when ↓
July 29 - August 2 at 1:30-3:30pm ET

about the sessions ↓ 
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I am confused. It is occurring to me to surrender to it, to amplify it even, and to apply to this confusion a frame - to get into bewilderment. I want to try to find the ground in the air. In this workshop, I will offer scores that overload. And that facilitate heat. We can let fire be a ground. So we’ll sweat and allow ourselves to be moved by the rapidity or blankness of our minds. Let us allow our confusion to be an ecstatic, energizing not-knowing.

Some of the activities we’ll undertake include moving to loud music for extended stretches of time, witnessing each other, sourcing movement from the face: loosening the tongue and rolling the eyes, talking and moving, moving along the floor, sitting back-to-back, working with stillness, slow-dancing in pairs. Options will be provided for ways to participate otherwise for all of the offers according to participant needs.

about the artist ↓ 
Aisha Sasha John is interested in performance as a site of rehearsing being and in the power of reception as creative methodology. She’s the 2023-2035 Toronto Dance Theatre Affiliate Artist. John’s duet with Devon Snell, DIANA ROSS DREAM (Danse-cité), premiered in fall 2022 and was developed during a 2019-2022 Dancemakers choreographic residency. Her first full-length solo work debuted as the aisha of oz at the Whitney Museum in 2017, and in 2018, iterations of the aisha of is were presented at MAI and Toronto’s SummerWorks Festival. From 2015-2017, John choreographed, performed and curated as a member of the collective WIVES, presenting ACTION MOVIE at La Chapelle (2017). John’s video work and text art have been exhibited in galleries (Doris McCarthy, Oakville Galleries). A celebrated poet, John is the author of the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize nominated collection, I have to live. (McClelland & Stewart 2017). Her fourth collection total will be published in spring 2025.

who are the sessions for? ↓
Anyone who dances as a way of imagining, imagining being, being otherwise. People who have an active movement-fantasy life

where ↓
The Railpath Arts Centre
35 Golden Avenue, Toronto, ON M6R2J5

accessibility ↓
The Railpath Arts Center has an accessible entrance and the studios and washrooms are accessible to wheelchair and mobility device users. The closest public transportation are the 506 and 505 streecars, with stops at Dundas west & Sorauren or Howard Park. 

If you are d/Deaf/HOH and would like to attend, please let us know no later than 2 weeks before each session so we can do our best to confirm qualified ASL interpreters. 

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! 

SOLIDARITY — 75% off
REDUCED — 50% off

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. Please use your discretion and prioritize your health as needed. Thanks for continuing to work with us to keep our most at risk community members safe.

acknowledgements ↓
The TO 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.