Beloved dance hub Dovercourt House is closing and people in Toronto are devastated
The beloved dance hub housed in Toronto s historic Dovercourt House is no more.
For nearly two decades, the brick structure at 805 Dovercourt Rd. has been home to some of the city s most eclectic collection of weekly dance events, from salsa classes to West Coast swing and ecstatic dance.
But a new tenant is moving into the 108-year-old building and community members who d hoped to run dance classes post-lockdown have been informed via e-mail that Dovercourt House is closing.
The building s longtime leaseholder, Andy Haslett, says it just didn t make sense for him to continue the lease with COVID-19 restrictions.
The Towns Mirror Special: Get up and dance
The Towns Mirror Special: Get up and dance
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 11, 2021, 06:39 IST
teacher, Lourd
Vijay, life has been a series of ups and downs and not just on the dance floor
Life is not about the number of times you fall but how many times you get back up,” says salsa exponent and
Cooke Town resident, Lourd Vijay. He should know, because, in the middle of a soaring career, Vijay was laid low with health issues and had to stop dancing.
Vijay, who is credited with popularising salsa in India, holds a Guinness World record for the maximum number of swing dance flips. But his journey has been full of ups and downs. “I gave my first public performance when I was 3 years old,” he recalls. Though passionate about the art form he is a self-taught dancer.