This page, like others in this site, is a work in progress. It will identify arts festivals and many of the performing and other non-literary artists who are active in the Toronto and greater Canadian arts scene. Each section (Dance, Film & Video, Fine Arts, Music, Theatre) will eventually consist of two parts, the first identifying the artist or festival with one or two Internet links, and the second identifying select resources in the artistic field from the Toronto Metropolitan University Library.<\/p>\n
Battery Opera<\/a> of Vancouver website and artistic director Lee Su-Feh<\/p>\n Directory-type information, news and events for many Asian-Canadian dance companies, dancers, and choreographers in Ontario may be available via the Dance Ontario website.<\/p>\n Michael CALDWELL, dancer, choreographer and teacher, discusses exploring his ancestry in dance<\/a> as told by Chris Dupuis in dailyXtra.\u00a0 Profile from Duskdances website 2013.<\/p>\n CanAsian Dance Festival<\/a><\/p>\n Peter CHIN<\/span>, profile and interview<\/a> with Lalitha Venkat in Narthaki Online, a website devoted to Indian dance. He is artistic director and founder in 1999 of the interdisciplinary performing arts company TRIBAL CRACKLING WIND — website<\/a><\/p>\n Joanna DE SOUZA<\/span>, Canadian born kathak dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Chhandam Dance Company – profile<\/a><\/p>\n Naoya EBE is a member of the Corps de Ballet, National Ballet of Canada — brief biography<\/a> from the NBC website<\/p>\n Denise FUJIWARA<\/span>, artistic director of Fujiwara Dance Inventions — biographical sketch<\/a><\/p>\n Chan Hon GOH<\/span>, former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada<\/p>\n D. GUNASEELAN<\/span> and the Gunaseelan Dance Company, and, the Samarpana Dance Academy, both in Toronto, Ontario<\/p>\n Keichi HIRANO<\/span>, first soloist with the National Ballet of Canada — profile<\/a> from the NBC website<\/p>\n Juri HIRAOKA<\/span>, corps de ballet member of the National Ballet of Canada, profile<\/a><\/p>\n Hong Kong Exile<\/a> of Vancouver and its three principals: Milton LIM (theatre director), Remy SIU (composer), and,\u00a0 Natalie Tin Yin GAN (performance and choreography)<\/p>\n Benjamin KAMINO, dancer working out of Montreal and Toronto.\u00a0 Profile<\/a> from Peggy Baker Dance Projects.\u00a0 Profile<\/a> by Robin Sharp on BlogTO.<\/p>\n Janak KHENDRY<\/span> and the Janak Khendry Dance Company, Toronto, Ontario — website<\/a><\/p>\n Hari KRISHNAN<\/span>, artistic director of InDANCE —\u00a0 Wesleyan University Dance Dept. where he has served as an artist in residence and offered a master class in the spring of 2009 and is now an assistant professor of dance. Krishnan is artistic director of the inDANCE<\/a> a Toronto-based South Asian dance company established in 1999.<\/p>\n KOREAN DANCE STUDIES SOCIETY OF CANADA<\/span> — website<\/a><\/p>\n Bhavajan KUMAR, Canadian born Bharatanatyam dancer profile<\/a> from thiraseela.com<\/p>\n Susan LEE.\u00a0 A member of the Kaeja d’Dance Company<\/a> since 1997, Lee is an accomplished dancer and choreographer with more than twenty years experience working in Canada, the United States and Europe.\u00a0 In 2010 she received her MFA in Dance from York University.\u00a0 brief profile<\/a> from the York University website<\/p>\n LITTLE PEAR GARDEN COLLECTIVE, Toronto’s Chinese traditional and contemporary dance company, was founded in 1994 by William Lau. Emily Cheung is the new artistic director, as noted on the collective’s website<\/a> viewed January 21, 2008.<\/p>\n Stacey Shiori MINAGAWA<\/span>, first soloist with the National Ballet of Canada — profile<\/a> from the NBC website<\/p>\n Shino MORI<\/span>, corps de ballet member of the National Ballet of Canada, profile<\/a><\/p>\n Yvonne NG<\/span>, artistic director of Princess Productions — website<\/a><\/p>\n Lata PADA<\/span>, founder and director of the Sampradayan Dance Creations<\/a>, Mississauga, Ontario — website<\/a> Rena SINGHA<\/span>, instructor at The Kathak Institute, Toronto, Ontario — profile by Small, Holly. “1970s Trailblazers of South Asian Dance” in Local Heroes. Electronic document available from the Dance Umbrella of Ontario Network website<\/p>\n Roger SINHA<\/span> and Sinha Danse of Montreal, Quebec — website<\/a><\/p>\n Menaka THAKKAR<\/span> — profile by Small, Holly. “1970s Trailblazers of South Asian Dance” in Local Heroes. Electronic document available from the Dance Umbrella of Ontario Network website Nan WANG<\/span>, corps de ballet member of the National Ballet of Canada<\/p>\n William YONG<\/span> is a dancer, choreographer and actor living in Toronto. Website<\/a>.