4th Toronto International Dance Festival (TiDF 2017)

Toronto International Dance Festival 2017 unites the colors of dance in all their vividness, radiance and uniqueness.

This cultural night, with its shimmering attires, various performances and beaming smiles, riveted the audience and kept their spirits high. This festival brought the audience together to share common cultural experiences and see the arts as integral to their lives and communities, providing access to a breadth of dance forms that stimulate the imagination and provide an experience that inspires people.

This dance festival provided a common platform to all artists (to display their talents) and the dance connoisseurs (to appreciate the performing arts by masters as well as novices). It proved to be a lavish feast for the eyes and ears for all International dance lovers.

Flawless performance by all the renowned artists captivated the audience heart and made them “spellbound”! The quality of dance performed here was unmatched in terms of presentation and quality. The brightly lit shimmering Lyric Theatre @ Toronto Centre for the Arts made the performances beautiful and mesmerizing. It was indeed a wonderful evening of art and culture, an evening to learn and be inspired from.

This spectacular event was made possible by Grand Sponsor - Manoj Karatha of Remax Realty Inc., Gold Sponsor - Trios College, Ambika Jewellers (Jeyaseeli Inpanyagam), Lata Menon (Menon Law Office), Kerala Ayurveda (Binoy Chacko), Royal Kerala Foods (Saji Mangalathu), Riya Travels (Saji Thomas), Chaithanya Ayurveda and Vijayan Krishnan (Royal Lepage).

Production Crew: Gita Shankaran (Production Manager); Mary Ashok (Festival Director), Sudharshan MeenakshiSundaram (Ticketing Manager), Jayamohan Menon, Gary Gu & Lata Menon (VIP & Media), Birendra Rajapreyar (Marketing), ArunKumar Chokkappa, Salome Nalini Paryag, Vishnuvardhan Subramanian, Balaji Ramachandran, Yuvarani Kamalamoorthy, Neha Ashani, Kushalini Kumar, Jaison Mathew, Swati Tripati (Media ), Elliot Rosenburg (Script), and Marcela Aranda (Emcee).

Participated Dance Companies / Productions /Groups:

• Sakuramai TO
• Druid Academy Irish Dancers Inc.
• The Rhythm Ensemble
• SLOGA Dance Company
• Mexican Folkloric Group "Tonatiuh"
• Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts
• Nirkoda Israeli Dancers of Toronto
• Sampradaya Dance Creations
• Shhhhh Designz Entertainment
• Panwar Music & Dance
• Adishankara Academy of performing Arts
• Dancing Damsels Inc
• Roosara Dance
• Samba Jess Academy
• Belly Up Belly Dance studio
• Melodia de Bolivia Dance Academy
• Filippino Fiesta
• Ensemle Topaz
• Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
• Kahawi Dance Theatre
• and Bolivia Dance Group