The transition from dance training to a professional dance career is a daunting one for young, emerging artists, often filled with uncertainty of what the future has to offer. Toronto Dance Theatre has been able to help bridge this gap through its TD Dance Intern Program, generously sponsored by TD Bank Financial Group since 2001.

Interns are fully integrated into the life of the company and mentored by the company’s artistic staff. They work alongside the company dancers in class and rehearsal each day, participate in the creative and rehearsal process of new works and existing repertoire, and perform in selected performances. This season, Toronto Dance Theatre and TD Bank Financial Group welcome interns Heather Berry and Kamen Wang, both from The School of Toronto Dance Theatre.

Toronto Dance Theatre is thrilled to welcome BMO Financial Group as the Four at the Winch Series Sponsor for the second time. Now in its 9th season, Four at the Winch has a history of selling out every year, and has the featured work of over 40 outstanding Canadian choreographers. TDT is conceived both as a vital performing company and as a creative crucible. Four at the Winch underscores the organization’s commitment to innovation, and provides choreographers with the opportunity to work in an environment where experimentation and risks are encouraged.

Toronto Dance Theatre was pleased to partner with Rogers Communications for the first time in November 2005, during the company’s second artistic collaboration with indie-rock sensations The Hidden Cameras. Staged and structured like a music concert, this project blurred the lines between dancers and musicians, as the performers step outside their customary roles – band members replace dancers, with the dancers then joining the band throughout the show, creating an ever-changing line-up of artists. In the Boneyard played to sold-out crowds and standing ovations throughout its run – drawing a wonderfully diverse audience from both the dance and indie music communities.