KasheDance

NIMBA
Presented by dance Immersion and Luminato Festival
In association and with assistance from TO Live

Date: Friday, June 19 - Saturday, June 20, 2026
Location: Meridian Arts Centre, Lyric Theatre
Tickets & Info: https://bit.ly/Nimba-CrossPromo

Celebrate the culture of Guinea through an acrobatic, life-affirming performance
inspired by NIMBA — the Baga mask revered as a Universal Mother, and Mount Nimba, a
life-sustaining mountain. Blending dance, ritual, and breathtaking athleticism, the work draws
audiences into a world where culture and nature breathe as one, unfolding through
spirituality, conflict, fire, destruction, renewal, and abundance.

🔔Wednesday Morning Pop Up Sub Class
John Hunte is Leading Tomorrow’s morning class! (and an evening workshop)

🇧🇧Barbados Landship, Legend to Legacy - Movement Class
⏰10am - 11:30am
📍The Citadel, 304 Parliament St., Toronto
💲$15

If you miss this morning class you can definitely join in the evening workshop!

⏰6pm - 8pm
📍Minogitoon Workspace, Daniels Spectrum
585 Dundas St. E, Toronto
💲$30
🏷️ BOGO $45 for 2 persons

Register on our website KasheDance.com/events

📣REGISTRATION OPEN for BARBADOS LANDSHIP, Legend to Legacy Workshop
kashedance.com/events or follow link in bio

Contemporary/Modern Workshop with John Hunt

🗓Wed 3rd June
⏰6pm - 8pm
🏷️Buy One Get One Half Price!!
💸$30 for 1 person $45 for 2 persons

📍Minogitoon Workspace in DANIELS SPECTRUM
585 Dundas St. E, Toronto

ABOUT THE CLASS
The class explores the traditional context and vocabulary of Barbados Landship maneuvers, which leads to an interactive, creative exploration of the form to broaden and deepen understandings of contemporary Barbadian identity.

🇧🇧 Barbados Landship, Legend to Legacy with Dr. John Hunte - a Caribbean Contemporary/Modern Workshop
“Broaden and deepen cultural understandings towards global expression and recognition”
🗓Wed 3rd June
⏰6pm - 8pm
🏷️Buy One Get One Half Price!!
💸$30 for 1 person $45 for 2

📍Minogitoon Workspace in DANIELS SPECTRUM
585 Dundas St. E, Toronto

📧 Email us to Register at [email protected]

ABOUT THE CLASS
The class explores the traditional context and vocabulary of Barbados Landship maneuvers, which leads to an interactive, creative exploration of the form to broaden and deepen understandings of contemporary Barbadian identity.

🌎INTERNATIONAL Guest Dance Workshop with John Hunte
🇧🇧 “Barbados Landship, Legend to Legacy a Caribbean”

A Contemporary/Modern Dance Workshop
🗓Wed 3rd June
⏰6pm - 8pm
📍Minogitoon Workspace in DANIELS SPECTRUM
585 Dundas St. E, Toronto

🏷️Buy One Get One Half Price!!
💸$30 for 1 person $45 for 2 persons

Email us to Register at [email protected]

ABOUT THE CLASS
The class explores the traditional context and vocabulary of Barbados Landship maneuvers, which leads to an interactive, creative exploration of the form to broaden and deepen understandings of contemporary Barbadian identity.

ABOUT JOHN HUNTE .hunte
John Hunte PhD is a respected Barbadian choreographer, performing arts practitioner and producer, educator, and arts administrator, a central figure in the Caribbean dance community. Hunte has become known as a leading figure in restoring and reviving the Barbados Landship. Hunte wrote its online teacher’s training manual, designed and
coordinated its first teacher certification course in partnership with the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) and UWI Cave Hill, and coordinated the National Landship in Schools Training programme towards the tradition’s survival. His upcoming project is “House of Landship 2013,” where he intends to integrate traditional Landship movement into a contemporary exploration

✨KASHEDANTEK Afro-Contemporary OPEN CLASSES with Kevin A. Ormsby

💸 $15 for 2 classes.
🗓Weds & Fris 3rd - 19th June
⏰10am - 11:30am
📍Citadel + Compagnie, 304 Parliament St, Toronto.

THE CLASS
Afro-Contemporary KasheDantek is a system of philosophies in performance and outreach linking Caribbean and African Diasporic sensibilities. It is the root source for all KasheDance activities. This codified curriculum is employed to train company dancers and students, develop our choreographies, and guide audience and community engagements. KasheDanTek incorporates Afro-Caribbean and contemporary movements, music, philosophies, and training techniques.

