About
BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek is an interdisciplinary dance piece by RD Créations, choreographed by Rhodnie Désir.
Since 2015, Rhodnie Désir has been exploring the Americas in search of Afro-descendant cultures, including Martinique, Haiti, Brazil, Mexico, Halifax and New Orleans. The choreographer, driven by a desire and a need to transcend her origins, has been immersing herself in the African cultures and rhythms of the peoples who were taken to these lands. The resulting performance piece, BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek, is a conversation between the present and the past, channeled through the body of Rhodnie Désir, in which more than 130 testimonies collected on lands of the Americas still reside.
The matinée performance is presented in partnership with DanceWorks
About dance Immersion
dance Immersion is a charitable non-profit organization established by Vivine Scarlett in 1994 to produce, promote, and support dancers and dances of the African Diaspora. Their curatorial and programming practice is driven by the rhythm cultures that continue to be developed around the world by African and African Diasporic artists.
dance Immersion presents performance works and educational and mentorship programs that embody the fluidity of the past, present, and future, viewing a connection to cultural traditions as a grounding base from which contemporary expression can take root to fly.
Their work connecting people is founded in the intergenerational nature of learning, sharing, and community. They platform artists with a view of passing on wisdom through art, through the medium of dance.

About DanceWorks
DanceWorks is a community-focused, artist-centered choreographic presentation platform based in Tkaronto, colonially known as Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1977, and stewarded by Founding Dance Curator Mimi Beck until 2023, DanceWorks is now led by Co-Executive Artistic Producers Dedra McDermott and David Norsworthy, and General Manager, Neetika Sharma. We support choreographers, dancers, and interdisciplinary artists in the development and presentation of bold, thoughtful, relevant performance events and connect audience members with artists and their work—inviting the public to encounter new ideas and necessary questions. DanceWorks programming also includes artist residencies, open rehearsals, workshops, artist talks, and community conversations.
