DW COMMUNICATIONS clients
Specializing in the ART of Communication
Festivals & Events
/ Theatre / Dance
Music / Celebrities
/ Film & Television
Since 1989, DW Communications has provided public relations, marketing and event planning services to charitable organizations and foundations, cultural festivals, community associations, public agencies and Toronto performing arts and entertainment industry.
SELECTED FESTIVALS & EVENTS:
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ASHKENAZ: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture - Communications Director for inaugural year and two following festivals. Multi-disciplinary festival at Harbourfront Centre featuring artists from all over North America and Europe using the Yiddish cultural traditions of Eastern Europe as a springboard for their contemporary work. Presented by the Ashkenaz Foundation.
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BUSKERFEST - Media Director for four-day street performers' festival in June 2001 & 2002 at Nathan Philips Square and Duncan Street corridor, presented by Epilepsy Toronto.
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DOORS OPEN TORONTO - Media Director for inaugural year, May 2000, and May 2001. A weekend celebration of Toronto's architectural heritage, presented by the City of Toronto
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DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS presented by the Toronto Theatre Alliance
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FIRST NIGHT - Communications Director for inaugural and two succeeding years. Alcohol-free New Year's Eve festival of the arts.
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CANADA'S YEAR OF ASIA PACIFIC - National Publicity for arts events organized in conjunction with 1998 Canada's Year of Asia Pacific, including India's Chandralekha Dance (Premiere Dance Theatre), Chinese Taipei's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (Hummingbird Centre), Japan's H*Art*Chaos Dance (Premiere Dance Theatre).
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SUBTLE TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE - multidisciplinary conference on the relationships between art, science and technology at the University of Toronto
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Art in Open Spaces' WATER SOURCES - an outdoor series of dance/music events at water fountains throughout downtown Toronto (inaugural plus second season)
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HOLLAND IN CANADA ARTS FESTIVAL - a week-long showcase of the best of the arts from Holland at Harbourfront Centre
SELECTED THEATRE PUBLICITY:
- FRANK - A LIFE IN SONG starring Tom Burlinson at the St. Lawrence Centre Bluma Appel Theatre, presented by Batang Productions
- THE PIPER, GLENN, and INEXPRESSIBLE ISLAND produced by Necessary Angel Theatre
- FULLY COMMITTED starring Mark McKinney at the Winter Garden Theatre, presented by Spoke Productions
- DREAM A LITTLE DREAM: THE NEARLY TRUE STORY OF THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS starring Denny Doherty at the Isabel Bader Theatre, presented by Dream Productions
- KOPERNIKUS at the MacMillan Theatre, presented by Autumn Leaf Performance.
- CHEKHOV'S SHORTS. Producer Theatre Smith Gilmour/Factory Theatre
- JOE at MacMillan Theatre, presented by Fondation Jean-Pierre Perrault
- MAGGIE & PIERRE, Linda Griffiths' tour de force. Producer Playwrights Union of Canda.
- NOTHING SACRED at the Winter Garden Theatre. Producer Nothing Sacred Corporation.
- THE BRADY BUNCH at Bathurst Street Theatre. Producer Kangaroo Court Productions.
- THE WALLS OF AFRICA at Theatre Passe Muraille. Producer Theatre Passe Muraille/Alianak Productions
- TROUSSEAU-TRUE NATURE at the du Maurier Theatre Centre/Factory Theatre, Producer Urge Collective
- RHUBARB! FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, three-week festival produced by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
- YOU COULD BE HOME NOW starring Ann Magnuson at Theatre Passe Muraille, produced by WILD Productions
SELECTED DANCE PUBLICITY:
- STONE VELVET and DIG - produced by Yvonne Ng's princess productions
- ACCLERATION, NECESSARY RISKS, CALCULATED RISKS - produced by Kate Alton
- SHARED HABITAT FESTIVAL, PANOPTICON - produced by Bill James' Atlas Moves Watching
- JUST JAZZ - produced by Inside Out at the Premiere Dance Theatre
- REVEALED BY FIRE - produced by Lata Pada at the Premiere Dance Theatre
- STILL - produced by Susanna Hood's hum at Artword Theatre
- CHEMIN DE RONDE - produced by Dancemakers and ArrayMusic
- CARBONE 14, presented by Harbourfront Centre World Stage Festival
- LA LA LA HUMAN STEPS
- REVEALED BY FIRE at Harbourfront Centre Premiere Dance Theatre, presented by Lata Pada's Sampradaya Dance Creations
- THE RITE OF SPRING at Harbourfront Centre Premiere Dance Theatre, presented by Compagnie Marie Chouinard
SELECTED MUSIC GIGS:
- Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts (Mandy Patinkin, xxxxx),
- Roy Thomson/Massey Hall (King Sunny Ade, Engelbert Humperdinck, Diamanda Galas, Los Van Van),
- KODO DRUMMERS OF JAPAN (Massey Hall for Hammond & Associates),
- FLYING BULGAR KLEZMER BAND
- ARRAYMUSIC
- 40 FINGERS
- LEE PUI MING
- EEVERGREEN CLUB GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
- SANDRA BERNHARD at the Music Hall, produced by WILD Productions
SELECTED CELEBRITY CLIENTS:
- ELLEN DEGENERES presented at Massey Hall. Also Vancouver and Victoria, by WILD Productions
- JOAN RIVERS & DON RICKLES presented by the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts
- SPALDING GRAY/IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE presented by Massey Hall
SELECTED FILM & TELEVISION
- LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS directed by Denys Arcand, a Cineplex release
- RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS FILM FESTIVAL
- ZERO PATIENCE directed by John Greyson, a Cineplex Releases/Tryptich film