\u00a0 He is the artistic director and choreographer of Zata Omm Dance Projects.<\/a><\/p>\n Xiao Nan YU<\/span>, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada<\/p>\n Kaeja d’Dance (Dance Company): Streaming video Kaeja d’Dance (Dance Company): DVD Asian Canadian Film and Videos<\/a>, a List, from the Asian.ca website<\/p>\n Romeo CANDIDO, Canadian born Filipino writer, director, musician. Winner of the the Asian Canadian Artists Fund 2004 for Film and Video for his film Rolling Longaniza<\/em>.<\/p>\n Yung CHANG<\/span> is a Montreal-based filmmaker and graduate of Concordia University’s film school. Read about his first documentary Earth to Mouth<\/a> about the Wing Fong Farm near Newcastle, Ontario where Asian vegetables are grown.<\/p>\n Annie Onyi CHEUNG<\/span> is a Toronto-based videographer and performance artist. Her website<\/a> includes samples of her work. Her first solo exhibitions (fall 2009) was held at the Fleischman Gallery<\/a> in Toronto.<\/p>\n Atom EGOYAN<\/p>\n Richard FUNG <\/span>is a Toronto based videographer\/filmmaker and gay activist from Trinidad.\u00a0 Artist profile<\/a> and video available from the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website<\/p>\n Ali KAZIMI <\/span>is an independent documentary filmmaker. He was born and raised in India and now is based in Toronto where he is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Cinema & Media Arts at York University. View his personal website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Srinivas KRISHNA – biography page<\/a> from the Canadian Film Centre, his production company Divani Films Inc<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stephanie LAW – Toronto based screenwriter and filmmaker, personal website<\/a><\/p>\n Helen LEE<\/p>\n Paul LEE<\/span> –\u00a0 his third film, The Offering<\/span><\/p>\n Quentin LEE<\/p>\n Deepa MEHTA – biography, filmography and brief bibliography<\/a> from Emory University’s Postcolonial Studies website<\/p>\n Richie MEHTA – Brampton, Ontario-based writer and director of videos such as Amal<\/em> and Systems of Units<\/em>. Information on Mehta and his works, including video clips and stills, is available from Poor Man’s Productions Ltd.<\/a> website.\u00a0 Amal<\/em>, based on a short story by Mehta’s brother Shaun, was redeveloped into a feature film.\u00a0 His new feature film Siddharth<\/em> was first screened in 2013.<\/p>\n Eisha MARJARA<\/span> – see a photogallery from her film Desperately Seeking Helen<\/span> from the NFB<\/a> (National Film Board of Canada) website<\/p>\n Ruba NADDA – Montreal-born, Toronto-based daughter of a Palestinian mother and Syrian father is best known as a filmmaker but also has published short stories, brief biography<\/a> from IMBD database<\/p>\n Kim NGUYEN – Montreal-based director and screenwriter has a Vietnamese father and Quebecoise mother; entry<\/a> from the IMBD database.\u00a0 His fourth feature length film, Rebelle (War Witch)<\/em> was nominated for an Oscar at the 2013 Academy Awards, and won ten awards at the inaugural 2013 Canadian Screen Awards, including best picture, and best director (Nguyen).<\/p>\n Dora NIPP<\/span> – read about her film Under the Willow Tree: Pioneer Chinese Women in Canada<\/span> from the NFB<\/a> website.<\/p>\n Linda OHAMA has a long career as a visual artist, art educator, and more recently film director and producer. In Obachan’s Garden<\/a>, she tells the story of her grandmother, Asayo Murakami, who immigrated to Canada from Japan in 1923.<\/p>\n Jari OSBORNE<\/span>. Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story<\/a> is director Osborne’s NFB documentary about a pre-WWII Japanese-Canadian baseball team in Vancouver. Unwanted Soldiers<\/span> is her award winning documentary about the secret exploits of her father and his colleagues as Chinese-Canadian soldiers behind enemy lines in Southeast Asia during WWII. Find out more from the NFB<\/a> website.<\/p>\n Meiko OUCHI<\/span> is an actor with Japanese- and Celtic-Canadian roots. Shepherd’s Pie and Sushi<\/span> is described by the NFB<\/a> as part Japanese-Canadian history and part autobiography and family chronicle. OUCHI<\/span> is also a playwright, musician, and filmmaker. List of films<\/a> from the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta website. Profile<\/a> from Asian Heritage Month in Edmonton website. View the Ouchi author page<\/a>, part of this website.