Kaeja d’Dance: Porch View Dances 2020 (Online!)

This year we supported a record-breaking number of choreographers who had the chance to tell their own stories in 1 of 17 dance films!

Choreographers commissioned for PVD 2020 – Online:

Kate Alton, Julia Aplin, Nova Bhattacharya, Barbara Bourget & Jay Hirabayashi, Michael Caldwell & Louis Laberge-Côté, Peter Chin, Lauren Cook, Allison Cummings, Aria Evans, Maxine Heppner, Karen and Allen Kaeja, Shannon Litzenberger, Pulga Muchochoma, Andrea Nann, Yvonne Ng, Kevin Ormsby, Kathleen Rea.

Flock Landing led by Lilia Leon, with Mateo Galindo Torres, Josh Murphy, Mio Sakamoto and Irma Villafuerte.

Special spotlight on father/son duo Jim & Owen Adams who have been part of the PVD family for the past three years!

This year’s Flock Landing audience joining us on Zoom!

For the first time, we had viewers join us from across Canada and around the world!

International viewers joined us from:

Belgium, Greece, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria and the United States!

Canadian viewers joined us from:

Barrie, Beamsville, Bell River, Blue Mountains, Brampton, Bristol, Burlington, Burnaby, Caledon, Calgary, Cambridge, Cote St. Luc, Gatineau, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, High River, Kingston, Kitchener, Laval, London, Mississauga, Montreal, Newmarket, Oakville, Ottawa, Richmond Hill, Roseneath, Sarsfield, Saskatoon, Scarborough, St. John’s, St. Catharines, St. Thomas, Stratford, Tecumseh, Thornhill, Toronto, Vancouver, Vaudreuil-sur-le-lac, Vaughan, Wasaga Beach, and Winnipeg!

Porch View Dances was conceived by Karen Kaeja and developed with Allen Kaeja.

PVD host Maurycy barrelling over the Niagara Falls.

Interested in participating or volunteering in next year’s 10th anniversary PVD?

Send us a message at outreach@kaeja.org.

For more information on how to get involved, please visit our website.

So much appreciation to the following for whose generous contributions made this event possible. We could not have done it without you!

OUR SPONSORS & FUNDERS:

TD Bank

New Canadians Lumber

Department of Canadian Heritage

Canada Council for the Arts

Ontario Arts Council

Toronto Arts Council

Government of Ontario

Ontario Arts Foundation

Hal Jackman Foundation

Lindy Green Family Foundation

Green Fischer Family Trust

Ontario Trillium Foundation

Metcalf Foundation

OUR PORCH LIGHT DONORS:

Illuminating Beacons

Bonnie Anthony, John Cook, Lindy Cowan, Faith Goldman, Elaine Lesniak,

Deborah Lundmark, Selma Odom, Kenny Pearl, Sheldon Rose

Shining Lanterns

Linda Barnett, Anne Bradford, Lesley Cook, Anne Fleming, Celia McBride,

Marion Oliver, Martha Randall, Aubrey Reeves, Andrew Sherbin

Glowing Torches

Janice Alton, Suzanne Barnes, Elana and Dan Cochrane, Kristian Clarke,

Jane Deluzio, Aviva Fleising, Alan Page, Sharona Rubinstein

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Drew Berry

Gloria Mok

Aysha Terra Turgeon

KAEJA STAFF:

Yolanda Ferrato

Beata Rasitsan

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:

Our Board of Directors

Our past & current PVD partners

All of our individual donors

And of course, THANK YOU to those who

joined us online and danced with us!!!