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History, oral tradition, and legacy: With Sue Samuels, Elka Samuels Smith, and Jason Samuels Smith

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: December 11, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Sue Samuels, Elka Samuels Smith, and Jason Samuels Smith On this part two interview, Sue Samuels (Founder and Artistic Director of Jazz Roots Dance Company), Elka Samuels Smith (Founder and Executive Director […]

Reclaiming agency and healing: With Blessyl Buan

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: November 20, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Blessyl Buan On this episode, multidisciplinary artist Blessyl Buan opens up about her personal process for reclaiming agency and healing, while sharing insight about the sacred nature of creation work. **This interview […]

Moving sculptures and Tomato Blues: With Lina Cruz

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: November 6, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Lina Cruz On this episode, choreographer Lina Cruz discusses her approaches to dance practice, moving sculptures, and her creation of  “Tomato Blues.”  A work which is set to present November 8-9, 2024 […]

The Meditations of Agrimony: With Sophie Dow

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: October 16, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Sophie Dow On this episode, multidisciplinary creative Sophie Dow joins the show to share thoughts about care beyond the stage, and the meditations of fear, connection, truth, and identity which are […]

Fall for Dance North anniversary feature: With Ilter Ibrahimof, Lily Sutherland, and Robert Binet

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: October 9, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Ilter Ibrahimof, Lily Sutherland, and Robert Binet On this episode, Ilter Ibrahimof, (Co-founder, and outgoing Artistic Director of Fall for Dance North), and newly appointed co-directors Lily Sutherland (FFDN Festival Director […]

Celebrating diversity, beauty, glamour, and the Toronto Burlesque Festival: With Dainty Smith

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: October 2, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back Episode Editor: Brittany Baah   Featured Guest(s): Dainty Smith On this episode, Dainty Smith, (Founder of Les Femme Fatales: Women of Colour burlesque troupe, the first burlesque troupe for women of colour in Canada) opens […]

Burn Baby, Burn: With Guillaume Côté

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: October 2, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Guillaume Côté On this episode, Guillaume Cote (Artistic Director of Côté Danse) discusses the latest full-length creation from Côté Danse, making its Toronto debut at the 2024 Fall for Dance North […]

Legacy, and the inspirations of family history: With Sue Samuels, Elka Samuels Smith, and Jason Samuels Smith

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: September 25, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Sue Samuels, Elka Samuels Smith, and Jason Samuels Smith On this part one episode, Sue Samuels (teacher, choreographer, and performer), Elka Samuels Smith (Founder and Executive Director of Divine Rhythm Productions), […]

Transmitting the Gospel of Rhythm Tap: With Suzanne Bruneau

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: August 16, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Suzanne Bruneau On this episode, Culture Bearer Suzanne Bruneau reflects on powerful memories with her mother, the legendary Ethel Bruneau, love, and transmitting the Gospel of Rhythm Tap. The Toronto International Tap […]

The Toronto International Tap Dance Festival: With Allison Toffan

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: August 15, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Allison Toffan The third edition of the Toronto International Tap Dance Festival runs this season from August 15-18, 2024.  Produced by Toffan Rhythm Projects with support from Harbourfront Centre, the four day […]

The Toronto Caribbean Carnival- Liberation & the dancing body: With Ronald A. Taylor and Collette ‘Coco’ Murray

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: July 24, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Episode Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Ronald A. Taylor and Collette ‘Coco’ Murray On this episode, Ronald A. Taylor (Artistic Director of Ronald Taylor Dance) and Collette ‘Coco’ Murray (Artistic Director of Coco Collective) open up […]

The healing power of Play: With Mayumi Lashbrook

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: July 17, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Episode Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Mayumi Lashbrook On this episode, Mayumi Lashbrook (Curator and Artistic Producer of Porch View Dances 2024) opens up about PVD, creating experiential work, and conscious bodies methodology. About Mayumi Lashbrook: […]

Sustainability as an art practice- With Diana Lopez Soto

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: July 10, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Diana Lopez Soto On this episode, multidisciplinary artist Diana Lopez Soto opens up about sustainability, and how culture, heritage, and relationship to earth inform her practice. About Diana Lopez Soto: Diana Lopez […]

Exploring humanness and consciousness: With Dorotea Saykaly

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: May 29, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Episode Editor: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Dorotea Saykaly On this episode, Dorotea Saykaly (Award winning Canadian choreographer and performing artist) joins the show to share thoughts on the themes and explorations which inform her work. Including, […]

Nominations announced for the 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by Romano D’Andrea Foundation

Toronto, ON. (May 28, 2024) At a press conference held at the outstanding Meridian Hall on Tuesday May 28, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 228 nominations for the highly anticipated 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards,  now known as the Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by Romano D’Andrea Foundation. Canada’s largest […]

30 years of the Little Pear Garden Dance Company: With Emily Cheung

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: May 22, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back Episode Editor:  Brittany Baah   Featured Guest(s): Emily Cheung On this episode, Emily Cheung (Artistic Director of the Little Pear Garden Dance Company) opens up about relationships between Chinese Classical, and Chinese Contemporary Dance, the […]

The celebration of legacy: With Vivine Scarlett and Timea Wharton-Suri

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: May 15, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back Episode Editor:  Brittany Baah   Featured Guest(s): Vivine Scarlett and Timea Wharton-Suri On this episode, Vivine Scarlett (dance Immersion Founder & Global Engagement Advisor) and Timea Wharton-Suri (dance Immersion Curator & Executive Director) open up […]

Experience theatre through hipTIX: With Scott Dermody

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: May 9, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Scott Dermody On this episode, Scott Dermody (Dora Awards and Outreach Manager for TAPA) joins the show to share about the hipTIX Program which supports in reducing financial barriers to accessing tickets, […]

Deciphers: With Naishi Wang and Jean Abreu

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: February 7, 2024 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Naishi Wang and Jean Abreu   On this episode, Co-performers and choreographers Naishi Wang and Jean Abreu discuss Deciphers.  A work which  explores the complexities of communication through the lens […]

Traditional Future: With Fernando Anuang’a

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: January 17, 2024 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Fernando Anuang’a   On this episode, dancer and choreographer Fernando Anuang’a discusses his internationally-renowned contemporary Maasaï dance solo, TRADITIONAL FUTURE, and how the work explores evolving tradition towards modernity. About Fernando Anuang’a Fernando […]