YENSA FESTIVAL PASS

• Friday August 26 YENSA dance program ONE features:

• • Jaz Fairy J Simone "Open Light" (Toronto)
  • Artists in Motion (AIM) "Our Stories" extract of ‘Ashes’ (Toronto)
  • Lua Shayenne Dance Company (LSDC) "Kira the Path / La Voie" excerpt (Toronto)

• Saturday August 27 YENSA dance program TWO features:

• • Funmi Adewole Elliott "The Blind Side" (UK)
  • Esie Mensah "A Seat at the Table" (Toronto)
  • Ekspresyon "Contraste" (Montreal)

Program Length: approx. 80 Minutes for each Evening Performance

• Sunday August 28 YENSA Festival's ATSIA Circle will feature guest artists Ranzie Mensah (Ghana/Italy), Fara Tolno (Guinea/US), King Chino, Cécé Haba, N'deré Headley-Lindsay, Collette 'Miss Coco' Murray and many more; followed by a live dance and drum celebration.  In the Ewe language (Ghana), atsia means "style" or "to display".

• Wear comfortable clothing to dance in
• Percussionists are welcome ( bring your own djembe)

As part of the festival, you will also have access to a curated PHOTO EXHIBIT in the ARTSCAPE LOUNGE.

Location: Ada Slaight Hall, Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St E, Toronto, ON, M5A 2B7

To learn more about these artists, please visit our website at yensafestival.com.

*Programming subject to change.

YENSA Festival, produced by Lua Shayenne Dance Company, is an international biennial festival that celebrates the work of women in dance, from African and Afro diasporic culture.

YENSA Festival invites audiences to engage and celebrate with us the incredible evolution of Black dance, have conversations about the diversity of African Diasporic aesthetics, its histories and politics from a female perspective.

Visit our website to see the full festival schedule and lineup at yensafestival.com

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