ARCHIVE 2020–2022

Karen Kaeja’s TouchX, and Allen Kaeja and Bruce Barton’s I am the Child of… (a collaboration between Kaeja d’Dance and Vertical City Performance), premiered at Harbourfront Centre as PART OF TORQUE International Contemporary Dance Series 2022.

In Case of Emergency is a film that celebrates the mosaic of our community by highlighting the history and identity of 18 passionate dance artists.

Slipping is a new dance film conceived and filmed in rural Quebec with an all female team, co-directors Roshanak Jaberi and Karen Kaeja set out to merge their artistic voices.

The 2022 iteration of our beloved festival, featuring ‘real people dancing in real spaces’!. Featuring experiences of live dances, augmented reality (AR) and mini dance films.

Free virtual workshops for all ages and mobility levels in which participants collaboratively created new movement experiences based on personal stories.

KAIR is part of Kaeja’s commitment to sustainability for our artists. In 2022, long-time collaborators Nickeshia Garrick and Irma Villafuerte were Kaeja’s Resident Artists

Short performances across the City of Toronto to promote 31 (TouchX + I am the Child of…)

Four emerging artists who expanded their artistic practices with Kaeja during 2022.

A new film presented by the City of Mississauga.

this place is a new duet commissioned by Mateo Galindo Torres for Karen Kaeja. The hybrid theatre film of this place was created in Fall 2021 and screened by Citadel+ Compagnie.

A site-specific project featuring Dance Film and Augmented Reality in two Toronto laneways as part of ArtworxTO: Toronto's Year of Public Art 2021 – 2022.

PVD10 was a virtual event that celebrated ten years of "real people dancing in real spaces"! Led by Curator and Production Director Michael Caldwell.

Virtual and in person workshops in which participants learned movement phrases together.

Rebecca Margolick just performed Allen’s re-imagining of Trace Elements in Vancouver in 2021.

Tara Bulter performed Allen’s Survival of Knowing in Kitchener in 2021.

In case of fire was performed in New Brunswick in 2021 and in Oregon in early 2023.

Created with Black Women Film! with choreography by Karen Kaeja.

Two short films created in different seasons in 2021.

Mio Sakamoto was the first year-long Artist in Residence in Kaeja d’Dance’s 30-year history.

A livestream performance for Fab Collab on International Women’s Day.

A single-take livestream performance experience devised for #CanadaPerforms National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts during COVID-19.

In 2020. Porch View Dances moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A short dance film created on a snowy pandemic morning.

Part of The Bentway’s Safe in Public Space initiative.

A film made of gestures of connection from dancers and community members during the COVID-19 pandemic.