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Former Sugarplum Fairies Storm the Stage

Tara Butler and Kathleen Rea danced in Ballet Jorgen Canada’s first production of The Nutcracker on tour in 1996. They … More

Grieving the Loss of the Local Volunteer Gardens in Roncesvalles Village

The Roncesvalles Village Business Improvement Association (BIA) in Toronto Canada has re-planted the 21 garden beds along Roncesvalles Avenue. They … More

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Native plant garden beds that are the heart of Roncesvalles Village are threatened by those that want a more organized colour coordinated approach.

Friday, June 11, 2021,RoncyWorks, a team of volunteer gardeners tended to the 21 garden beds along the Roncesvalles strip for 10 … More

Gardening

Female Choreographer Found: Roshanak Jaberi is a Force to Reckon With

Irma Villafuerte in “No Woman’s Land” photo by Wayne Eardley The spotlight over the past years has turned towards the … More

Filmmaker uses her craft to transform the world:  an interview with Olya Glotka

Interview date: June 2017 Olya Glotka, a self-made filmmaker based in Toronto, is transforming the contact dance improvisation community she … More

Olya Glotka

“That lady”: The story of what happened when a woman put up a boundary in the contact improv world

via “That lady”: The story of what happened when a woman put up a boundary in the contact improv world

Last Studio Run-through For Men’s Circle Before We Head To The Theatre

On Friday we performed our final studio run-through before we move over to the theatre. Here is what our small audience … More

The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture

Originally posted on Dating Tips for the Feminist Man:
The opposite of masculine rape culture is masculine nurturance culture: men* increasing their capacity to nurture, and becoming…

Men’s Circle: making room for male vulnerability might be part of the antidote to rape culture

Kathleen Rea is a registered psychotherapist and the creator of Men’s Circle, a new dance-theatre work that follows the story … More

The Velveteen Rabbit: A Ballet Forty Years in the Making

When I was five years old, I fell in love with Margery Williams’ classic story The Velveteen Rabbit. That year … More

Ballet Jorgen, Canada's Ballet Jorgen, Children's ballet, Choreogrpahy, Kathleen Rea, Story ballet, Velveteen Rabbit

Relationship in Movement: Working on relationship issues with couples through contact improvisation

Working in Toronto during the last year, Kathleen Rea, an expressive arts therapist, author, contact dancer and choreographer, and Brad … More

Brad Johnston, Contact Improvisation, Dance, Kathleen Rea, Relationships, Retreat

The Right Size: My Steps to Self-Acceptance

Frames of Control, photographer David Hou I wrote a post for the Love Our Bodies, Love Ourselves Blog (launched the B.C. Provincial … More

B.C. Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness Campaign, Ballet, Eating Disorder, Expressive Arts, Frames, Kathleen Rea, PEDAW

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