What was I like in the '90s? Peter Scott choreographed 'Indigo Moon' and asked me to dance in it with him during our 4th year at York University. Must be 1994. Peter has these two framed prints as the archive. What a time of learning, growing, and sharing. What a gift it is to dance. Thanks Peter.
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#dancememory #blackdance #Blackexcellence #torontodance #tbt #throwbackthursday
A heartfelt thank-you to @byblacks and to those who nominated and voted for @danceimmersion as we officially accepted our People's Choice Award for top Community Arts Organization of 2025!
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees, and to ByBlacks for celebrating their 13th anniversary!
Deepening community connections as we celebrate one another's excellence and achievements makes for a magical time. Onward!
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#danceimmersion #byblacks.com #Blackexcellence #blackcanadianarts
📢 Exciting announcement! I'm also joining Yorkville University this fall as a Sessional Faculty member in the Bachelor of Creative Arts degree program! I'll be teaching Managing Projects in the Creative Arts.
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Image by Dahlia Katz
#teaching #universityfaculty #mentorship
Looking for a fun volunteer opportunity!?📣
Join dance Immersion for a special volunteer role, just 2 hours a month can make a big impact!
ℹ️ Details:
✨ Must be 18+
✨ Located in Scarborough
✨ Support arts programming and community initiatives
Interested? We’d love to hear from you!
📩 Contact us at [email protected]
OR complete our volunteer registration form via the 🔗link in our bio
#VolunteerToronto
#Scarboroughvolunteer #CommunitySupport
#GiveBack
CALL FOR YOUTH PERFORMERS 🚨
We’re looking for Black-led youth dance groups, studios, schools, and programs (ages 10–21) from across Canada to be part of the NEXT GEN Youth Presentation at the inaugural Immersion Festival this November 2026 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto.
Applications are NOW OPEN!
Participants have the opportunity to:
✨ Present their strongest pieces
✨ Promote your studio + programs to a new audience
✨ Connect with some of Canada’s renowned Black dance artists
✨ Receive a $1,000 honorarium
✨ And more!
💢Application deadline June 15, 11:59 PM
🔗Apply now via the link in our bio or visit https://danceimmersion.ca/calls/
#ImmersionFestival
#callforartists
#callforyouth #youthdance #DanceOpportunitiescanada
Tickets are going fast — don’t miss out!
Catch NIMBA by Kira Arts this June as part of the Luminato Festival in Toronto.
📆 June 19–20, 2026
📍 Meridian Arts Centre, Lyric Theatre, North York
Rooted in two powerful symbols of Guinea — the Nimba (N’Dimba) mask of the Baga people, revered as a Universal Mother, and Mount Nimba, a UNESCO World Heritage mountain whose fifty springs sustain life — NIMBA fuses living traditions with contemporary performance through striking physicality.
Through dance, circus, and music, bodies rise from the ground and carve space in motion, carrying memory and embodying the deep connection between land and people. As rural and urban worlds collide, landscapes shift, reshaping territory and identity alike.
Moving through spirituality, conflict, fire, destruction, renewal, and abundance, NIMBA channels the forces that shape both land and human life. It is at once ancestral and urgent, a performance that speaks to our bond with the Earth and the future we are creating.
‼️SAVE 20% ON EARLY BIRD TICKETS until April 30
🔗Get your tickets via the link in our bio or at danceimmersion.ca/nimba/
✨️Created and performed by Kira Arts
✨️Presented by dance Immersion and Luminato Festival
✨️In association and with assistance from TO Live
#KiraArts
#NIMBA
#Circus
#danceImmersionevents
#Luminato2026
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW 📣
Don’t miss Immersion Festival, happening November 8–22 in Toronto, Canada.
Experience workshops, performances, and educational conversations, all rooted in community, culture, and connection.
This inaugural festival celebrates Black Canadian excellence in dance and honours the beauty and diversity of the African diaspora.
Trust us, you don’t want to miss this.
