2012 Date & Location Announcement.

The 2012 Dia de Los Muertos Festival of the Arts, ‘Craft & Cabaret’ will be taking place on October 21st 2012 at The Great Hall.

Those interested in Vending Information please email info@diadelosmuertosfestival.ca for an early bird application !!!

Happy Holidays from the DDLM Festival !

The ‘Dia de Los Muertos Festival’ would like wo wish everyone a happy and safe Holiday Season. Best Wishes to everyone in the new year! We’ll see you soon!

THANK YOU

Dia de Los Muertos Festival of the Arts & theOriginalFace.ca would like to thank everyone who came out (especially in makeup) to celebrate with us! A special thanks goes out to our amazing vendors and our world class line up of Cabaret Acts!

Please send any pictures, thoughts, etc. to info@diadelosmuertosfestival.ca !

Information on next year’s show will be posted in the months to come.

Dia De Los Muertos 2011 Craft & Cabaret Afternoon Line up.

It’s Official!

 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS in conjuntion with theOriginalFace.ca will be Hosted by Sketchy the Clown.

Buy your Tickets  before Halloween and get your named entered into a Raffle for a great Prize for every ticket you buy.** Be sure to watch our Commercial for a Promo Code to get a 20% discount on your ticketsBuy Tickets Online at http://DiaDeLosMuertos2011.eventbrite.com

Free Workshops during the Craft Fair 1-6pm on November 6th at Revival Bar – 783 College Street

 1-2pm Performance Character Workshop with Sketchy & Peggy

Are you a performer who wants to connect better with your audience? Have you worked out your routine and costume but want to add a whole other dimension? With a few simple exercises we can help you develop your performance character or further flush out your existing stage personae. Free forty minute workshop for all levels of performers taught by Dave McKay (Lunacy Cabaret) and Morgan Joy (Humber School of Comedy). Sketchy the Clown is part ephedrine, part iodine, part phosphorus, ether, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and methanol all cooked up into a batch of speedy clown weirdness. www.TorontoClown.com

 2:00 to 2:30pm Body Explore Workshop with Obskyura:

A series of Body warm-up isolations will explore new ways the body could move from head to toe.  Along with isolations, head, neck, chest, pelvis and arm waves and rolls will be broken down in order to achieve seamless movement.  The workshop will conclude with an exploration of facial expressions and movement – which plays a large roll in opening up the body during a performance. www.Obskyura.com

 3-3:45pm Free Play Hula Hoop with Kitty Kerosene of WellRoundedHoops.com

“Get a new spin on life and fitness with hula hooping! Hula hooping blends the invigoration of cardio with a mind-body connection while improving balance, flexibility and core strength. No prior hula hooping experience needed. Just come ready to have fun and try something new!  Some studio hoops will be provided for use, or bring your own. Hoops are also available for purchase. For more info check out:  www.WellRoundedHoops.com”

 4-4:45pm Introduction to Contact Juggling/”Crystal Ball” Manipulation with Joe Laszlo

Popularized by David Bowie’s “Goblin King” character in the mid-80s movie “Labyrinth”, and more recently by “Fushigi magic balls”, “contact juggling”, is a mesmerizing and magical-looking object manipulation art form, in which performers move and roll solid-coloured, reflective or transparent (acrylic) “crystal” balls about in their hands & over their body, making them appear to float and move in impossible-seeming ways. Joe will introduce a variety of basic “CJ” skills that will help even absolute beginners get started magically “floating” & rolling like pros. Balls & props will be provided & available for sale or order.

5-5:15pm Burlesque and the Boa with St. Stella

The boa in burlesque can be used for numerous purposes, from representing a lover or the softness of ones skin, to simply a luxurious mode of covering the body.  This workshop will be a playful way to discover your inner burlesque vamp using the most classic prop in burlesque – the feather boa.

 530-545pm Bare Basics of Burlesque – The Glove Tease with Miss Esther De Ville

Learn about the bare basics of burlesque with this introduction to The Glove Tease! Watch Esther as she demonstrates to you the numerous ways to reveal your hands. She will be covering long opera gloves, as well as short smoking or riding gloves. The possibilities are endless with this beginners trick!

And a surprise appearing by The Dueling Magicians.