Made possible with funding from the City of Toronto, Toronto Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Government of Canada. We gratefully acknowledge additional support from Arts in the Parks, Willowdale Central Ratepayers Association, and North York Arts, as well as venue support through TO Live, GWL Realty Advisors, and the Toronto Transit Commission.
Common Ground Dance Festival 2024
CUERPAS ENLAZADAS
Program NOTES
Cuerpas Enlazadas is a site-specific dance installation that explores performance as an act of reciprocal care inspired by the poem of Octavio Paz ‘Dos Cuerpos’ (two bodies). Diana López and Victòria Mata sculpt a visual narrative of a poetic encounter that takes place in the suspension of time, unleashing the fears and secrets inherited from their origin stories.
Choreographers and Dancers: Victòria Mata and Diana López
Production Manager: Patricia Levert
Sonic Landscape Composition: Victòria Mata and Diana López
Sound Recording and Editing: Seth Powers
Vocals: Eva Maria Lopez Stocking
Voices: Milena Mata Geary & Irma Soto Carrillo
Costume design: Afi Brown & Fit2Fly Jen Moore
This presentation is supported, in part, by North York Arts.
Acknowledgments:
Willo'Wind Farm, Land Embodiment Lab, Vanguardia Dance Projects, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts
CGDF/TFD Staff team
Festival Director, Co-Host:
David Norsworthy
Festival Producer, Co-Host:
Tanveer Alam
Festival Coordinator, Co-Host:
Chantelle Good
Festival Coordinator:
Bri Clarke
Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator:
Keira Forde
Social Media and Digital Content Coordinator:
Shannon Widdis
Technical Director/Lighting Designer:
Gabriel Cropley
Audio Technicians:
Bertan Kazazic, Franco Pang
TFD Board of DIRECTORS
Cory Boyd, Susan Colbert Wright, Miquelon Rodriguez, Ellis Martin-Wylie, Blessyl Buan, Carmelina Martin, Dianne Oliveira
Special Thanks
Toronto Arts Foundation / Arts In The Parks, Toronto Arts Council, City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Canada Summer Jobs Program, Canadian Heritage, Canada Council for the Arts, TO Live, Willowdale Central Ratepayers Association, Yelp Toronto, and North York Arts.