when ↓
December 2, 4 and 6, 2024
10am - 11:30am ET

where ↓
Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement
225 Sterling Rd Unit 103, Toronto

accessibility ↓
Pia Bouman Schools’ main entrance has two steps to enter the lobby, and two steps from the lobby down into the studio area. There is a back entrance which is wheelchair accessible, through a loading bay. 

about the sessions ↓ 
”I teach a professional-level contemporary technique centre class.  The class is a synthesis of all of the ideas and movement practices that currently fascinate me.

I am inspired by my past and present teachers Alison Denham (Pilates), Justine A. Chambers, Emmalena Fredriksson, Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, Patricia Miner, Marc Boivin (contemporary dance), Lindsay Harpham (dancer/Kinesiologist) and Andrew Swartz (my coach at Madlab School of Fitness), amongst many others. 

Usually my class will start gently on the floor and build in verticality and intensity.  It is important to me that my class has a logical progression - that students’ bodies feel ready for the next exercise when it arrives.  Because my first dance language is ballet, you’ll notice some things that look like pliés, tendus and rond de jambes at times.  I taught Yoga for a decade, so you’ll notice some of that, and some Pilates too. You’ll see some of my current passion, which is strength training. At times we dance quite specifically to the music, and sometimes dancers will find their own phrasing. I will teach dancer/Kinesiologist Linday Harpham’s stability/proprioception sequence and do a bit of her plyometrics material too. 

I strive to create a rigorous and playful environment where we can all feel free to make our own specific choices.

No matter what, the soundtrack will be good.”

about the artists ↓ 
Kate has danced for around 50 different choreographers and directors over the past 20-or-so years. She spent the first ten years of her career in Toronto/Tkaronto working as a dancer, choreographer and educator, and co-directing three female-led collectives, all with different missions/mandates. She also walked dogs, babysat children, taught Yoga, cleaned a woodwinds repair shop, and won a Dora Mavor Moore award for her work on Gotta Go Church, choreographed by Valerie Calam. Based in Vancouver on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples since 2012, she works as a dancer/collaborator with Company 605, Justine A. Chambers, Jeanette Kotowich and Tara Cheyenne Performance, amongst others. Since 2016 she has been Associate Artistic Director of Modus Operandi, where she teaches and mentors a group of exceptionally talented emerging dance artists. Kate's own choreographic work has been shown most recently at Boombox, Dancing on the Edge and the EDAM Choreographic Series. Kate teaches because she is still fully engaged in training and learning. 

who is this for ↓
This class is for self-identifying professional-level contemporary dancers. To me this means that over the past few years, you have made a significant investment of time and energy in your practice. Or it could mean perhaps that it has been a couple of years since you attended class, but somewhere in your background you have years of rigorous training experience, and you feel that you can handle yourself in a pro-level class.

sessions cost ↓
Love-In is currently offering a pwyc sliding scale by using the discount codes listed below at checkout. We ask that community members with a consistent income or salary pay at the regular price so that we can support community members with less access to income, wealth, or assets to attend barrier free. Thank you for locating yourself in the place that best matches your economic situation and paying accordingly so that we can make our programs available to more people for years to come!

discount codes & donation options
ABUNDANT — add donation, no discount code used at check out
SUPPORTER — add donation, no discount code used check out
REDUCED — 50% off
SOLIDARITY — 75% off
ACCESS — 100% off (contact info@tolovein.com for barrier free registration) 

how do I know how much to pay? ↓
abundant
This rate reflects a medium increase on the rate for the session. If you have access to a salary, savings, investments, assets, or generational wealth, paying this rate will subsidize the attendance of someone for whom cost is a barrier to attending. If you are moved to donate $10 or more, there is an option to do so.

supporter
This rate reflects a moderately increased rate for the session and will allow us to partially subsidize the attendance of folks for whom cost is a barrier. Please add a donation of $5 if you have access to a salary, savings, investments or assets. 

regular
This rate reflects the regular cost for the session. Please select this rate if you have access to a regular income and are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation.

reduced
This rate reflects the reduced cost for the session. Please select this rate if you are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation, but have gaps in your income and no access to savings or familial financial support.

solidarity
This rate reflects the solidarity cost for the session. Please select this rate if you are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation, but don't have access to regular income.

access
The option to access this session at no cost ensures that members of our community for whom price is a barrier to participation are able to join us. Please email us at info@tolovein.com to receive this option. 

covid-19 & illness protocols ↓
Masks are not mandatory, but welcomed. In an effort to prioritize community health, we ask that folks refrain from attending sessions if they have been exposed to COVID-19 or are experiencing any symptoms. Thanks for continuing to work with us to keep our most at risk community members safe.

acknowledgements ↓
Love-In is thankful to gather on traditional Indigenous territory known as Tsi’Tkaronto, “Where the trees meet the water” “The Gathering Place.” This land belongs to the Wyandot, Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg and Mississaugas of New Credit. We recognize these nations and any other Nations (acknowledged and unacknowledged, recorded and unrecorded) as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land. We are grateful to the Elders, and story-keepers who make the first stories of this land known. We honour the history of this place. Agreeing to continually support our Indigenous community and members, and to center Indigenous practice where and when appropriate. With our action, heart, and word, we commit to providing spaces for inclusivity, respect, love, and working to uphold the treaties of these territories. 

Toronto Dance Community Love-In is supported by Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council. 

Banner image by Rianna Logan; Thumbnail image by David Cooper