Join us for a special presentation of SINGING RIVER in Corktown Common.

SINGING RIVER debuted as part of last summer's Pan Am Arts Relay. It rekindles our relationship with the Wonscotonach River Don River and highlights the richly layered history of the Don Valley through dance, music, storytelling and installation. To mark its significance to indigenous communities as a place of abundant fish, hunting and fields of maize we refer to the river by its Anishinaabemowin name Wonscotonach, meaning bright, burning point.

This presentation includes two complementary strands: STREAM OF STORIES focuses on tales of river creatures while A RIVER'S JOURNEY presents live music, audio installation and dance inspired by water.

STREAM OF STORIES

Storytellers Cathy Elliott, Sharada Eswar and Diana Tso share tales from Indigenous Canada and around the world, inviting us to renew our relationship with the river. Each presentation includes interactive activities with an ecological focus.

A RIVER'S JOURNEY

Choreography by Julia Aplin & Nova Bhattacharya

Music by Germaine Liu and Juliet Palmer

Lyrics by Nicholas Power & Anna Chatterton

Featuring Christine Duncan & The Burble Choir with soloist Laura Swankey; and dancers Lucy Rupert, Jordana Deveau, Georgia Simms and Julia Aplin

Design by Sonja Rainey

Come explore Corktown Common for the afternoon and encounter these dramatic moments of dance, music and storytelling.