Black leather Oxford style shoes with bronze tap on one shoe and blue plastic taps on thee other

Orange suede Oxford style shoes with intricate beading in red, black, blue, yellow and white along the upper, with orange fringe

Beige leather Oxford style shoes with a wooden heel and straw brush material under the toe

Black leather boots with taps on the bottom and fitted with a lav mic inside the sole.

Checked out a very cool show on tap shoes and what local artists dreamed they could be.

Sure is at Gallery 1065 in Toronto, and running until Jun 29.

Show curated by the indomitable Rumi Jeraj and hosted by @dancemakersto.bsky.social

Travis Knights (left) wearing brown pants, a black shirt and white tap shoes and Rumi Jeraj (right) wearing red shorts, green shirt and red hat with black tap shoes tap dancing in front of a crowd on stage during a talk on the history of tap dance.

Travis Knights and Rumi Jeraj gave an interesting talk on the history of tap, and tap shoes in particular at the Bata Shoe Museum with @dancemakersto.bsky.social

This weekend!!!

Since 2023 I’ve been working on developing technique and curriculum for wheelchair dancers by wheelchair dancers that de-centered standing bodies/dancers as a reference point. Today I had a really great conversation about why this work is so critical given US/Canada relations at this moment.

I made something for this. If you’re in Toronto, go. If you’re not, you can still access my work from all over the world. Stay tuned.

Speculative choreographies for 50 years into the future.

Interactive Installations + Live Performances:

Sat March 15

12pm-2pm (PWYC - registration required)

www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

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