905-513-6122


2012
Feb 16

Alzheimer Society of Toronto's
Creative Forum for Professionals

Imagiscape performs and leads workshops - 2 hours
(part of a 6-hour event)

Faculty Club,
University of Toronto

2011
Dec 31

New Year's Eve Swing Special
Imagiscape performs

Dovercourt House,
Toronto
Dec 18

Christmas Pageant
The challenging and frankly hilarious play "Rustic Retreat", revived as a musical.
Written and directed by Carlynn.

St Philip's-on-the-hill,
Unionville
Dec 16 - Friday
8pm-1:30am

teaching @ Blues Christmas Holiday Ball
Jonathon and Carlynn teach the dance lesson that begins the evening.

Dovercourt House,
Toronto
Dec 11 - Sunday

Playing with Fire
Jonathon performs playback theatre with Inspired Playback

The Inner Garden,
401 Richmond St W, #384
Toronto
Dec 10 - Saturday

Murder Mystery Theatre
MurderMystery.com hires us to perform for Buffalo Rheumatology.
(semi-improvised interactive theatre)
Jonathon plays the detective; Carlynn plays host; Kirk plays 2 secret roles.

Buffalo,
New York
Dec 9 - Friday

Rock'n'Roll Dance: "Honey Hush"
Jonathon performs with Rock'em Sock'em Boogie at Toronto Swing Dance Society

Lithuanian House,
Toronto
Nov 26

Vintage Jazz Dance
Jonathon performs with The Yellow Jackets at Saturday Night Swing

Dovercourt House
Toronto
Nov 13

Imagiscape leads: Playback Theatre - lab & performance
Theme: Collaboration & Conflict
In partnership with David Jan Jurasek.

Dovercourt House,
Toronto
Nov 11, 12

Ain't No Grave
fast swing dance performance
(lindy hop)

Sanctuary,
Toronto
Nov 6

Playback in Occupy Park
Imagiscape performs as part of the Inspired Playback Theatre Company

Toronto
Nov 5

Private Party
Imagiscape performs

Toronto
Oct 2;   Nov 6;   Nov 13

Shooting Stars & High Spirits
Carlynn's two drama youth groups perform 3 different plays

St Philip's-on-the-hill,
Unionville
Saturdays,
Oct 22 - Nov 12, 11:30am-1:00

Improv for Alzheimer's
details

Toronto
Oct 21 J performs The Big Apple
(group vintage jazz routine)
with Gangbusters
Habeeba's,
Toronto
Oct 1
8pm
J performs in Motus O's "Perspectives"

Stouffville
Sept 23
C performs for the OACCPP Conference
(Ontario Association of Counsellors, Consultants, Psychotherapists and Psychometrists)
with the Inspired Playback Theatre company
Toronto
August 22-26
Musical Theatre Summer Camp
St Philip's-on-the-hill
Monday - Friday 9:30-1:00
Gala Performance Friday August 26 @ 7pm
Ages 7 - 17.  For an audition, call 905-477-1991.

St Philip's,
Unionville
Map
July 8-17
only $10 at Fringe Festival of Theatre
Click for Event on Facebook
George Ignatieff Theatre
(U of T, south or Bloor, west of Queen's Park), 15 Devonshire

Friday, July 8, 2011 - 8:45pm - 9:45pm
Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 1:45pm - 2:45pm
Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 10:15pm - 11:15pm
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 5:45pm - 6:45pm
Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Tickets: 416-966-1062 (starting June 13)
Toronto
June 7 NeuroGenesis   @ FICCDAT
International Rehabilitation Conference

