@profile

@profile is an immersive dance exhibition featuring four scores of improvised movement in a performance context. The four scores are Artist as Other, as Self, as Group, and as Gallery. These scores transform from co-existing as strangers, to solo introductions, to connecting as a team, and, finally, inviting the audience to be involved. This event prioritizes emerging artists - providing a platform to share their craft and cultivate new relationships!

About Meaningful Movement (MM)
MM, is an art collective co-founded by Abbey Richens and Zuri Skeete. The pair started this initiative with the aim to bridge different art mediums together and explore making spaces that were specifically curated for emerging artists. Since 2020, Meaningful Movement has evolved from digital to physical spaces, with over 15 events within the G.T.A and surrounding areas. This collective continues to hold space for artists to discover new avenues of their practice and build community. Meaningful Movement is committed to equitable environments where multi-disciplinary work can flourish.

Previous iterations of @profile have taken place around the G.T.A and have been artistically directed by Abbey Richens, with Zuri Skeete joining as co-facilitator this year. Abbey led the first iterations in April 2023 as her senior Project at York University. It emerged after Abbey noticed a lack of space for emerging artists to present work and perform. Fifteen events later and @profile has created a community and given many emerging Toronto dance artists the space to perform.

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With gracious funding support from Canadian Heritage, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council.