ABOUT KEVIN
Award winning Dancer, Choreographer and Executive Artistic Director of KasheDance, Kevin centers culturally responsive art, space / place making & communities in his work. His research and creative practice exists in constant interrogation and navigation of Caribbean and African Diasporic dance / cultural practices; which feed his methodology of teaching, research, creation & presentation.


🙏🏾BIG gratitude to Canadian Heritage for making these konnective opportunities possible!

🎉Afro-Caribbean ALL LEVEL Workshop at Canada’s National Ballet School’s Block Party

🗓️May 30, 2026
⌚️2:45pm
📍400 Jarvis Street, Toronto
💲: FREE

KasheDance is proud to again be at NBS fifth annual Block Party this year 😲! Last year was absolutely VIBRANT and we look forward to seeing you all, all ages and skill levels—from the littlest movers and first-time dancers, to experienced dancers and older adults ready to get moving!

Our session is at 2pm but the Block Party is from 11am - 5pm!

Through Afro-Caribbean dance movements from the English / Spanish speaking Caribbean, we invite participants to dance with us. The workshop is intended for all levels of experience and for all ages. KasheDance is a dance company that creates and presents Afro-contemporary performances, dance classes, and community engagements.

🔔Please note that Each dancer must complete a waiver before participating. Workshops are first-come, first-served, so arrive early to secure your spot!

Photo credit: Dahlia Katz

📣INTERNATIONAL Guest Workshop & LAST 3 WEEKS of Classes!

🗓Wed 3rd June
⏰6pm - 8pm
INTERNATIONAL GUEST WORKSHOP
With JOHN HUNTE (Barbados) .hunte
Barbados Landship, Legend to Legacy a Caribbean Contemporary/Modern Workshop
Email us to Register at [email protected]

🗓Weds & Fris 3rd - 19th June
⏰10am - 11:30am
OPEN CLASSES with Kevin A. Ormsby
~ KasheDantek Afro-Contemporary OPEN Classes
~ Buy One $15 get another class FREE

🙌🏾 BIG gratitude to Canadian Heritage for making these konnective opportunities possible! .heritage

📣TOMORROW NIGHT PREMIERE EVENT! Kaiso Street Society led by Jesse Ryan.

🤫 If you didn’t know.. Jesse Ryan is the composer for KasheDance’s upcoming work Ah WI Ting!

Bomber’s Dream – Film Premiere, Panel & Live Performance – more than a tribute: a conversation across generations

📅 May 20, 2026
⌚️8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
📍Hugh’s Room Live
🎫 Follow Bio for Tickets

FROM TRINIDAD TO TORONTO:BOMBER’S DREAM EXPLORES THE LEGACY OF THE MIGHTY BOMBER AT ITS TORONTO PREMIERE

Kaiso Street Society (KSS) premieres Bomber’s Dream, a new short documentary and album release exploring the legacy of Calypso icon Clifton Ryan, known as “The Mighty Bomber,” and what it means to carry that legacy forward today.

📣 MULTI-LAYERED CULTURAL EXPERIENCE featuring
✨premiere screening of the film
✨a live panel discussion reflecting on legacy and diaspora
✨a concert performance by the Kaiso Street Collective reimagining Bomber’s music through a contemporary jazz-calypso lens. alongside the launch of a companion album, Bomber’s Dream: The Music of The Mighty Bomber, marking the debut release by the Kaiso Street Collective.

“This isn’t just about looking back,” says Jesse Ryan, founder of KSS and Bomber’s grandson. “Calypso has always been a way of documenting life, resistance, and identity. Bomber’s Dream asks what it means to carry that responsibility forward.”

✨FUNCTIONAL HORTON OPEN CLASSES with Debbie Wilson

💸 $15 for 2 classes.
🗓Wed 27, Fri 29 May
⏰10am - 11:30am
📍Citadel + Compagnie, 304 Parliament St, Toronto.

THE CLASS
A functional approach to Horton technique that allows participants to recognize and explore the idiosyncrasies of their own body makeup, recognizing their physical uniqueness (bone structure and bone mobility) and then to apply that knowledge to their movement.

ABOUT DEBBIE
Since 2009, Debbie Wilson has been focusing on deconstructing alignment-based techniques to their functional elements which allows a greater range of body types to safely tackle these physical forms. She began her professional dance career at the age of 12 with the Cincinnati Ballet Company, where she became a soloist and one of the company’s rehearsal assistants. She continued her career, working in companies and with independent choreographers across Canada and the USA. As a choreographer, she created many critically acclaimed productions including Homo Office Sapiensis, which received a 2002 Dora Mavor Moore nomination for Outstanding New Choreography.
BIG gratitude to Canadian Heritage for making these konnective opportunities possible!