Imagiscape performs NeuroGenesis (a.k.a. Neurorehabilitation through Contact Improv Dance) at the closing banquet.
Over 1250 delegates from 36 countries attended the last conference.
Toronto
June 7 Caregiving as / through Music
Imagiscape presents a workshop at the conference "Caregiving in the 21st Century"
- part of FICCDAT, a conference of international rehabilitation conferences.
Toronto
June 6 Advance Your Play: Caregiving as / through Theatre
Imagiscape presents a workshop at the conference "Caregiving in the 21st Century"
- part of FICCDAT, a conference of international rehabilitation conferences.
Toronto
June 6 Can 'Mind' Integrate While Brain 'Disintegrates'?
Imagiscape presents a poster @ the conference "Advances in Neurorehabilitation"
- part of FICCDAT, a conference of international rehabilitation conferences.
Toronto
June 6 Beyond Computer Brain Games
Imagiscape presents a paper @ the conference "Growing Older With a Disability"
- part of FICCDAT, a conference of international rehabilitation conferences.
Toronto
May 29 Carlynn's youth troupe "Shooting Stars" perform:
Psalm 31
Toronto
May 8 Carlynn's youth troupe "Shooting Stars" perform:
The Road to Emmaeus
Toronto
April 17 Carlynn's youth troupe "Shooting Stars" perform:
Hosanna
Toronto
April 10
4-6pm
Contact Meets Blues
Carlynn teaches with world-class dancer Dan Amores: Contact Improv meets Blues Dance
Dovercourt House,
Toronto
April 2
10pm-11pm
Bees Knees' April Fools Show
Jonathon performs 3 dances with the Rock'n'Roll troupe and the Advanced Choreography Swing class
Dovercourt House,
Toronto
March 17-20
Roaring 20s Megillah
Carlynn & Jonathon perform 2 dance routines as part of a Purim musical theatre production
Beth Tzedec Synagogue,
Toronto
March & April
Wednesdays, 5-6pm
Let's Get Better Together, round 2
Contact Improv Dance intermediate-to-advanced study group
Toronto
Feb 20 Carlynn's youth troupe "Shooting Stars" perform:
The Creed
Toronto
January 25 Murder Mystery - Procter & Gamble
MurderMystery.com hires us to perform for P&G Pet Care Annual Sales Meeting.
(semi-improvised interactive theatre)
Jonathon plays detective; Carlynn plays 2 secret roles; 40 client executives star.
Toronto
January & February
Wednesdays, 5-6pm
Let's Get Better Together
Contact Improv Dance intermediate-to-advanced study group
Toronto
January 7 Blues Dance Class
(Jonathon and Carlynn)
Dovercourt House
Toronto

2010
Oct-Dec Blues Dance Class
(Carlynn and Simon)
Dovercourt House
Toronto
Oct 23 Jonathon enters his first Swing dance competition - with a spur-of-the-moment dance partner - and wins!
(STAT special event)
Dovercourt House
Toronto
Sept 5 Imagiscape's 1st annual party for the Swing dance community
Toronto
August 1 Imagiscape's annual party for the Contact Improv dance community
Toronto
July 12-18 Musical Theatre Camp
5 days with 4 professionals:
director, acting coach, singing coach and multi-instrument musician,
plus a performance Sunday evening.
A whole lot of fun - a whole lot of growth. $100. Ages 7-17. Ask.
Toronto
Sat June 26
2pm & 7pm
IN THERAPY - Facebook Event
4 couples portrayed by 8 improvising actors on stage with 1 real therapist
Toronto
Sat May 29
8pm
Ontario Regional Contact Jam Performance Night
Two performances: Blues & Swing dance +
Alzheimer's Sings: While Jonathon plays guitar and his tenant from Columbia plays guitar and sings in English, 11-years-into-Alzheimer's Momma and Jonathon sing in Spanish
Toronto
Sun., May 16
3pm-7pm.
Making Connections: Performance (Neurogenesis) & Workshop (Swing & Blues & Contact Improv) Morningstar Centre,
Barry's Bay
May 14-15, 2010 Teaching @ Sacred Dance Guild
Along with Ruth Douthwright, Carlynn & Jonathon lead dance classes and perform.
Ottawa
May 8, 2010
9am-10am
Playback Theatre: Learn Dis!
International Dyslexia Association's     Annual Conference
Improvised theatre based on an ongoing conversation with the audience. Introduced by Paula Todd from CTV's W-FIVE.
Toronto -
Havergal College
1451 Avenue Road
Jan 23 Dance Ontario Dance-Weekend
Carlynn performs with Kaeja d'Dance
Toronto -
Fleck Dance Theatre
(Premiere Dance Theatre)
Jan 1, 2010 Swing Show: Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down)
3 minute dance performance at annual "Gospel Swing" New Year's Dance
Toronto
(Dovercourt House)

