Black Swan / White Swan: Dance Artists in Dialogue about DEI, A Panel Moderated by Deirdre Kelly

Black Swan / White Swan: Dance Artists in Dialogue about DEI, A Panel Moderated by Deirdre Kelly

 Tuesday April 14, 7:00pm-8:30pm 

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 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 

If you need an accommodation to attend this event, please contact info@heliconianclub.org.