<\/p>\n Nisha PAHUJA made her directorial debut with the documentary Bollywood Bound, about four young Canadians seeking fame in the Indian movie industry. Pahuja is an independent documentary filmmaker. View a brief biography<\/a> from the Canadian Film Centre website<\/p>\n Sylvia SAFDIE was born in Lebanon and now lives in Montreal. Artist profile<\/a> and two videos are available from the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website.\u00a0 Lewis, Eric.\u00a0 Video Art of Sylvia Safdie<\/a>.\u00a0 Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013.<\/p>\n Ann SHIN<\/span> is an award winning filmmaker, writer, and radio producer. Her film Western Eyes<\/span> examines the desire by two women of Asian descent to undergo plastic surgery. Find out more from the NFB<\/a> website.<\/p>\n Pierre SIDAOUI <\/span>-This Montreal-based Lebanese immigrant has directed an autobiographical film A Scent of Mint<\/span>; read more from the NFB<\/a> website<\/p>\n Atif SIDDIQI<\/span> – Born in Pakistan, this Montreal-based performance artist, filmmaker and fashion designer recently directed another autobiographical film Solo<\/a> with the National Film Board<\/p>\n Celine SONG – Born in South Korea, this Canadian director, playwright, and screenwriter spent her teen years in Markham, ON and attended Queen’s University in Kingston. Now based in New York, Song’s directorial film debut, Past Lives<\/em>, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Best Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n Mina SHUM filmmaker, writer, director. Visit her personal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yoko TAKASHIMA<\/span>, video\/sound artist.<\/p>\n Sanjay TALREJA is an Ontario filmmaker of Indian heritage. Cricket … and the Meaning of Life documents a group of Toronto cricket players.<\/p>\n Ho TAM, Hong Kong-born artist and videographer now teaches in Victoria, B.C. Visit his personal website <\/a><\/p>\n Shui-Bo WANG<\/span>. Artist and filmmaker. His visual autobiography Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square<\/span> won a number of awards. Find out more via the NFB<\/a> website. View the summary of an exhibition catalogue<\/a> by Marnie Fleming, et al., Oakville Galleries.<\/p>\n Paul WONG, video artist born in Prince Rupert, B.C. and now residing in Vancouver; profile<\/a> and four videos from the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website. In March 2005, Wong was named one of eight recipients of the sixth annual Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.<\/p>\n Liu Hao XUE<\/span> and Tony Ianzelo directed The First Emperor of China<\/span>, the story of Qin Shihuang who declared himself emperor of all China in 221 BC. Find out more from the NFB<\/a> website.<\/p>\n Regent Park Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival <\/a><\/p>\n Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n Vancouver Asian Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n Reel Asian: Asian Canada on Screen<\/span><\/a>, ed. Elaine Chang. Toronto: Coach House Books and the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, 2007. Atom EGOYAN<\/span> – Feature Films: Atom EGOYAN<\/span> – About: Romney, Jonathan. Atom Egoyan<\/a>. London: BFI Pub., 2003. Richard FUNG<\/span> – Videos: Out of the Blue<\/a>. Produced and directed by Richard Fung. 28 min. Fungus Productions, 1991. Videocassette. Richard FUNG<\/span> – About: Richard FUNG<\/span> – About: Richard FUNG<\/span> – About: Richard FUNG<\/span> – About: Richard FUNG<\/span> – About: Richard FUNG<\/span> – About: Richard FUNG<\/span> – Exhibition Catalogue: Srinivas KRISHNA – DVD Paul WONG<\/span> – About: Diyan ACHJADI<\/span> is based in Vancouver. She was co-featured in an exhibit entitled Sugar Bombs<\/a> at the Kamloops Art Gallery and the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon.<\/p>\n Faisal ANWAR, born in Pakistan, now based in Oakville, Ontario is known for his work in digital media.\u00a0 Profile<\/a> by Leah Sandals posted Jan. 2012 on YongeStreetmedia.ca website.\u00a0 Personal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shahla BAHRANI, Ottawa-based, born in Iran, multi-disciplinary artist; personal website <\/a>; profile in English from PFOAC.com<\/a><\/p>\n Canadian Artists of Arab Origin<\/span> Virtual Exhibition<\/a> from the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Created in conjunction with an exhibit called: The Lands Within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin.