NEWS

We are thrilled to announce that Louis Laberge-Côté will be hosting an audience talk back for Sébastien Provencher's Children of Chemistry on Friday, February 21, 2020. Louis Laberge-Côté is a Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and rehearsal...

As the Association of Performing Arts Professionals 2020 conference wraps up, we are so appreciative to all the organizers, speakers, presenters and new friends. We performed five great showcases, including Laurence Lemieux's Love me out of it with Frankie the Pig and...

We are thrilled to announce that Danielle Baskerville will be hosting an audience talk back for Kate Hilliard's this happened... on Thursday, January 30, 2020. Join us! Danielle Baskerville works with many of the country’s leading dance creators and is Artistic...

Dancers in our Citadel Dance Program were thrilled to attend the now-annual field trip to the National Ballet of Canada's The Nutcracker this holiday season. This year 30 CDP students, accompanied by the program’s fearless ballet instructor Portia Wade and parent...

Today we are launching the Aspiring Young Dancer Campaign, to raise $25,000 in support of The Citadel Dance Program. This year 58 bright young students are enrolled in our program – providing weekly ballet and tap classes (new!) to children and youth living in Regent...

We are thrilled to announce we have received a Community Development Grant from Jumpstart for the second term of our Citadel Dance Program!  The vision of Jumpstart is simple: Canada, where all kids have a chance to fulfill their dreams. Jumpstart is a national...

As we get ready to open the second week of our annual Citadel Dance Mix, choreographer Nova Bhattacharya was on Turn Out Radio, talking about the remount of her stunning quintet, Red & Yellow, and about the strength of the triple bill. Listen here! More about the...

We were thrilled to invite Grade 3/4 and 6 students and their teachers from Lord Dufferin Public School to The Citadel last Friday for Nova Bhattacharya's Red & Yellow dress rehearsal. The students were thoughtful and engaged and it was a most wonderful Friday...

We are thrilled to announce that our Resident Choreographer James Kudelka is a 2020 Inductee to the Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame, along with key Citadel donors, Gretchen and Donald Ross. Congratulations! Well-deserved!! More about the March 2020 event...

We are thrilled to announce that Danielle Baskerville will be hosting an audience talk back for the Citadel Dance Mix 2019 show on Thursday, December 5. Join us! Danielle Baskerville works with many of the country's leading dance creators and is Artistic Associate of...

We were so thrilled to present Aria Evans' first full-length work at The Citadel last week and we're thrilled by the response from audiences and the press. Isabella O'Brien from Mooney on Theatre writes: "The dancers were pulsating on stage, and seemed to embody human...

We are thrilled to announce Michael Caldwell will be moderating an Artist Talkback, with choreographer Aria Evans, on Thursday, October 31, 2019 after the show. Join us! Choreographer: Aria EvansThe Citadel: Ross Centre for DanceRead more about the show here....

Registration for the 2019/20 Citadel Dance Project is now open and we're so excited to meet all of our students this fall! We've got ballet classes for kids from 3-14 years, and this year are thrilled to be offering TAP classes!! Classes start on Sept. 21st , and are...

Night Shift is Citadel + Compagnie’s inaugural late-night event, opening the doors of The Citadel to present dynamic and boundary pushing artists. Since the call to artists went out a couple months ago, we have all been waiting excitedly for the announcement of the...

Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh From beloved remounts to world premieres, a new late-night festival to multi-disciplinary collaborations, Citadel + Compagnie’s 20th season will animate The Citadel with its explosive and diverse line-up. TORONTO, ON – Citadel + Compagnie...

We are so thrilled that Evelyn Hart has been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore award for her "Outstanding Performance of an Individual" in James Kudelka's Four Old Legs. It really was an extraordinary show! We are also thrilled that Johanna Bergfelt’s performance...

NIGHT SHIFT is seeking dance works by professional Toronto artists for its inaugural late-night event taking place October 2-5, 2019 at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance.   Application Deadline: June 28, 2019 at 11:59pm EST  What is...

Join moderator Danielle Baskerville for a post-show audience talkback with director and choreographer, James Kudelka, composer, James Rolfe, and librettist, Alex Poch-Goldin following the Thursday, May 30th show of Against Nature. Get tickets here.  Danielle...

"What the body may relinquish in athleticism is replaced by the kind of expressive instinct and intelligence that only long experience can bestow." - Michael Crabb for The Toronto Star (Read the article here) "A profoundly moving duet...rich and poignant terrain." -...

We are thrilled to announce Michael Caldwell will be moderating an Artist Talkback, with choreographer Riley Sims, on Thursday, March 28, 2019 after the show. Join us!Choreographer: Social Growl Dance / Riley Sims in collaboration with the performers The...