Cultural Exchanges:
An Insider's
Guide to Three
Rhythms of the World
Festivals
Deeper Blues, July 4 to 7
The Silk
Road and Beyond, July 11 to 14
Latin
Beats, July 18 to 21
Workshops presented in partnership with
the Faculty of Fine Arts, York
University
Participants in this innovative programme will spend a weekend learning what
goes on "behind the scenes" of a major festival. As part of a
small group, they will meet artists, producers, writers and
teachers and take part in activities that will enhance their experience
of each festival weekend. Sessions take place Thursday evenings
and Saturday and Sunday mornings, leaving Friday night and the
rest of the weekend free to enjoy all that each festival has to offer.
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Deeper Blues
July 4 to 7
Join Grammy Award-winning York professor
Rob Bowman and special guests David Barnard and Steve Gash from the
Toronto Blues Society during the Labatt Blue's Festival,
presented by Chicago, Illinois, for talks about blues and
the urban folk revival; this year's festival programme and the diversity
of Canadian blues culture; and the universality of the
blues.
Register by June 25; weekend workshop fee is
$100.
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The Silk Road and Beyond
July 11 to 14
Travel the world - all in one place - during World's Fare: A Feast of Food &
Culture with York dance historian Selma Odom, Middle Eastern music
specialist George Sawa and featured artists. Sample the cross-currents of
Asian music and dance and explore the range of Toronto's diversity. You'll
also discover how a festival of this scale is created.
Register by
July 2; the fee for the weekend workshop is $100.
photo:
William Lau
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Latin Beats
July 18 to 21
Delve into the moves, tastes and
textures of Ritmo y
Color: A Latin
American Arts Festival with musician Rodrigo Chavez and featured
guests from the Latin dance and music scenes. Discover the vibrancy of
intercultural connections in the arts of Central and South
America.
Register by July 9; the fee for the weekend workshop is
$100.
photo: Okokan Arts
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To register, call 416-973-4000.
Visit http://www.harbourfront.on.ca/
Registration is limited to 25
participants per weekend workshop.
All events take place in and around York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay
West.
Programming subject to change. Harbourfront Centre and York University
reserve the right to cancel programmes with insufficient
registration.
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