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Fool's Gold For Smart Toronto Fans of Tap By Stephen Weir  Lisa La Touche,  one of this country’s best jazz tap dancers ever has returned to Canada and is currently avoiding the virus in Calgary. Once the lockdown is over she hopes to perform her newest tap dance work  –  Fool’s Gold  - live in Toronto and maybe even one day in Trinidad, the land of her father’s birth. For now Torontonians will have to catch her online this Saturday October 3rd.  She is taking part in  the Fall For Dance North’s   “ The Flip Side ” Project  and has created an eight minute tap dance for the Toronto online and live event.    The Festival began earlier this week and runs until October 18. LA Touché along with five other Canadian dance choreographers and troupes, are performing world premier dances live on stage and on tape this weekend. This 2 pm ticketed live-stream event www.ffdnorth.com    from the Harbourfront Fleck Theatre...

Fire in their feet. America’s Ronald K. Brown  dancers in full Flame On mode By Stephen Weir, Toronto Caribbean Camera Ronald K. Brown is one class act.  The 51-year old American dancer and choreographer slipped into downtown Toronto over the weekend without fanfare, notice, and unfortunately ticket sales. His seven-member troupe put on last Friday’s night blistering performance at Harbourfront’s Fleck Theatre, even though they were dancing in front of a near empty house. On the last leg of a seven-month cross America tour, where he and his troupe Evidence, have played to sold out houses, he could have been forgiven had he left a bit of soul when he crossed over the border. But no, he and his dancers gave it their all. Jumping, running, rolling on the stage floor and then some - the dancers performed at a pace best described as synchronized blur.  Three dances were performed at each of three weekend shows. The dances could be vi...