Photo Flash: Toronto's Kaeja d'Dance Presents PORCH VIEW DANCES, Now thru 7/22

Kaeja d'Dance presents Porch View Dances under the umbrella of its Urban Landscape Performance Initiative (ULPI), conceived by Karen Kaeja and directed by the husband and wife team of Karen and Allen Kaeja. Porch View Dances runs today, July 19-July 22 in Seaton Village in downtown Toronto. Check out photos of the dances below!

Porch View Dances is 'real people, in real time in real spaces,' bringing together the everyday individual and the professional artist. Fifteen residents of Seaton Village in Toronto perform five unique new dance creations on the steps of their own homes. The dances reflect the unique intricacies of the performers and their everyday lives combined with the choreographer's aesthetic.

Their stories are told through dance and brought out onto the front porches and courtyards of their homes, culminating in a celebratory, all-inclusive Flock Landing finale, where members of the audience are invited to become active participants.

The works are choreographed by professional artists. The choreographers for Porch View Dances are Nova Bhattacharya (Ipsita Nova Dance Projects Artistic Director), Michael Caldwell (Pack of Wolves collective), Maxine Heppner (Across Oceans Artistic Director), Karen Kaeja (Kaeja d'Dance Co-artistic Director) and Allen Kaeja (Kaeja d'Dance Co-artistic Director).

Porch View Dances begins at 84 London Street (one block north of Bloor St. W., west of Euclid Ave.) and continues through the neighbourhood, stopping at five different house porches in the Seaton Village neighbourhood.

Audiences will be guided through the neighbourhood by a special host. Dancers Diana Rose (Flightworks Co-Artistic Director) and Tina Fushell (Ambitious Enterprises Co-Artistic Director) will accompany the neighbourhood walk with special dance vignettes they created for the event. And, as noted above, each performance ends in Vermont Square Park with an audience-inclusive Flock Landing finale.

Kaeja d'Dance presents PORCH VIEW DANCES JULY 19-22, 2012. Audiences will be led to five different dwellings, beginning at 84 London St. and culminating in a celebratory Flock Landing finale in Vermont Park. PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN Thurs-Sat at 7pm, Sat & Sun at 2pm (Rain date July 22 at 7pm). For more information, visith www.kaeja.org.