2009
Nov 16 & 18 Playback Theatre: Learn Dis!
2 sold-out shows (200 people) of improv theatre based on an ongoing conversation with the audience. (Smash hit!)
Toronto - YMCA +
Hart House @ University of Toronto
Sept 26 Newsflash!
After 14 years in severe chronic pain that restricted movement, digestion, speech and breathing, and one year of remarkable steady recovery, Kirk (truly a guitar god) was able to pick up his guitar for the first time in 7 years in June, began performing for a small group in August, and now has his first gig.
Toronto
July 13-19 Musical Theatre Camp
5 days with 4 professionals:
director, acting coach, singing coach and multi-instrument musician,
plus a performance Sunday evening.
A whole lot of fun - a whole lot of growth. $100
Toronto
July 2-July 10 Imagiscape Presents
Randy Rutherford's Weaverville Waltz

"Harrowing and hilarious." Oakland Tribune
"Weaverville Waltz will sweep you off your cynical feet."4.5 stars Edmonton Journal
"If you haven't already, you're going to hear a lot about this."5 stars Winnipeg Sun
"Picks you up and sweeps you around the room. ...a fully-textured world with complex characters who will stay with you…"  Georgia Straight
"Nothing short of damn inspiring… When it's over, you feel like good friends… it's heartbreaking to walk by him later and have him not recognize you." Edmonton Sun
"Sublime... mesmerizing" 5 stars SEE Magazine
Toronto
June 21 The Cheat
written and directed by Carlynn for SPA (St Paul's Acts)
St Paul's L'Amoreaux,
Toronto
Saturday, June 13 Alberta Caregivers Association presents

Royal Alberta Museum,
Edmonton
Jan 25
(Sunday, 1:30-6pm)
Basic Skills Contact Improv (Dance) Workshop
by Kathleen Rea & Carlynn Reed
Dovercourt House,
Toronto

2008
Dec 14 A Rustic Retreat
(Christmas Pageant written and directed by Carlynn)
St Paul's L'Amoreaux
Toronto
Dec 13 Santa's In a Mood
@ SwingToronto's Christmas Swing Ball
Dovercourt House,
Toronto
Dec 12 Santa's In a Mood
@ Toronto Swing Dance Society
Lithuania House,
Toronto
Nov 28 Santa's In a Mood
(Carlynn with Simon Threlkeld)
Wycliffe College,
University of Toronto
July 20-25, 2008

 

50th Anniversary Conference - Sacred Dance Guild

How to Fly and Grow Brain Cells: Bearing One Another's Weight

Carlynn will be a master presenter and performer - every day for 2 hours with the same group, plus a 1 hour workshop for others in the festival so they can get a taste, plus a short performance at the end with the class.

Connecticut College - New London, Connecticut
July 3-12Imagiscape Presents:
21-time 'Best of Fringe' Randy Rutherford in his Toronto debut
Singing at the Edge of the World
Toronto
June 20
6:30-8pm
Women's Shelter for survivors of Human Trafficking
- A Celebration of Life - Jonathon leads recovering sex trade workers in a clown-plus experience.
Toronto
June 8
1:30-6pm
Carlynn co-leads the semi-annual
Basic Skills Contact Improv Class
with Kathleen Rea. 
Dovercourt House,
Toronto
June 7
4pm-5pm
Sacred Dance Guild
Ottawa/Toronto conference
teach contact improv dance to all +
perform contact (improvised) to the live flute of Debbie Danbrook
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Church
Toronto
June 2
10am-3pm
Never again? Discovering our Power, Discovering Peace - Possible Responses to Genocide. Through physical education/dance exercises, students discover unknown strength/abilities, that they therefore have choices, and how their strength can be multiplied in teamwork. Arts for Engaged Citizenship, in collaboration with STAND Canada and theatre director Mark Cassidy, organized by Te Amim.
Aurora High School
Aurora, Ontario
May 6
9am-3pm
Never again?
Discovering our Power - Choices, Abilities and Teamwork. Arts for Engaged Citizenship, exploring possible responses to genocide, in collaboration with STAND Canada, organized by Te Amim.
Rosedale Heights School for the Arts
Toronto
Feb 4-13

