Are you a dancer looking to showcase your talent to the public? The City of Toronto has begun a new program that will regularly feature dancers (contemporary, street dance, breakdancers, etc) performing in the TTC like  musicians now do. The

Based on a true story, Mao’s Last Dancer is the real-life story of Li Cunxin, who was taken from his childhood village to train as a ballet dancer in China’s communist system. He secured a scholarship to study in the

Dancing bugs set up their blue and yellow Big Top or “Grand Chapiteau”  at the Port Lands on Cherry Street today in preparation for their show, OVO,  the Cirque du Soleil’s 25th production in 25 years. The Grand Chapiteau stands 19

Ever wonder where all those Toronto Lindy Hoppers came from? The documentary film “Hop to, Toronto! Building a swing dance community” traces the beginnings of Lindy Hop dancing in Toronto. It features swing dancers Steven Mitchell, Frankie Manning, Alex Pangman,

The 2009 Caribana Parade, the main event of the Caribana Festival, will start at Exhibition Place and proceed west along Lake Shore Boulevard from 10am to 6pm on Saturday August 1, 2009. See map below: View Caribana in a larger

For the first time in Canadian history, a student from a Canadian dance school has won a major award in the junior category at the Moscow International Ballet competition. This June, 14 year old Alys Shee was honoured with Silver medal in

Half-finished construction and mounds of garbage did not affect this year’s Salsa on St. Clair Festival, which was was as busy as ever.  Dozens of musicians and vendors drew thousands of fans of Latin culture to St. Clair Avenue on

Kids Play & Youth Outlook celebrates the positive achievements of young artists for their third year in Toronto on Saturday July 25, 2009. Normally held at Nathan Phillips Square, the youth festival has been moved to Exhibition Place’s Centennial Square,

Three-time Canadian Figure Skating Champion and 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist Elizabeth Manley has become the national spokesperson for the 2009 Winners Walk of Hope. Manley lost her mother to ovarian cancer last year. Elizabeth Manley was the first Canadian female

The 34th Toronto International Film Festival will be held Thursday, September 10 to Saturday, September 19, 2009. One of the Special Presentations with be the world premiere of “Mao’s Last Dancer”, a film that tells the true real-life story of