"dance like no one is watching" shares....

Sent to Intersection Project by Meagan O'Shea. O'Shea is a Toronto based dance artist, art activist and community dance facilitator.

She wanted to share her project 'dance like no one is watching' with Intersection Project and Intersection Project shares it with you.

thank you Meagan.
- Intersection Project.


'dance like no one is watching' began in response to a lack of funding - to be able to practice performing, as that is what we do. So in an ironic move, I called it 'dance like no one is watching' and began dancing to my iPod in public spaces in the summer of 2007. We were really successful in that passers-by asked who we were and what we were doing. We were searched on facebook and on my website. The ripple effect was pretty cool. By the next summer we were a sanctioned part of SummerWorks Festival. In 2009, the project had developed to be a series of improv scores (neseccary as we went from no more than 6 at a time in 2007, to a larger roster of 22 in different shifts in 2008 and then 30 in relay) for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. This year we are doing a season of festivals and events throughout Toronto, including Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market, Hot Spot at Harbourfront Centre, Fringe Festival Tent, Junction Arts Festival and Queen West Arts Crawl. Although we've moved away from the chaos and guerilla stylings of 2007, we still do show up unexpectedly to start dancing - at the 4 way cross walk at Yonge and Dundas.

I was also a part of Maureen Shea's Grasshoppa Dance Exchange Hops. These hops were often at crosswalks and included performers of mixed abilities. Again what began as social intervention ended up as a featured project in Canada Dance Festival 2006.
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