Showcase Series: A Beginner’s Guide to Salsa and Bachata

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Join Kimberly Ramos and members from the dance team at Araguacu Latin Dance Company, as they lead our audience through two distinct well-known styles of Latin dance. This session will also highlight the interrelationship between Latin music and Latin dance, the influence these styles have on the worldwide dance community, and the significance of preserving its legacy.

All events are FREE but require registration. Click the link below to reserve your spot.

This concert is part of the Canadian Opera Company's program, Showcase Series. Taking place in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Showcase Series features artists and creatives from the Asian, African and Caribbean, and Latin American diasporas, to celebrate and honour these many cultures and histories.

The second instalment of the series is taking place this October as part of Latin American Heritage Month. Showcase Series will present four events that feature a variety of cultural identities of artists and creatives from the Latin American community in Toronto - to tell stories through their art forms as a living, relevant form of cultural expression. Participants will have the opportunity to experience musical performances that feature Cuban jazz, Mexican chamber music, salsa and bachata styles of dance, and much more.

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• Showcase Series coc.ca
• Free Registration my.coc.ca

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Canadian Opera Company

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. General Director Perryn Leech joined the company in 2021, forming a leadership team with Music Director Johannes Debus and Deputy General Director Christie Darville.

The COC enjoys a loyal audience, including a dedicated base of subscribers, and has an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation. Its diverse repertoire includes new commissions and productions, local and international collaborations with leading opera companies and festivals, and attracts the world’s foremost Canadian and international artists.

The company is an incubator for the future of the art form, nurturing Canada’s new wave of opera performers and creators with customized training and support. The COC’s purpose-built opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, is hailed internationally as one of the finest in the world.