(Pacific time)
Ep#1: Feb 4, 2:30pm 

repeat: Feb 6, 1pm

Ep#2: Feb 11, 2:30

repeat: Feb 13, 1pm
"Heal Thyself " on TV - The Knowledge Network
Originally aired on CBC TV, a 2-episode special about Imagiscape's "Heal Thyself" project will be shown at 4 time slots on The Knowledge Network 
British Columbia 
and 

elsewhere 
via satellite 

on Star Choice and 
Bell ExpressVu
February 4, 2008 "NeuroGenesis through Contact Improv Dance"
+ theatre/social games
@ York University

at Kate Rossiter's graduate studies class 
"Art and Art Making for Health Research and Practice" at York University.
York University,
Toronto
January 27, 2008
7pm
Heal Thyself
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Ajax
Ajax, Ontario
(map)
January 1, 2008 Gospel Swing - New Year's Day
Excerpt from Imago Dei (drama+contact improv dance) + swing finale. 
Toronto
Dovercourt House

2007
November 30 Imago Dei:
Dance is Caregiving; Caregiving is Dance -
Learn to Dance from the Master.
A short 11-minute performance as part of the
Wycliffe College Annual Family Christmas Party
Toronto

Wycliffe College, U of T
5 Hoskin Ave

Sept 13, 2007 Simcoe County Association for the Physically Disabled
Annual Conference
Keynote Presentation:  Heal Thyself
Barrie, Ontario
June 18
1:30-3:00
 FICCDAT - Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology
Presentation:
 With Cane, I'm Able - Disabled Humour 
Toronto
June 17
5:15-6:45
FICCDAT Festival-wide Special Event: 
"After the Crash" by Julia Gray, Pia Kontos, ....
Advances in Neurorehabilitation - Presentation:
Neurorehabilitation through Contact Dance
Toronto
June 17
10:30 a.m.
Caregivers - Partners in Care  -  A FICCDAT International Conference
Presentation:
Caregiving - A Contact Dance
Toronto

June 12
7:30-9:30

Imago Evening
Curated by John Franklin.
"Imago Dei" by Imagiscape
Other artists: Jason Hildebrand, Kelita, D.S. Martin, Linda Mackey, Belma Vardy, Hannah Main-Van der Camp, Carl Merenick and Peter Lutek

  Toronto

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse
106 Trinity St.
(east of Parliament & King)

May 26
8:08 pm
Contact Improv, The Greatest Education - a danced lecture
@
Series 8:08  Choreographic Performance Works
Toronto
YMCA on Grosvenor
 just west of Yonge, 
2 blocks north of College
May 6,
10:30 a.m.
Christianity - The Solution, or Part of the Problem?
+
Being Ecological:  A Sacrifice or the Rich Life?
(Being a Channel for Creation)
+
How an Ecological Economy can Save Polar Bears and Urban Kids
Presented by Jonathon for St Paul's series The Word and the World
Scarborough (Toronto)

