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
LIMINAL BODIES
Program NOTES
Liminal Bodies explores the adaptive capacities of the human body, through a web-based Augmented Reality application that utilizes real-time full body-tracking technology. Audience members will be able to access (via QR code) two 3D models on smartphones, and engage in a performance through a mixed-reality experience.
Choreographer: Sarah Hin Ching U
Dancers: Minuet Charron, Marina Robinson
Production Assistant: Bella Szpala
Music: Rehc, Aluminum, .breathe. - Travis Lake
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, Bella Szpala
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, and North York Arts.