A not-for-profit organization offering presentation, skill development, and networking opportunities for Blacks in dance since 1994.
Toronto
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🎉 IT’S OFFICIALLY HERE!
Welcome to dance Immersion’s 2026–2027 Festival Season—our very first Festival Season! Rooted in the creativity and innovation of the African Diaspora, this landmark season brings festivals, performances, workshops & more.
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Meet Immersion Festival's workshop facilitators📣
- Natasha Powell: Vernacular Jazz
-Isaac Gasangwa: Rwandan Traditional & Contemporary Dances
- Reequal Smith: Bahamian Caribbean Folk
- Kwasi Obeng-Adjei: African Street Dance Fundamentals
📅 Nov 8–22
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SPONSORSHIP & ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES📣
We’re inviting businesses, organizations, and community partners to take advantage of our Sponsorship & Program Advertising Opportunities for our inaugural Immersion Festival.
🔗Click the link below to learn more drive.google.com/file/d/1stJ…
📣OCTOBER 2-WEEK SPECIAL!
Register for/ purchase tickets for an Immersion Festival event between now & Oct 16 & receive:
👕 1 FREE Immersion Festival T-shirt
🎟️ A discount for the Gutta Zone Krump Mini Fest happening in March 2027!
🔗Register now danceimmersion.ca/immersionf…
A very big and special thank you to LaTasha Barnes for taking the time to educate us on AUTHENTIC JAZZ this past Friday! 🖤
We're beyond grateful for her generosity, wisdom, & sharing space with us. Thank you to all those that were able to come out, & be in community with us🙏🏾
WORKSHOP ALERT📣
Explore AUTHENTIC JAZZ with LaTasha Barnes✨
📆 Friday September 11th, 2026
🕚 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
📍Canada’s National Ballet School - 400 Jarvis St, Toronto
🎟 $35 CAD
🔗Register at danceimmersion.ca/latashabar…
Meet the National Presentation artists! ✨
Experience 6 acclaimed Black Canadian dance artists/companies from across Canada at the Immersion Festival!
📅 Nov 20 & 21
📍 Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto
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Meet the Vanguards of the Immersion Festival! ✨
7 Black Canadian dance artists + musicians. 7 commissioned duets. One unforgettable celebration of movement & culture.
📅 Nov 21–22 | 📍 Betty Oliphant Theatre
🎟️ $30
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Effortlessly chic! 💅🏾
Join us Nov 8–22 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre for Immersion Festival: a celebration of the beauty, excellence, and breadth of Black Canadian dance, honouring the rich traditions and evolving practices of African Diasporic Dance.
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Thank you to dance Immersion Executive Director Timea Wharton-Suri for welcoming me to your new space in Toronto Centre! It was a pleasure speaking with you and learning more about dance Immersion’s work to produce, promote, and support dancers and dances of the African Diaspora. I look forward to working together.
Find @danceImmersion at Canada’s National Ballet School’s Betty Oliphant Theatre.
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🎉 Our 2026/2027 Season is here.Festivals, workshops, and more!
✨️ Nov 2026: Inaugural Immersion Festival
✨ Feb 2027: Vincent Mantsoe Intensive
✨ Mar 2027: Gutta Zone Mini Krump Festival
✨ Jun 2027: Legacy Series: Toronto Caribbean Carnival
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A thank you to Jean Sheen for her generous donation of books, archival materials & more!
As founder of Chissamba Chiyuka Arts Inc.(1975), mentor to our founder Vivine Scarlett, & trailblazer for African Diasporic dance in Canada, Jean's legacy continues to inspire generations❤️
New Feature Alert!
Introducing our Community Supporter Spotlight—celebrating the board members, & community supporters who help strengthen dance Immersion & uplift African Diaspora dance.
First up: Board member Nawa Simon! ✨
Read the latest newsletter. Link in bio!
We closed our 25/26 season with NIMBA by Kira Arts, co-presented with Luminato Festival in association with TO Live, AND topped it offvwith our Supporter Appreciation Event.
Thank you to our artists, partners, and supporters for making it all possible. 💛
📸: Taku Kumabe
Our 2026–2027 season is here—join us! Learn more: danceimmersion.ca/26-27seaso…
Congrats to Esie Mensah on winning Outstanding Original Choreography, & Rosie Harbans on receiving Outstanding Performance by an Individual in the Dance Division for ZAYO at the 2026 Dora Awards! We're incredibly proud of you both & deeply grateful to have had co-present ZAYO✨️
✨ Highlights include:
• Immersion Festival (Nov. 8–22)
• Gutta Zone Mini Krump Festival (Mar. 15–19)
• Legacy Series: Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Jun. 15–20)
• 5-day intensive with Vincent Mantsoe (Feb. 16–20)
AND MORE!
FOR 2 NIGHTS ONLY TORONTO!📣
Don't miss NIMBA at Luminato Festival June 19-20, at the Meridian Arts Centre!
🔗Tickets available at danceimmersion.ca/nimba/
Celebrating freedom, culture, excellence, and joy today and every day.
Happy Juneteenth✨
#Juneteenth
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✨Head to our Instagram page for today's featured giveaway in partnership with @danceImmersion.
Enter to win tix to attend NIMBA by Kira Arts on June 20, 2026. Contest closes on Thursday June 18 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
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