St Paul's L'Amoureaux,
(Finch & Warden)
April 22 & 29
May 27, June 3
Ensemble Improvisation Workshop - 'Holding the Space' - $5, 1:45-2:45pm Toronto
March 24 Carlynn co-leads a Contact Improv workshop Toronto
February 24 Jonathon co-leads a Clown Chakra workshop
commissioned by Our Lady of Lourdes church
Toronto
February 9 Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario - Annual Women's Conference
 - workshop in collaboration with ElderCaring.ca, LifeLine, Premier Homecare Services, Red Coats Moving Services, and Dignity Memorial.
Toronto
Jan 7, 14, 21 Ensemble Improvisation Workshop - 'Holding the Space' - $5, 2-3pm Toronto

2006
Dec 31 The Art of Contact  
screening of a documentary by Maayan Cohen featuring 
dancers from the Toronto Contact Improv community, 
Kaeja d'Dance and Imagiscape Theatre.
Toronto
Dec 16 Nothing for Christmas  
- St Timothy's Church, Scarborough
Toronto
Dec 1 Nothing for Christmas  
- Wycliffe College
Toronto
Nov 26, Dec 3 &10 Ensemble Improvisation Workshop 
- '
Holding the Space' - $5, 2-3pm
Toronto
November 4, 2006 Carlynn co-leads a Contact Improv workshop Toronto
October 7 Jonathon co-leads a Caregiver Clown workshop Toronto
September 23 Caregivers of the Planet 
@ Equinox Festival
Kitchener, Ontario
July 29-30 Heal Thyself 
@ Holy Trinity Church (Combined Events, 5 Churches)
Quebec
July 23-27 Heal Thyself 
@ Arts Renewal Conference - performance and workshops (invited)
Caux, Switzerland
Wednesday, May 17 at 7:00pm Heal Thyself 
@
Caregivers Conference - 
Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy

 Conference runs May 17-19, 2006
Geneva Park (near Orillia)
April 26  Heal Thyself 
@  Society for the Arts in Health Care

15th Annual International Conference    (invited)
Chicago
April 16 & April 23 CBC TV's Moving On presents: 
a 2-episode exploration of the Heal Thyself project
Canada-wide
 April 8 Jonathon co-leads a Caregiver Clown workshop Toronto
March 25 Carlynn co-leads a Contact Improv workshop Toronto
March 20-30

Jonathon performs Lysander in Motus O Dance Theater's production of  
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Northern and Central Ontario


Calendar Archives - 2005

Saturday,
November 18
Imagiscape Youth:
Two One-Act Plays

2:00 pm    

The No-Show Showdown

7:00 pm 

The No-Show Showdown
St.Philip's-on-the-Hill Church, Unionville
Markham Road, north of 16th Ave.
(see map)
November 3, 8pm
November 4, 8pm
November 5, 8pm

 
World Première

www.imagiscape.ca/tickets

Winchester Street Theatre
("TDT", home of 
Toronto Dance Theatre)
80 Winchester Street (map)

October 27
7:30-9:30
Imago Evening:  "Exile"
Curated by John Franklin.
Excerpts from Heal Thyself
Other artists: Phyllis Novak, Sue Cohen, Karen Robinson, 
Robert Alloway, Carol Olson, Wojciech Macherzynski 

  Toronto

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse
106 Trinity St.
(east of Parliament & King)

August-September, 2005

Development Tour - Workshop Previews

Edmonton
Fringe Festival
:

Trans Alta Stage 1
(Westbury Theatre)
(seating capacity: 270)
                                 
Friday, Aug 19, 7:30
Saturday, Aug 20, 5:45
Sunday, Aug 21, 1:45
Tuesday, Aug 23, 9:15
Wed, Aug 24, noon 
Friday, Aug 26, 12:30

Tickets $8 at the door

Vancouver
Fringe Festival:

Lind Hall,
Granville Island
1318 Cartwright Street 
(False Creek Community Centre)
                                         
Thursday, Sept 8, 9:15 pm
Friday, Sept 9, 10:00 pm
Sunday, Sept 11, 7:45 pm
Monday, Sept 12, 7:00 pm
Friday, Sept 16, 4:30 pm
Saturday, Sept 17, 11:45 pm

