Process+Practice: Double Bill featuring Rakeem Hardy and Tanveer Alam

Presented by Assembly Hall in partnership with TOES FOR DANCE, with support from ĀNANDAṀ.

Culminating their two-year Process+Practice residencies at Assembly Hall, Rakeem Hardy and Tanveer Alam will present new choreographic works!

Ticket options range from $10-45, plus HST and Eventbrite fees. We invite audience members to choose the price level that aligns with their circumstance using the guidelines provided. If you need a free $0 ticket, please email info@toesfordance.ca. A limited number of $0 free tickets are available for each performance.

Note: There will be a post-show Reception on Thursday, November 7th and a post-show Artist Talk on Friday, November 8th.

About the Works

running from and towards, created and performed by Rakeem Hardy, is an odyssey into the unknown, a dance with the immaterial, a meditation on fear and aspiration.

Muhandis by choreographer Tanveer Alam, is a new work based on the Indian classical dance form of Kathak. Muhandis draws inspiration from jaali (perforated stone) windows commonly found in Indo-Islamic architecture. It explores the characteristics of Islamic architectural geometry prevalent in South Asia, proposing that dancers are architects of space, collectively crafting intricate geometries to animate and activate their surroundings. This ensemble work will be performed by Raghav Monga, Sukriti Sharma, Anjali Tanna, Priyanka Topé, with a new musical score composed by Pavithra Chari.

Cast and Artistic Credits

running from and towards

Choreographer and performer: Rakeem Hardy

Outside Eye: Katherine Semchuk

Muhandis

Choreographer: Tanveer Alam

Dancers: Raghav Monga, Sukriti Sharma, Anjali Tanna, Priyanka Topé

Music composer: Pavithra Chari

Dramaturg: Harikishan S Nair

Rehearsal director: Atri Nundy

Academic consultant: Prof. Heba Mostafa

Additional Funding: Toronto Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, TO Live explorations Grant.

About the Featured Artists

Rakeem Hardy: Rakeem (they/them) is a black, queer, agender dance artist originally from Toronto, Canada. They received their BFA and the Thayer Fellowship Award from the State University of New York at Purchase College. They performed works by Ohad Naharin, Doug Varone, Sidra Bell, Norbert De La Cruz III, and Roderick George. They received additional training at the Taipei National University of the Arts, as well at Springboard Danse Montreal where they performed pieces by Crystal Pite, Alejandro Cerrudo, and Aszure Barton. Rakeem has collaborated and performed with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Collectif LA TRESSE, Loni Landon Dance Projects, and Gallim Dance. Rakeem is a current member of the Vancouver-based company, Kidd Pivot.

Tanveer Alam: Toronto-based Tanveer Alam started his Kathak training with Sudeshna Maulik and continued further nuanced studies with guru Sandhya Desai. Alam is a 2019 graduate of Dance Arts Institute of Canada (DAI). Alam has performed in the works of Rina Singha, Lata Pada, Padmini Chettur, Brandy Leary, Harikishan S. Nair, Sashar Zarif, Lucy Rupert, and Peter Chin, to name a few. As an emerging choreographer, he has presented work at SummerWorks Festival, Battery Dance Festival +, MAI - Montréal, arts, interculturels, CanAsian Dance Festival: Grit Short Dances, and Tangente. As an emerging curator, he has supported programming initiatives with Dancemakers, TOES FOR DANCE, and Flemingdon Park Toronto Public Library. Across the 23/24 season, Alam choreographed Moving for the second year students of DAI. He also performed solo presentations at Vilaya Festival (Pittsburgh), The New York Kathak Festival (New York), and Navatman Black Box Baithak (New York).

Accessibility

Assembly Hall is fully accessible. An elevator is onsite for access to the second floor Performance Hall, and accessible parking is available both at the front of Assembly Hall and in the Green P Parking lot (located on the south side of Assembly Hall). An accessible washroom is also available.

Directions + Parking

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Public Transit: Take the 44 Bus south from Kipling Subway Station, or take the 507 Streetcar from Long Branch GO Station.

Parking: A Green P Parking lot is located on the south side of Assembly Hall.