Arrivals and Encounters: Sama
SPECIAL EVENT
Nuit Blanche 2019
Arrivals and Encounters: Sama
Date:
Sat, Oct 05, 2019 07:00PM
- Sun, Oct 06, 2019 07:00AM
Price: FREE
$10 admission to special exhibitions (until midnight only)
Experience multimedia art, a virtual reality experience, live music, and sacred ceremonies from around the world in intimate settings. Sama, Arabic for listening, invites you to take in the many sides of Toronto: sleepless city, site for sacred discovery, and scene of unexpected encounters. You’ll find 13 different performance sites across the Museum, the Park, and the Ismaili Centre, Toronto, each offering art and performance that will ignite your senses.
Highlights include:
- Toronto Council Fire Teepee – Indigenous teachings around the teepee and a sacred all-night fire for offerings
- Spiritual Sanctuary Yurt – sacred spiritual music from the many corners of the world
- Nocturnal City Yurt –music, stories, and comedy born of the city’s endless energy
- Unusual Encounters Yurt – new and unexpected sound arise when musical traditions come together
- This is My Music Live CIUT 89.5 Broadcast – a live 12-hour broadcast of the city's cultural leaders sharing the music that inspires them (see broadcast schedule below)
- Galleries – enjoy free admission to our Museum Collection and $10 admission to the groundbreaking exhibitions Caravans of Gold and Ekow Nimako's Building Black: Civilizations (until midnight only)
- *Unavailable Shuttle Service – Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, shuttle service is no longer available, but it's still easy to get to the Museum by bus from three TTC subway stations:
Eglinton Station: Take the 34C Eglinton east to Wynford Drive at Garamond Crt.
Broadview Station: Take the 100A north to Wynford Dr. at Concorde Pl.
Pape Station: Take the 25A north to Don Mills Rd at Wynford Dr.
ART AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Interactive art installation featuring 100 ceramic pieces that explore reasons for migration. City of Toronto Project Installation |
Light and movement installation examining Canadian Islamic identity. City of Toronto Project Installation |
A community gathering with Indigenous teachings around the teepee (until 2 am) and a sacred all-night fire for offerings |
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Flamenco dance and song, Middle Eastern belly dancing, and reimagined Mediterranean melodies. |
Spiritual Indian classical music showcasing early evening raags. Presented in collaboration with Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto |
Presented in collaboration with Tafelmusik |
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Classical Arabic pieces from the 17th century Ottoman period. Presented in collaboration with the Labyrinth Ontario |
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Shadow puppetry presented by an Indonesian arts and cultural family group. |
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Presented in collaboration with Ryerson University, The School of Image Arts |
Sufi whirling dervishes with live musical accompaniment, featuring Amir Koushkani (tar, bocal), Shaho Andalibi (ney, vocals), and Zohreh Shahbazy (daf). Presented in collaboration with Rumi Canada |
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Music, movement, and spoken word reclaiming our origins as Star People. |
Presented in collaboration with the Batuki Music Society |
Night raags in the Agra Gharana tradition of Indian classical music. Presented in collaboration with the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto |
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Ottoman classical pieces from the 17th to the 19th century. Presented in collaboration with Labyrinth Ontario |
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Sufi whirling dervishes perform with live musical accompaniment, featuring Agah Ecevit (Turkish ney), Ergun Gulbay (qanun), and team. Presented in collaboration with Rumi Canada and the Canadian Sufi Cultural Centre |
Georgian polyphonic singing, featuring sacred chants and lullabies. |
Principal cellist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra plays solos and excerpts. |
Afro-Brazilian beats meet Iranian tar melodies for a beautiful musical journey. |
Genre-bending vocals, lush loops, and daring improvisations. |
Meditative jazz with lush synthscapes, field recordings, woodwinds, and percussion. Presented in collaboration with the TD Toronto Jazz Festival |
Dynamic vocals with lyrics about culture and the environment. Second set features saxophone accompaniment. Presented in collaboration with Women From Space |
A mystical musical journey to the Balkans and beyond. |
Unique and enigmatic Polish-Canadian folk music. Presented in collaboration with Drom Taberna |
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Soundscape drawing from Western, Middle Eastern, Sufi, Hindu, and Ismaili traditions. Presented in collaboration with Small World Music Society and the Aga Khan Museum |
THIS IS MY MUSIC | Live CIUT 89.5 Broadcast Schedule
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