Black Swan / White Swan: Dance Artists in Dialogue about DEI
A Panel Moderated by Deirdre Kelly
April 14 – 7:00pm-8:30pm
Heliconian Hall – 35 Hazelton Ave.
Please join the Heliconian Club for a panel discussion featuring four celebrated dancers:
- Jordana Daumec– joined the National Ballet of Canada as an apprentice in 2003 and was promoted to first soloist in 2015; Jordana retired from the NBOC in 2024
- Svea Eklof– currently Principal Coach with Ballet Jörgen, Svea retired after an illustrious career as Principal Dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- Linda Maybarduk– former first soloist with the National Ballet of Canada and author of The Dancer Who Flew, a memoir of her friend Rudolph Nureyev
- Anisa Tejpar– Dora Mavor Moore award winning artist, Associate Producer and Creative Assistant with Coté Danse and instructor at TMU
The panel will be moderated by our Heliconian Writer-in-Residence Deirdre Kelly, former dance critic for The Globe and Mail and author of “Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection”.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Event runs from 7-8:30 pm, Cash bar, Complimentary refreshments
For tickets please click the following link:
https://torontoheliconianclub.wildapricot.org/event-6522324
Public: $30 – Club members: $25 – Students: $20 – Persons under 35: $20