<\/p>\n CENTRE A<\/a> : Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art<\/p>\n Harvey CHAN<\/span>, illustrator, graphic artist and educator; personal website<\/a><\/p>\n Kai CHAN, Toronto-based jeweler and multi-media artist; profile<\/a> from the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website<\/p>\n Aries CHEUNG<\/span>, illustrator, visual artist, graphic designer and performer: personal homepage<\/a><\/p>\n David CHEUNG, Toronto-based artist whose work includes painting, installations and performance art; profile<\/a> from the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website<\/p>\n Ying-Yueh CHUANG, Taiwan-born, Toronto based ceramist, profile<\/a> from the Artists Registry of the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, hosted by the Collections Canada website<\/p>\n Sarindar DHALIWAL, Toronto-based artist born in Punjab, India and raised in England; profile<\/a> from the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art website<\/p>\n Simon FUH, received a BFA from the University of Regina in 2016 but now works out of Toronto; personal website<\/a><\/p>\n
\n—profile and interview<\/a> with Anita R. Ratnam in Narthaki Online, a website devoted to Indian dance<\/p>\n
\n— images<\/a> of the Menaka Thakkar Dance Company in 2002<\/p>\n
\nDance — Select TMU Library Resources<\/h2>\n
\nFive Dance Films about Place<\/em>. Oregon, WI: ArtWorks Video, 2006. (Restricted to TMU community) Catalogue record<\/a>
\nKaeja d’Dance<\/em>. Oregon, WI: ArtWorks Video, 2006? (Restricted to TMU community) Catalogue record<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDeparture<\/em>. Toronto: Kaeja Productions, 2003. Catalogue record<\/a>
\nOld Country<\/em>. Toronto: Kaeja Productions, 2004. Catalogue record<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFilm, Video and Television<\/h2>\n
\nFilm, Video and Television– Select TMU Library Resources<\/h2>\n
\nPN1993.5 .C3 R44 2007<\/p>\n
\nExotica<\/a>. Producers, Camelia Frieberg and Atom Egoyan. 103 min. Ego Film Arts, 1995. Videocassette.
\nAudio-Visual PN1997 .E962 1995<\/p>\n
\nEgoyan, Atom. Exotica<\/a>. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1995.
\nPN1997 E96 1995<\/p>\n
\nPN1998.3 .E334 R6 2003<\/p>\n
\nOrientations: Lesbian & Gay Asians<\/a>. Produced and directed by Richard Fung. 56 min. Richard Fung, 1984. Videocassette.
\nAudio visual HQ76.3 .C22 O57 1984<\/p>\n
\nAudio visual HV7315 .O6 O97 1991<\/p>\n
\nCho, Lily. “Underwater Signposts: Richard Fung’s Islands<\/em> and Enabling Nostalgia.” In Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada<\/a>, eds. Christine Kim, Sophie McCall, and Melina Baum Singer. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012, 191-205.<\/p>\n
\nFrancis, Margot. “Things Not Named: Bachelors, Dirty Laundry<\/em>, and the Canadian Pacific Railway.” In her Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary<\/a>. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011, 59-94.
\nFC97 .F725 2011<\/p>\n
\nLee, Helen, and Kerri Sakamoto, eds. Like Mangoes in July: The Work of Richard Fung<\/a>. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2002.
\nN6549 .F85 L53 2002<\/p>\n
\nMu\u00f1oz, Jos\u00e9. “The Autoethnographic Performance: Reading Richard Fung’s Queer Hybridity.” In Queer Screen: A Reader<\/a>, ed. by Jackie Stacey and Sarah Street, [163]-180. London: Routledge, 2007.
\nPN1995.9 .H55 Q47 2007<\/p>\n
\nPidduck, Julianne. “New Queer Cinema and Experimental Video.” In New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader<\/a>, ed. Michele Aaron, 80-97. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
\nPN1995.9 .H55 N48 2004b<\/p>\n
\nWaugh, Thomas. “Good Clean Fung.” In Screening Asian Americas<\/a>, ed. Peter X. Feng, 243-252. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002.
\nPN1995.9 .A77 S79 2002<\/p>\n
\nFung, Richard. Richard Fung: Landscapes<\/a>. Hamilton, ON: McMaster Museum of Art, 2008. (Exhibition was held 20 Nov. 2008-17 Jan. 2009)
\nND249 .F86 A4 2008<\/p>\n
\nMasala<\/a>. Written and directed by Srinivas Krishna. 1991. Montreal: Alliance Atlantis, 2004.
\nAudio visual PN1997 .M385 2004<\/p>\n
\nGagnon, Monika Kin. “Go On, Push My Discursive Limits: The Ambivalence of Paul Wong’s Video Works.” In Other Conundrums: Race, Culture, and Canadian Art<\/a>, 164-174. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2000.
\nN6549.3 .G34 2000<\/p>\n
\nFine Art<\/h2>\n