{"id":1388,"date":"2006-12-14T06:05:58","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T10:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:19:29","slug":"holy-public-dancing-interventions-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/12\/14\/holy-public-dancing-interventions-batman\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Public Dancing Interventions, Batman!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gillian Wearing<\/a>, what have you wrought? Ever since you decided to spontaneously dance in a shopping mall back in 1994<\/a>, and record it for a video piece, and then become an international art star<\/a>, contemporary artists (myself included) have been tripping over themselves to follow in your awkward, untrained-yet-enthusiastic footsteps. How else could one explain that this weekend Torontonians have not one but two officially scheduled dancing interventions to shake their postmodern booties at?<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, you’ll have no shortage of creative dance partners this weekend if you show up at one of the following free events:<\/p>\n

Newmindspace LISTEN UP Holiday Ball<\/a>
\nFriday, December 15th
\nUnion Station (VIA Rail, Upstairs)
\nBring an mp3 player, a costume, and a gift and press play at 9:09pm<\/p>\n

I WANT RHYTHM<\/a>
\nSunday December 17th
\nOutside of Casa Acoreana, corner of Baldwin and Augusta
\nBring yourself and readiness to dance at 2:30pm<\/p>\n

Image of Gillian Wearing’s Dancing in Peckham courtesy of the BBC<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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