Porch View Dances 2018: Seaton Village

Porch View Dances (PVD): Real People Dancing In Real Spaces returned to the Seaton Village neighbourhood for the 7th year in a row, in partnership with St. Alban's Boys & Girls Club. In 2018, Seaton Village porches became a Toronto performance platform, welcoming participants from around the city. PVD 2018 was performed from July 18-22, 2018.

Porch View Dances 2018 Press:

The front porch becomes a venue for self-expression in Porch View Dances

The mind behind Porch View Dances

Amateur dancers perform on porches in annual festival

2018 PARTICIPANTS

PORCH 1

(Choreographed by Kathleen Rea)

We are dancers. We are human. We are movement lovers who come from spaces across the city. Crossing invisible and visible boundaries, we gather together. We all know what it means to feel isolation. The brick walls between our inner and outer worlds, our living rooms and the street outside. In dance, we join together as a community, an ecosystem. Different experiences, within a shared connection. Across generations, we support each other and draw one another out of isolation and into community. Come and join us.

PORCH 2

(Choreographed by Andrea Nann with Michelle Silagy)

Everybody is unique in our communal household. We all have different abilities and different styles. Maddie loves singing and dancing, Morgan loves to create, Krystal is an actor and a public speaker, Ben is an artist educator, Laura loves to write, and Sam is a musician. We are one BIG family. Our house is filled with music, dance, food, colours, rhythms, routines, moods, cats and art. We love it and we invest in it. We learn from each other and accept each other for who we are. And whenever possible we sing, we dance, and we share love.

PORCH 3

(Choreographed by Karen and Allen Kaeja)

Joining us again are Jim & Owen Adams, an Indigenous father/son team who are embarking on a PVD series exploring teachings from the Medicine Wheel. This year's theme will focus on the father/son relationship that embodies the Indigenous values of truth, love and respect.

VIGNETTES

(Choreographed by Pulga Muchochoma)
Performed by Deltin Diyako Sejour and Yui Ugai

As always PVD will finish with a Flock Landing finale where all the audience is invited to take part.