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Integrating Anti-Racist Collaboration with African-Diasporic Teaching Dance Artists: With Collette ‘Coco’ Murray

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  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: January 18, 2025 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Collette ‘Coco’ Murray On this episode, multi-award-winning artist-scholar, dance educator, and cultural arts programmer, Collette ‘Coco‘ Murray discusses her contributions to the publication of Arts-Based Pedagogies, and shares thoughts about the integration […]

Arts-Based Pedagogies: With Dr. Tanya Berg

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  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: January 8, 2025 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Dr. Tanya Berg On this episode, Dr. Tanya Berg discusses the new publication Arts-Based Pedagogies which explores the transformative potential of creative-learning through the implementation of arts integration, in K-12 classrooms. About […]

CIUT 89.5 FM announces new broadcast time for Turn Out Radio

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Toronto, ON. (Jan. 2, 2025) The new year will bring forth new adventures for Turn Out Radio.  Commencing January 18, 2025,  Turn Out Radio will begin broadcasting weekly on CIUT 89.5 FM, on Saturdays from 8:00-9:00 a.m. EST.  This will be a move from the show’s regular Wednesday time slot at 2:00 p.m. EST on […]

Creating community through song and dance – Variations on BrainDance themes: With Jennifer and Laurel Nikolai

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  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: December 25, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Jennifer and Laurel Nikolai On this episode, sisters Jennifer Nikolai (Associate Professor), and Laurel Nikolai (Arts Educator), open up about their research work on creating community through song and dance:  Variations on […]

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

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  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), sits down with her daughter Elka […]

Reclaiming agency and healing: With Blessyl Buan

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  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

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  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 […]

Emerging reflections: With Hayley Ng

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  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: October 26, 2024 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager: Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Hayley Ng On this episode, physiotherapist, and emerging professional dancer Hayley Ng shares her personal thoughts on the rewards, challenges, and aspirations associated with being an emerging artist. About Hayley Ng: Hayley […]

The Meditations of Agrimony: With Sophie Dow

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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 […]

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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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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 […]