It’s that time, the moment to sign off for the summer (if it ever comes!) We hope you have some time in the sun, some time for relaxation, and we will see you in September!

The final DanceHouse presentation for the 2021/22 season is next week, June 22 and 23 with Winter Guests (Norway) in Story, story, die. The rules of the game are simple. Like and be liked. Kill or be killed. Under the direction of choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen, Norway’s dance/theatre company winter guests deconstruct contemporary pathologies of need and narcissism. “…seven fabulous international top dancers… master the choreography’s demand for precision, speed, elegance and dynamics to the full…Story, story, Die offers versatility at every stage. And is able to raise some big, timely questions about our time.” – VÅRT LAND Check out the teaser video and then buy your tickets here!

You still have until Saturday, June 18 to see 7y98D, a new work choreographed by German-born movement artist, RubberLegz in collaboration with the OURO Collective. The work features 5 of the collective’s dancers, along with an original sound score by Owen Belton, lighting design by James Proudfoot, and costuming by Jean Okada. 7y98D is inspired by The Climate Clock, a public art installation created by artists Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd set on Manhattan’s Union Square. The clock depicts a timer counting down the remaining time to avoid climate disaster. According to the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC, if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate, the average global temperature will continue to rise and become irreversible. Golan and Boyd began counting down on September 17th, 2020, from 7 years, 103 days, 15 hours, 40 minutes, and 7 seconds – OURO became aware of the Climate Clock when it was down to 7 years and 98 days. 7y98D entails a ten-minute short film directed by Dave Ehrenreich and Jeff Hamada, a fifty-minute stage piece choreographed by RubberLegz and performed by OURO Collective, and an artwear exhibition by Jennifer Latour. The Daily Hive wrote this Check out this amazing teaser, and then buy your tickets here! At the Roundhouse Performance Centre, 7:30 pm

Sunday June 19, 2pm | Monday & Tuesday June 20 & 21, 8 pm V’ni Dansi, in collaboration with Full Circle, presents La Mitchin di Mitchif. Led by Artistic Director Yvonne Chartrand, V’ni Dansi (‘Come and Dance’ in Mitchif) is dedicated to sharing the stories and culture of the Mitchif (Métis), through both traditional and contemporary dance. La Mitchin di Mitchif (Mitchif Medicines) is a new Indigenous contemporary dance work created through an international collaboration with Santa Fe’s Dancing Earth. Co-choreographed by Chartrand and Dancing Earth Artistic Director Rulan Tangen, the work is inspired by cultural ancestral knowledge of Mitchif plant medicines. Post-show talkback with the artists June 19. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tix

Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24, the Dance Centre’s Global Dance Connections Series presents Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen in The Days. The work is a collaboration between the exceptional Finnish dancers Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen, and English choreographer Theo Clinkard, who has built an international reputation for creating deeply affecting, visually arresting work. This intimate duet is constructed from a single physical concept that sustains and evolves throughout the work, and engenders a world of ever-shifting negotiations to examine the complexities of coexistence. Caught in a loop of impassioned exchanges, the dancers trace a journey that echoes a lifetime shared, through sublimely nuanced physicality. The Days is a compelling performance about care, resilience and the desire for connection, and delivers a profound emotional impact. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 8 pm. Tix