaulieu Kolver

Photo: Hamid Karimi Photo: Valerie Simmons

Photo: Craig Chambers

Photo: Aria Evans

Photo: David Hou

Through five remarkable dancers, choreographed by Heidi Strauss, elsewhere speaks to resilience in the face of unknowing — an uncomfortable point where what has happened leaves traces on our bodies, gestures and the space between.

WinterSong will warm the hearts of family audiences with its breathtaking tapestry of seasonal dance inspired by the world’s rich solstice traditions. Highlights include a premiere by dance sensation Belinda McGuire, plus To Repel the Demons by New York’s acclaimed Kevin Wynn.

A Sirocco is a powerful Mediterranean wind from the Sahara that crosses North Africa to settle in Southern Spain. Award-winning choreographer Anjelica Scannura moves beyond geographical and stylistic boundaries searching for the obscure Arab roots of flamenco.

For its 25th Anniversary Season, Ballet Creole presents intriguing new works that combine the artistic sensibilities of Artistic Director Patrick Parson, Associate Choreographer Gabby Kamino and guest collaborators to explore the universal connectivity of Earth’s most valuable resource, water.

The power of flamenco is presented with elegance and passion by this award-winning company of singers, musicians and dancers who never fail to bring enthralled audiences to their feet.

Discover 21st century Kathak and Indian classical dance in a contemporary, global reality. Bageshree Vaze’s solos and new group work highlight complex footwork, sparkling pirouettes, dynamic movements and intricate facial and hand gestural language.

The 2015 CanAsian International Dance Festival features exceptional dance by outstanding Canadian and international artists inspired by Asian ideas and practices.

Launching Sampradaya’s 25th Anniversary year, Lata Pada’s Bharatanatyam-based work explores worlds known and unknown, interwoven into a continuum, perpetual and elusive. It features a stunning dance ensemble performing to live music by India’s acclaimed, versatile pianist and composer Anil Srinivasan and Carnatic vocalist, Sikkil Gurucharan.

A fabulous showcase of Toronto’s globally inspired professional dance companies. From the polished performances of traditional styles to edgy new works from debut choreographers, it’s a weekend to inspire every dance fan.

Vincent Mantsoe presents his newest riveting solos. Watch as he embodies limitless spirituality steeped in the realities of his South African homeland.

Acclaimed choreographer Sylvain Émard plunges seven male dancers into the hurly-burly of a contemporary world undergoing massive change where bodies are electrified by a shared feeling of urgency.

Through works aesthetically different but astutely crafted and rich in imagery, choreographers Forcier and Norman explore the impact of loss and transformation.

Award-winning contemporary dance company Kaeja d’Dance kicks off their 25th Anniversary year with world premieres by Karen and Allen Kaeja, both of which play with the notions of fate, coincidence and choice. Enigmatic, provocative and hyper physical, celebrate 25 years with this extraordinary double bill.

60 Toronto choreographers collaborate with 60 Canadian composers in consecutive one-minute miniatures. Always host to exciting new co-creations under the directorship of Viv Moore, 60x60 spans the gamut of contemporary, traditional and hybrid disciplines.

From ethereal to earthbound, this production traces a journey of human dilemmas — the unknown, fragility and undiscovered strengths. With stunning visuals and a cast of stellar performers, prepare to follow the beating of your own heart.

Toronto Dance Theatre’s amazing dancers return in a bold mixed programme featuring Thomas Hauert’s Dora-nominated Pond Skaters, Christopher House’s 1991 masterwork Early Departures, and a new, dynamic full-company work also by House.

Ring in the holidays with Ballet Creole’s signature seasonal favourite. Soulful Messiah infuses tap, African-Caribbean, ballet, jazz and modern dance into a unique holiday classic to the soundtrack of Quincy Jones’ Grammy Award-winning rendition of Handel’s Messiah.

October 1–4, 2014

Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–40Celebrating 10 years of “high-energy, blow-out physicality,” Season 2014 features the award-winning work ...in between..., and highlights from the repertoire of “the best small-scale contemporary ballet company in Canada” (The Globe and Mail, 2013).

Photo: Peter Lear / Peter Stipcevich

Photo: Guntar Kravis

Photo: John Lauener

Photo: Jeremy Mimnagh

Photo: Marvan Kwan

Photo: Dean Buscher

September 25–27, 2014

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37

December 12–13, 2014

Fleck Dance Theatre | $22.50–38

March 27–29, 2015

Studio Theatre | $25–35

April 17–18, 2015

Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–45

Spring 2015

Venue TBD | $23–45

April 23–25, 2015

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37

April 30–May 2, 2015

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $25–30

May 21–23, 2015 Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–35January 16–18, 2015

Fleck Dance Theatre | $10 minimum donation

January 29–31, 2015

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37

February 28, 2015

Fleck Dance Theatre | $19–37

March 12–14, 2015

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $19–37

March 24–28, 2015

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $22.50–40

October 16, 2014

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $22.25

October 23–25, 2014

Harbourfront Centre Theatre | $15–35

November 4–8, 2014

Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–40

November 28–29, 2014

Fleck Dance Theatre | $20–45

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We encourage families and people of all ages to attend. Find the dance that is right for your family.

DanceWorks DW207: adelheid elsewhere

ProArteDanzaSeason 2014

60x60 Dance Toronto

60x60 Dance Toronto 2014Dance Ontario in association with Harbourfront Centre DanceWeekend 2015

BoucharDanse / Théâtre La Tangente L’Implorante & L’éternel voyage

Toronto Dance Theatre Pond Skaters, Early Departures and a new work by Christopher House

Ballet Creole Soulful Messiah

DanceWorks DW208: Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe NTU/ Skwatta

DanceWorks DW209: Sylvain Émard Danse Ce n’est pas la fin du monde (It’s not the end of the world)

DanceWorks DW210: Marie France Forcier & Tracey NormanScars Are All the Rage/what goes between

Kaeja d’Dance Kaeja d’Dance 25th Anniversary Season

Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre WinterSong — dances for a sacred season

Ritmo Flamenco Dance & Music EnsembleSIROCCO

Ballet Creole Agua Como Vida

Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company

DanceWorks DW211: Raagini Dance/Bageshree VazeParatopia

CanAsian Dance Festival2015 CanAsian International Dance Festival

Sampradaya Dance Creations

nirantara — beyond space and time

Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre Space Interrupted

Photo: David Hou

Photo: Anders Jirås

Photo: Sid Sawant

Photo: Chris Cushman

Photo: Denise Grant

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CultureBreakIf you’re a student, or 25 and under, you can enjoy NextSteps performances for just $15.

Group DiscountPatrons in large groups can take advantage of discounts on select tickets.

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