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DCD friend and colleague Sylvie Bouchard is fighting a devastating infection and needs the community’s help. For independent dance artists, there are no employment benefits in place to support such unexpected health issues. Let’s help Sylvie get back to the studio and stage.

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We invite you to celebrate the artistry of friend of DCD Laura Taler's 2 films 30 years: the village trilogy + Matryoshka Crush

Two acclaimed films. One singular voice. Dive into Laura Taler’s world of performance, storytelling, and entrancing cinema.

A special screening celebrates 30 years of Laura Taler's award-winning filmmaking through two acclaimed works. Blending choreography, cinema, song, and performance, Taler creates films haunted by place and shaped by an Eastern European past that is dusty, elusive, and tinged equally by absurd humour and longing.

The program pairs the village trilogy, a poetic exploration of displacement and the search for home, with Matryoshka Crush, a darkly funny meditation on yearning, identity, and transformation. Together, these landmark films showcase a distinctive artistic voice that has resonated with audiences and critics for three decades.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

the village trilogy + Matryoshka Crush screening at the R***e Cinema, TORONTO:
🗓️ AUGUST 10, 2026
⏰ 7pm
📍 R***e Cinema
🎟️ TICKETS https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laura-taler-2-films-30-years-the-village-trilogy-matryoshka-crush-tickets-1990989693770?aff=oddtdtcreator
ℹ️ Learn more at: https://laurataler.ca/
📷Jim Allodi and Jane Townsend in the village trilogy, photo Melinda Wiltshire-Gibson