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Mesma S. Belsare & Sylvat Aziz: In Conversation at the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre

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Nov 3, 2011, 2-4 pm University of Toronto Scarborough Curator: Pam Patterson Assistant Curator: Pailagi Pandya FREE... all are welcome! Mesma S. Belsare is described by the New York Times as ëa tour de force, a true act of transcendence and religious immersion’ and by The Dance Current Magazine as ‘a consummate dancer, as mesmerizing as staring into the heart of a fire’. She is a Boston based dancer, choreographer, actor, visual artist and educator and belongs to a generation of young dancers in the South Asian Diaspora who have created a unique niche for themselves in the realm of classical Indian arts, while expanding their repertory in the contemporary idiom. She is formally trained in Bharatanatyam (South Indian Classical dance) and Carnatic vocal by Sri Shankar Hombal and Padmashri Geeta Chandran. Mesma’s work is based on concepts of gender, gender-identity and sexuality and the classical tradition of Nayaki Bhava (the voice of the female protagonist) in tradition

Gender Archaeology Opens Oct. 3rd.

Come and see work by students from Martingrove Collegiate Institute, TDSB! Gender Archaeology Opening Oct 3rd, 2011, 6-7.30pm Exhibit Runs: Oct. 3-29th 2nd Floor Hallway at OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Teacher: Christina Yarmol, WIAprojects Intern & Curatorial Assistant: Irena Radic Christina Yarmol, Head of Visual Arts, Photography, Graphics, Film and Video at Martingrove Collegiate Institute met and paired with Irena Radic a recent fine arts graduate from York University through the WIAprojects teaching mentoring/internship program. Through this collaboration the project “Gender Archaeology” was born. The concept of this project was to get the students thinking about gender and how it relates to work both in and out of the domestic sphere while learning the practical skills of intaglio printmaking. The students were asked to think about how their own lived-experience and those of their families related to work both inside and outside of home. They were