Please join us for our Opening Night Gala!
Each ticket includes: open bar, hors d’oeuvres, Rhumba lesson, performance, and reception + our exclusive silent auction. *Highest bidders announced that evening! Come early for a special Prelude to the performance. Doors open at 7:40pm

2 Show Pass: CRAVE/DEFIANT will be performed on alternating evenings with Cloud 9’s BIRD NESTING IN FINGERS IN BLOOM/ROOM #7 program. See both shows for $39.

*Contains nudity, profanity and mature themes.

At the forefront of contemporary dance for over 25 years, internationally acclaimed Kaeja d’Dance, returns with two physically demanding and poignant dances.

Revisiting Karen’s smash hit, CRAVE, and Allen’s exhilarating new work, DEFIANT, this program features all the hallmarks of the Kaeja aesthetic—sensual, articulate, and fierce.

CRAVE is: poignant, romantic, whimsical and chaotic—a duet that mines intimacy while navigating loneliness, unsettledness, and the hope that keeps us hanging on. Sarah Shugarman’s stunning score will now be brought to life by a live string quartet. As part of the pre-show, audience members are invited to join Dance With Me, an intimate dance on stage with a partner, friend, or stranger—the perfect prelude to CRAVE.

“CRAVE is one of Karen’s finest works.” The Globe and Mail

DEFIANT is: brutal, visceral, sensual and provocative. Combined with an original score by Edgardo Moreno, it harnesses the intense physicality of seven Kaeja dancers—featuring Karen Kaeja. This new work delves into light within darkness, the resonance of rebellion, and the beauty of failure.

Allen’s work is described as “Sharp-edged, densely packed and redolent with disturbing beauty.” Time Out, UK

CRAVE/DEFIANT will be performed on alternating evenings with Cloud 9’s BIRD NESTING IN FINGERS IN BLOOM/ROOM #7 program.
See both shows for $39.