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Native Earth's production Niimi'iwe, which opens tonight,  is a three-night dance series featuring powerful contemporary Indigenous dance works - and a world premiere - from  Thursday March 30 to Saturday April 1 in Toronto's Aki Studio . light breaking broken,  a creative collaboration between Vancouver-based artists  Margaret Grenier  (Gitxsan/Cree) and  Karen Jamieson  comes to Toronto directly from its world premiere at the Vancouver International Dance Festival. The world premiere of  the NDN way , a  Brian Solomon Electric Moose  production is based on a 1974 radio documentary for the CBC program Ideas, which features an interview with a Metis-Cree man from Northern Saskatchewan, Ron Evans. Starting each night at 7:00 pm is  light breaking broken  followed by  the NDN way  at 9:00 pm. For tickets and info:   http://www.nativeearth.ca/niimiiwe/ Between our very crammed schedules, ...

When I got the email invitation to cover Carmen Romero's upcoming show (opening March 16th at Theatre Centre), I was excited. I have seen Carmen perform only a handful of times over my 20 years in Toronto, but I remember each time clearly. I remember seeing her at Dusk Dances with my son -- his first encounter with flamenco -- and could feel his startled excitement as well as her ferocious femininity in the open air.  Unforgettable. I jumped at the chance to visit a rehearsal. Because I'm a bit of a creative process nerd and I love (LOVE) coming in to rehearsals and witnessing how people work, probably because I've been a loner a lot of my life. And because I am so intrigued by the story behind Carmen's show, Jacinto.  According to Camen, "I had been working on a project that involved the theme of Tragedy.  In flamenco dance we interpret song. There are three divisions or categories of flamenco which are: Cante Chico or Festeros (Small song/Festive), C...