Luminato goes virtual
International arts festival, Luminato returns to Toronto with three days of free, virtual programming.
Dainty Smith. Image courtesy of Les Femmes Fatales
Luminato Festival Toronto: Virtual 2020 is streaming for free this weekend! Bringing more than 70 artists to audiences around the world, Luminato Festival Toronto: Virtual 2020 will feature theatre, music, film, dance, conversation and more from June 11 to 13. Here are a few things we’re looking forward to:
Black Summers Night with Unit 2, Black Lives Matter Toronto & Tea Base
Artists: Unit 2, Black Lives Matter Toronto, Tea Base; performers Dainty Smith, Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Ravyn Wngz; and DJ sets by Syrus Marcus Ware, Raven's Vision, Bliptor, myst milano, Casey MQ, Sofia Fly, Pothound
Black Summer Nights, Angela Davis. Image courtesy of Black Lives Matter and Teabase
Join Black Lives Matter (BLM) Toronto and community arts spaces Unit 2 and Tea Base for their presentation of Black Summers Night, a dance party with DJ sets by Bliptor, Casey MQ, Myst Milano, Raven’s Vision, Sofia Fly and Syrus Marcus Ware, and performances by Dainty Smith, Ravyn Wngz, Stephen Jackman and more. Black Summers Night will be raising funds in support of the Regis Korchinski-Paquet gofundme campaign.
THE REVELATION with Les Femmes Fatales and DJ Nik Red
Artists: Les Femmes Fatales: Dainty Smith, Ivory, Ravyn Wngz, Sze-Yang Ade-Lam, Vanity, Zyra Lee Vanity; DJ Nik Red
Join Les Femmes Fatales, a burlesque troupe comprised of Black women, femmes and persons of colour, and DJ Nik Red for a party like no other. Their performances are a direct response to the collective changes the world is currently facing, and how, now more than ever, vulnerability and collective expression are vital.
R. Murray Schafer, Past and Future: Schafer's Labyrinth and Apocalypsis Part 1 & 2
Artists: R. Murray Schafer, Barbara Willis Sweete, the Molinari Quartet
Preview Barbara Willis Sweete’s Schafer’s Labyrinth. The completed work will feature all of Schafer’s 13 String Quartets. The footage, shot over four seasons at Schafer’s farm, includes choreography and animation developed from Schafer’s inimitable scores and drawings and music performed by Montreal’s Molinari Quartet.
The short film will run in conjunction with R. Murray Schafer’s theatrical oratorio Apocalypsis. Originally presented as the cornerstone of Luminato 2015, featuring almost 1,000 performers, Schafer’s epic musical voyage will be presented in two parts: John’s Vision and Credo.
FOLDA presents May I Take Your Arm?
Artists: Alex Bulmer, Anna Camilleri, Tristan Whiston, Katie Yealland, Becky Gold
May I Take Your Arm? emerged from audio-recorded walks between blind performer Bulmer and strangers who provided sighted guidance in downtown Toronto. The work has since evolved into an immersive, interactive theatre piece. Now, May I Take Your Arm? is reimagined as an online performance during a global pandemic when we are not, pointedly, taking each other’s arms.
Want more? Visit Luminato’s website for a complete schedule of performances and events on offer for free all weekend long.