Over 25 AMPD community members dazzle at TIFF

Over 25 AMPD community members premiered pieces at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). From Lina Rodriguez‘s (MFA’ 20) sensitive and subtle return to the screen to Antoine Bourges’ (MFA’ 18) portrait of Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park immigrant community, AMPD alumni, students and faculty members are telling diverse and empowering stories on the main stage. This year, Mahsa Razavi (MFA’ 15) was …

AMPD alumni, students, faculty receive over 20 Dora award nominations

Over 20 AMPD community members were named nominees by Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) at the 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards nomination ceremony on August 29, 2022. The Awards, known as “The Doras,” recognize excellence in professional theatre, dance and opera in Toronto. New this year, The Pat and Tony Adams Freedom …

AMPD students join award-winning Fae Pictures’ newest production at York Motion Media Studios at Cinespace Studio

AMPD students join award-winning Fae Pictures’ newest production at York Motion Media Studios at Cinespace Studio Five AMPD students will be working on-set with Fae Pictures’ newest feature film, Queen Tut, at the York University Motion Media Studio at Cinespace Studio. The news comes after the studio’s Framing Agnes, directed by Chase Joynt (MA ’11, Ph.D.’ …

Vania Lizbeth Chan joins Vancouver Playhouse’s CHINATOWN

AMPD alum Vania Lizbeth Chan (BFA, PhD) joined the Vancouver Playhouse’s CHINATOWN,  with libretto by Madeleine Thien, music by AlicePing Yee Ho, and Hoisan translation by Paul Yee. CHINATOWN examines family and neighbourhood, racism and resistance, history and tomorrow through six characters, two families, and a chorus of male ghosts. The Chinese-influenced Western opera connects …

Toronto Musicians’ Association names Levon Ichkhanian 2022 Musician of the Year

Toronto Musicians’ Association names Ph.D. student Levon Ichkhanian 2022 Musician of the Year Ph.D. student Levon Ichkhanian is the Toronto Musicians’ Association‘s 2022 Musician of the Year.  The award recognized Ichkhanian’s dedication to excellence in all aspects of music and the high standard of professionalism and artistry he set for the Association. Past winners include …

Marissa Largo refocus the conversation inside and outside the gallery

Marissa Largo is creating space for emerging artists and change-making conversations about identity and equity with X Marks the Spot at Filipinx and the 2022 Ontario Galleries (GOG) award-winning exhibition Elusive Desires.  Largo won the Best Exhibition Design and Installation at the 2022 Ontario Galleries (GOG) Awards for her exhibition at the Varley Art Gallery …

Signy Lynch wins York University Barbara Godard Prize and Governor General’s Gold Medal

Ph.D. Graduate Signy Lynch was awarded the York University Barbara Godard Prize for Best Dissertation in Canadian studies for her thesis “Intercultural Relations: Direct Audience Address in Contemporary Theatre in Canada”. The honour is awarded yearly to the doctoral dissertation on a Canadian topic defended at York University that best advances the knowledge of Canada. …

Professor Caitlin Fisher named president of Electronic Literature Organization

Professor Caitlin Fisher named president of Electronic Literature Organization Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) named AMPD Professor Caitlin Fisher its new Board President. Fisher assumed office July 1 after serving in various roles, including tenures as Treasurer and Vice President since 2001, and will steward the international scholarly association’s move outside the United States for the …