Tickets $8 at the door

May 26, 8pm
May 27, 8pm
May 28, 8pm


 
Workshop Presentation

For your free ticket, contact 647-836-1147

   

Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 
189 St. George St, just south of Harbord.
(south-west of Avenue Rd & Bloor)
May 7, 9pm Mountain Top Talk  (10 minutes) Sanctuary Arts Extravaganza, 25 Charles Street East (map)

May 7, 4:30pm

Mountain Top Talk  (10 minutes) Arts in Liturgy Conference,
Church of the Redeemer,
Toronto
March 4-10 Jonathon performs with Motus O Dance Theatre
in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
New Brunswick
February 26, 10pm Heal Thyself - 10 minute excerpt Sanctuary Arts Extravaganza, 25 Charles Street East (map)
February 16, March 2,
April 6, April 20
Improv Theatre Classes & Performances
focusing on changing group dynamics ('stuck systems') 
Imagiscape Studio

 


Calendar Archives

 2004 

Saturday,
November 20
Imagiscape Youth:

Two One-Act Plays

2:00 pm    

Evelyn's Garden, Part 1
Evelyn's Garden, Part 3

7:00 pm 

Evelyn's Garden, Part 1
Evelyn's Garden, Part 3
St.Philip's-on-the-Hill Church, Unionville
Markham Road, north of 16th Ave.
(see map)

 

Man & Woman Tour:

London Fringe Festival    (London, Ontario)
Spriet Family Theatre (in Covent Garden Market)
Sat July 31    6:30pm,
Sun Aug 1     5:00pm,
Mon Aug 2    8:30pm,
  Thurs Aug 5   5:30pm
  Fri Aug 6       9:00pm
  Sat Aug 7      4:30pm

British Columbia:
Vancouver - Aug 18 -
Victoria - Aug 21, Second Story
Lasqueti Island - August 28


August 19, 20, 21 - Street Performances (Busking) -  Victoria's Inner Harbour

August 15 - The Creation and Psalm 150 - St. Andrew's United Church

June 11 - The Beatitudes  - St. Paul's-Lamoureux Anglican Church

June 9 - Improv Class Performance - Imagiscape Studio
                        +
June 9 - The Creation - Imagiscape Garden

May 18 - Ordination Service - Isaiah 16 (dance-drama) and Psalm 150 (dance while the choir sings)

March 28 - Mary at the Crossroad    -    Church of the Epiphany

Saturday,
March 27
Behind the Curtain:
Two One-Act Plays

2:00 pm    

What do You Think?
   & 
Inside Out

7:00 pm 

What do You Think?
   & 
Inside Out
St.Philip's-on-the-Hill Church, Unionville
(see map)


 2003 

Monday
November 3
4:00 pm

$10

Man & Woman Wycliffe College, U of T
5 Hoskin Ave
(West of Queen's Park,
north of Hart House,
across the street from Trinity College;
Hoskin is an extension of Harbord)
(see map)
Saturday
November 8
7:00 pm

$10

Man & Woman Dovercourt House
(1 block N of Bloor, 3 blocks W of Ossington)
November 14 The Creation "Small Potatoes Dance Festival"
ST BARNABAS CHURCH, 
(at Chester Station, south side of Danforth)
November 22 JUDGEMENT DAY

4:00 pm    

THE WAITING ROOM 

7:30 pm 

THE EXAM
St.Philip's-on-the-Hill Church (see map)
November 26
1:00 pm
Man & Woman Wycliffe College, U of T
5 Hoskin Ave
(see map)
Nov 28, 8pm The Beatitudes Wycliffe College
Dec 7 Mountain Top Talk Church of the Epiphany
July 26 Man & Woman Walmer Street Baptist Church
July 6 Mountain Top Talk  
~April 30 Mountain Top Talk, Eve, The Creation AWARE Conference, Guelph
~April 22 Mountain Top Talk Danforth Methodist Church
Fuller Seminary's Brehm Centre for Worship, Theology and the Arts
Workshops, Heal Thyself performance, and commissioned performances
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