2022-2023 Season Announcement
Kaeja d’Dance is excited to announce our upcoming 2022-2023 season, which will feature film screenings, live performances, touring, and community engagement. There will be more programming announcements throughout the year as additional details and future projects are confirmed.
Slipping In-Person Film Premiere at Fall for Dance North
Slipping, a film collaboration co-directed and co-produced by Karen Kaeja and Roshanak Jaberi, will premiere in the 2022 Fall for Dance North Festival in 8-Count, their new short film series. Slipping is an intimate journey of four women’s lives, as they slip between emotional and psychological torment. The characters coexist through their unfolding stories in a century-old mansion. Their only link to reality is each other.Conceived and filmed in rural Quebec with an all-female team, co-directors Roshanak and Karen set out to merge their artistic voices. The fictional and haunting narrative of Slipping was shot through the lens of cinematographer Olya Glotka, and scored by Edgardo Moreno.
Slipping will have two in-person screenings during the festival – September 23rd at 7:30pm at the Betty Oliphant Theatre and September 24th at 2:00pm at Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University. It will then be available to view online on the Fall For Dance North website from September 24th to October 8th. Tickets for 8-Count are now on sale and can be purchased online.
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On the bottom right of the image is a portrait of a person made up of different images of the dancers involved with In Case of Emergency. The top left of the image has text that reads Kaeja and Dance Ontario present In Case of Emergency A celebration of dance Online film premiere September 29, 2022, 7:30 pm EST.
In Case of Emergency Film Premiere with Dance Ontario
In Case of Emergency, a film conceived by Karen and Allen Kaeja and directed by Allen, will premiere in a screening presented by Kaeja d’Dance and Dance Ontario. This new film celebrates the mosaic of our community by highlighting the history and identity of 18 passionate dance artists.
Each artist improvised movement of their informed practices inspired by a transformative moment in their childhood that they have been touched by. This project is supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage Support for Live Arts and Music Workers Fund.
In Case of Emergency will be screened online on September 29 at 7:30pm EST. There will be a Q&A with a panel of artists following the screening.
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Mio Sakamoto, an East Asian woman with long dark brown hair, on her side, her left arm propping her up, and her head tilted up and back. The text on the image reads TouchX // I am the Child of… A double-bill concert with two world premieres choreographed by Allen and Karen Kaeja featuring over 25 collaborators. Harbourfront Centre Theatre Coming Fall 2022.
TouchX // I am the Child of… Live Performance Premiere at Harbourfront Centre in Fall 2022
Kaeja celebrates our 31st Anniversary with two new dance works created by our Artistic Directors. Grounded in memory, Karen Kaeja’s TouchX and Allen Kaeja’s I am the Child of… investigate the complexity of our lived experiences. Community, perspective and a fascinating take on augmented reality technology generate evocative worlds in this double-bill show. With over 25 collaborators, these works devise movement from deeply personal stories, examining the universal power of reflection, resilience, and touch.
TouchX is a multi-sensory world of what remains in the body through wanted and unwanted touch, embodied by dancers and everyday folk who bring to reality the beauty of when our hearts have been touched.
I am the Child of… is a multimedia/Augmented Reality dance production that embodies childhood memories from various perspectives; the experience is ever-changing and different within every performance.
More details and how to buy tickets coming soon!
Photo by Steve Stober
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In the center of the image is Allen and Karen Kaeja. Karen’s head resting on Allen’s shoulder, her hair flowing down in front, both of their eyes are closed. The image of Allen and Karen is in black and white. There is teal text above the image that reads “Tour to Oregon”. Another set of teal text below the image reads “January 2023”
Performance Tour to Oregon in January 2023
Karen and Allen Kaeja will be travelling to Oregon in January 2023 for a residency at Western Oregon University followed by a live performance in the Smith Fine Arts Series of TouchX (excerpt), a new duet by Karen and Allen and a screening of dance films. They will also create a performance of In Case of Fire with the Oregon professional dance community for the performance.
Look out for more programming announcements as they are confirmed!