If you think that Ballet Creole is just a dance and drum company, think again. The company's new show, River, is an evening of sophisticated contemporary dance with nary a drum in sight. Artistic ...

Harbourfront’s NextSteps dance series aims to reflect our city’s cultural diversity. Ten-year veteran choreographer and Ballet Creole’s artistic director Patrick Parson is no exception. This year ...

Ballet Creole is one of Canada's first black dance companies. It presents traditional and contemporary dance rooted in African and Caribbean forms. This festive season they are putting on Soulful ...

In Ballet Creole's Glorious Soulful Messiah, I got to see artistic director Patrick Parson strive towards his masterwork: a revision of Handel's Messiah as interpreted by variety of African-American ...

The lead organising body for Wheelchair Dance Sport in Canada WHEEL DANCE has announced its collaboration with Ballet Creole for an upcoming performance that will mark the official launch of the Pan ...

Trinidad-born choreographer Patrick Parson has almost run out of music but does not see this as a problem. In fact, when it happens, it will be quite an accomplishment. In 2002, Parson, founder and ...

As a toddler, Trinidadian and Tobago native Patrick Parson would dance in front of his Caribbean home, next to the road entertaining his neighbours as they returned from their workday. The artistic ...

It’s a good thing Patrick Parson is an incorrigible optimist. The Trinidad-born choreographer, and founder and artistic director of Toronto’s Ballet Creole, has faced what others might view as ...

TORONTO, July 20, 2015 /CNW/ - On Saturday, July 25, join Ballet Creole, one of Canada's most acclaimed contemporary dance companies as they showcase the sights and sounds of Pan Am nations with ...

Tradition, with all its reassuring emotions, is a major attraction of the holiday season and, a decade after it was first presented, Ballet Creole’s Soulful Messiah has emphatically found its place ...

Ballet Creole's Soulful Messiah has become a much-loved holiday tradition since the work's debut in 2002. The Grammy Award-winning 1992 CD, Handel's Messiah, A Soulful Celebration, transforms the ...