Progress is an international festival of performance and ideas presented in partnership by SummerWorks Performance Festival and The Theatre Centre. The festival is collectively curated and produced by a series of Toronto-based companies, operating within a contemporary performance context.  This year, the festival is Curated by: SummerWorks Performance Festival, The Theatre Centre, Anandam Dancetheatre, FADO Performance Art Centre, Little Black Afro Theatre Company, Toronto Dance Community Love-In, and Volcano.

Below is a capsule of performance highlights

Feb 1 – 3
MDLSX / Italy 
Produced by Motus  / Curated & Presented by The Theatre Centre
 
Feb 7-11
Race Cards / England / Created & Produced by Selina Thompson / Curated &
Presented by The Theatre Centre in association with Little Black Afro Theatre Company
 
Feb 8 – 10
LOST in TRANS / England / Conceived & Performed by Dickie Beau / Curated &
Presented by FADO Performance Art Centre
 
Feb 14 – 18
Contemporaneity 2.0 / Tkaronto, Quebec, India / Curated & Produced by Anandam
Dancetheatre
 
Feb 14 – 17
Dis Merci / Canada, Quebec / Created & Produced by Joe Jack et John / Curated &
Presented by Volcano
 
Feb 16-18
minor matter / Dominican Republic, USA, Germany / Produced, Conceived &
Choreographed by Ligia Lewis / Curated & Presented by Toronto Dance Community Love-in 

The full schedule with dates, added details, and ticket information is available HERE

Progress Festival – February 1 – 18, 2018
The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St. West, Toronto 

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