🔗Grab your tickets now via the link in our bio or at danceimmersion.ca/immersionfestival/
📣 EARLY BIRD ALERT
Purchase your tickets between April 13 – June 26 and receive a FREE Immersion Festival T-Shirt + 50% OFF our Krump Double Bill in March 2027 (more details coming soon).
✨️Shoutout to our Immersion Festival Ambassadors:
Raoul Wilke (Toronto)
Marie-Neïka Obas (Montreal)
Jay Musodi (Vancouver)
Stay tuned for our upcoming Call for Youth Groups for the Next Gen Presentation 👀
#ImmersionFestival
#danceimmersionevents
#Torontodance
📣 NIMBA IS COMING TO TORONTO!
📆 June 19 - June 20, 2026
📍Meridian Arts Centre, Lyric Theatre
Celebrate the culture of Guinea through an acrobatic, life-affirming performance inspired by NIMBA — the Baga mask revered as a Universal Mother, and Mount Nimba, a life-sustaining mountain. Blending dance, ritual, and breathtaking athleticism, the work draws audiences into a world where culture and nature breathe as one, unfolding through spirituality, conflict, fire, destruction, renewal, and abundance.
🎟Tickets are on sale now!
‼️SAVE 20% ON EARLY BIRD TICKETS until April 30
🔗Get your tickets via the link in our bio or at danceimmersion.ca/nimba/
✨️Created and performed by Kira Arts
✨️Presented by dance Immersion and Luminato Festival
✨️In association and with assistance from TO Live
#KiraArts
#NIMBA
#Circus
#danceImmersionevents
#LuminatoFestival2026
STEP INTO THE WORLD OF ZAYO THIS WEEKEND 📣
We are beyond excited to present the world premiere of ZAYO by Esie Mensah Creations— a work 8 years in the making, all leading to this powerful moment. If you haven’t secured your ticket yet, now is the time before they sell out!
📅 March 13–15
📍 Meridian Arts Centre — North York, Toronto
ZAYO, an Afrofusion dance-theatre production by Esie Mensah Creations is returning to the Toronto stage this March! ZAYO is an embodied hero’s journey where ancestral wisdom, inner trials, and spiritual memory guide “The Chosen” toward her future self.
Created over eight years, ZAYO asks the ultimate question: What are we willing to sacrifice in order to become our future selves?
Through a thrilling blend of choreographic depth and ritual, this work explores the courage required to step fully into who you are meant to become. This March, experience a story of perseverance, surrender, and transformation.
Co-produced with dance Immersion and presented by dance Immersion and TO Live.
🎟 Tickets available through the link in our bio or at danceimmersion.ca/zayo/
✨P.S. Subsidized tickets are available for art workers!
#ZAYO
#esiemensahcreations
#Afrofusion
#danceimmersionevents
🚨 FREE EVENT ALERT! 🚨
Join us Saturday, February 21 for 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠— a FREE dance Immersion in-studio showcase celebrating young Black Toronto-based dance artists, including Immersion Mentorship Program alumni.
Experience an evening of all-original choreography across a range of dance styles by:
✨️abi cudjoe
✨️Abel Hagos
✨️Aisha Nicholson
✨️Chris Locko
✨️Fareka Martin
✨️Rowan-Muriel O’Sullivan
This will be a night full of performance, conversation, and a community dance circle that you won’t want to miss ✨
🗓 Feb 21 | 7:00–9:30 PM
📍 Canada’s National Ballet School
⚠️ Limited audience capacity — registration required
🔗Click the link in our bio to register for FREE or visit https://danceimmersion.ca/2026instudio/
#FREEEventsToronto
#Dance
#Instudioshowcase
#Blackdanceartists
THE RESULTS ARE IN! 📣
dance Immersion has been named Best Community Arts Organization of 2025 in the ByBlacks.com People’s Choice Awards!
A huge thank you to everyone who voted and shared, this wouldn’t be possible without your support. And thank you to ByBlacks.com for nominating us alongside so many incredible organizations. 🙏🏾
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#peopleschoiceaward
#communityartsorganizations
