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All photos by @isi_bhakhomen <3

Thank you everyone who made the Open Studio and the Pitch at FFDN <3

Its hard work. Its love. Its non stopping. And its necessary for us as canadian artists. I wish that wasnt the case but sadly, I dont make as much money as some might assume being a traveling artist and selling my shows.

I want to personally thank @_de_la for being my first Toronto donor ever <3 I also want to thank @oddmeridianarts and @thedancecentrebc for thier support in helping me not fall into fiscal precarity.

Odd Meridian’s support is an investment in equitable payment for artists. It is a gesture of reciprocity made possible because Odd Meridian is being generously supported by The Dance Centre during its FFDN showcase.

And also - thank you, the audience and people that showed up to see a PUBLICK PERFORMANCE. In behalf of myself and everyone who improvised, thank you and yes: it was all completely made up on the spot and we had never ever performed let alone danced together before. Most of the artists met on the day of.

Thank you thank you thank you THE ARTIST SAYS THANK YOU

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In honour of my lost camera, here are some film photos from that last year I shot on it. Beutiful people and moments.

#35mmfilm #kodak

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We are ONE WEEK away until Heaven opens.

📍Franco Boni Theatre at The Theatre Centre
📆Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2026
🎟️link in bio

Various clips from @slonemcgowan and @kendraepik

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I’m playing an intimate, unplugged show August 21st at @agendacafe_to — alongside some very lovely and talented people @clairehuntermusic @thedwiriana @kendraepik :)

Come hear some new arrangements and unreleased work; entry at doors only — see you then. xo

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Beyond grateful to have been apart of this creative process with these amazing and talented humans! I’ve never been so comfortable being out of my comfort zone- aka without my tap shoes on 😂 and that’s thanks to all of you!
Huge thank you to @rumidude15 for creating a safe space that welcomes our strengths while encouraging and supporting our vulnerabilities! Truly an honour ❤️🙏🏻

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Grateful for this incredibly inspiring process with the coolest people ever 🌀

Choreographer: Rumi Jeraj (@rumidudee15)
Rehearsal Director: Katherine Semchuck (@kchuck)
Music Director: Adrian Russouw (@adrian.russouw)
Dancers: Kendra Epik, Sofi Gudiño, Cori Gionnatta, Kemora Manning, Orin T. McRey, Rachana Joshi, Rumi Jeraj, Rohee Uberoi, Rajvi Dedhia, and Hannah Shikatani.
Photos: Drew Berry (@drewberry.photography)

🤞🏽Hope we get to do this again very soon

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Thank you to everyone for my second season at @torontodancetheatre 🤍

The Ensemble of layers of kin by Angela Vitovec (2026). Photo by Kendra Epik @kendraepik

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Reflecting on the first research and creation process of my new wip Tides Within. I am deeply grateful to the incredible artists and production team who brought their talent and heart to this journey. This is a dream in the making, and I cannot wait to share it with the world one day 🤞🖤

Tides Within (work-in-progress)

Concept/Direction/Choreography/Dancer: Mio Sakamoto @amomiohk
Mentor/Dramaturg: Karen Kaeja @karenkaeja
Multimedia Artist: Micha Elias Pichlkastner
Composer/Sound Designer: R Grunwald @rgrunwald
Costume Designer: Hiromi Sakamoto @hiromi_chachacha
Production Assistant: Jay McMahon
Scenic Constructor: Jarrett Siddall @jarrettsiddall
Photographer: Kendra Epik @kendraepikphotography @kendraepik

Supported by:

Canada Council for the Arts @canada.council
Toronto Arts Foundation - Breakthrough Artist Award @torontoartsfoundation
Ontario Arts Council @ontarioartscouncil @chrisglovermpp
Kaeja d’Dance & Allen Kaeja @kaejaddance @allenkaeja
National Ballet of Canada’s Open Space Residency @nationalballet
Kaeja Creative Incubator Residency
Dancemakers @dancemakersto
Across Oceans Choreographic Marathon @acrossoceansarts
Bow Echo Collective @bowechocreative
MillO Dance Projects/Geanderson Mello @millodance @gee_mello

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Tickets are now on sale for
𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮
🗓️June 18 - 20, 2026
⏰8:00 PM
📍The Theatre Centre
🎟️Tickets (sliding scale): $18–$40

We’re thrilled to launch tickets for Sweet Ephemera, a double bill exploring queer intimacies of diasporic ritual featuring Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane’s Peel Me and Jose Miguel “Miggy” Esteban’s pahinga ka muna.

𝙋𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙈𝙚

Peel Me asks you to peel back your layers. Will you? Can you? What sits just under the surface? And then under that? Through a series of vignettes, Peel Me’s performers eat and destroy grapefruits and fortune cookies, using mess as an access for catharsis. This experimental Western contemporary dance work examines nuanced states of control, release, greed and care, all while building a truly sensory experience.

Image Description: Two white performers sit partially obstructed under a clear plastic tarp, eyes cast upwards. A vibrant grapefruit is seen between them, held between their faces. The text overlaid reads "peel me" in curved stylized writing, followed by the choreographer's name, Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane.

𝙥𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝙠𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙖
take a rest first.

Returning to rest as a crip space of memory, dreaming, and worldmaking, Miggy invites you to take part in an improvisational ritual of mourning that traces the multisensorial mad and queer routes of their Filipinx diasporic inspirations.

Influenced through disability/crip/mad arts practices of engaging access as creative provocation, this work experiments with multisensorial, poetic, and narrative audio descriptions–reorienting to them as the choreographic scores that potentiate ephemeral and non-replicable improvised performances of care.

Image Description: brown-skinned hands rest on a banig mat, their clawed fingers digging into waves of woven palm.

Get tickets today!

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⭐ 2026 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN ⭐ International Call for Short Films 💗🎉

Youth & Emerging Artists from around the world are invited to submit a short movement-based film to be screened FORM’s 11th annual festival in November 2026 🌏

We will be prioritizing films that consider and incorporate either 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 and/or 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 in their work.  🔗Application information available link in bio → f-o-r-m.ca 🌠Deadline to submit → May 17, 2026  Slide 1: Excerpt of our Trailer edited by 2020 Commission Artist @kendraepik, Featuring 2025 Festival Films

#FORM2026 #CallForSubmissions #MovementOnScreen #FilmFestival #EmergingArtists

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2025 in snippets ✨ I love all my friends wow

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