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Dance at Nuit Blanche 2009

There is a huge influx of dance events, manifested in myriad forms, at this year’s Nuit Blanche. I’ve already published my picks for Zone A, Zone B and Zone C, but if you’re a fan of dance — be it watching or participating — be sure to check out the programs highlighted below. (Images and [...]

Nuit Blanche 2009 Recommendations: ZONE C

Zone C (South/West) curator Makiko Haro has titled her zone, Urban Disaster/Catastrophe/Survival Actions. The three projects recommended below certainly make good on the theme by facilitating nebulous people-sculptures, mobile dwellings, and collective architecture. Zone A recommendations here. Zone B recommendations here. (Images and descriptions lifted from the Nuit Blanche website.) It all starts on October [...]

Nuit Blanche 2009 Recommendations: ZONE B

How do I pick just three for Zone B (Downtown South)? Curated by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher of DisplayCult, and accessible by the Yonge-University subway line (start at Union) this zone is packed–and I mean packed–with a ton of multimedia, performance, installation and sculpture by some of Canada’s (and the world’s) best known artists, [...]

Nuit Blanche 2009 Recommendations: ZONE A

It’s hard to believe that the 2009 incarnation of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is just around the corner. Happening this Saturday, October 3rd from 6:55pm to sunrise, this year’s catalogue of art-related debauchery is looking pretty good. Zone A, in Downtown North — most of which is accessible by the Yonge-University subway line — features 53 [...]