Capital Sessions: DJ Paulo Cardoso + Dancer Raoul 'Jiggyman' Wilke
1:30 PM on Sunday Mar. 10th
National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street
Price: FREE
1:30 PM on Sunday Mar. 10th
National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street
Price: FREE
Family and beginner-friendly! The
DJ plays deep soulful house music from 1:30 to 3:30 and the dancer leads two 30-minute workshops at 1:30 and 2:30. Dance, listen and vibe out, it's a beautiful space with amazing music! There's a great cafe and underground pay-parking at the NAC, or free street-parking downtown!
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Raoul Wilke, a multifaceted Dora Award winning artist, is the co-founder of The Moon Runners dance crew and the CEO of FeedYourSole. As a black emerging artist, he’s accolades extend within different communities, opening doors for new collaborations. He was a model for Seika Boye’s “This Living Dancer” in collaboration with the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) and performed for The Raptors half time show, as well got to produce his own film over the summer of 2019, commissioned by Canadian Stage Theatre. As a leader of street dance community within Canada, he has mentored various companies and dance schools over the years, on the importance of the historical context, within these vernacular street forms and the value of themselves. Raoul is currently Faculty at Toronto Metropolitan University, educating students on these vernacular dance forms that helped shape him in to the man he is today. As a student of dance, he continues to live by the quote, “See the music, Hear the Dance” by Balanchine.
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Hailing from Montreal Canada, DJ Paulo Cardoso has played coast to coast in world famous venues like Stereo, Circus Afterhours and BeachClub in Montreal, Guvernment in Toronto as well as having wowed dancefloors for international crowds in the USA, Cuba, Dominican Republic & Mexico. He has played alongside some of the biggest names in the industry like Deadmau5, Benny Benassi, Deep Dish, DJ Dan, Mark Farina, Danny Tenaglia, Steve Lawler and Chus & Ceballos just to name a few.
Having spent the majority of the last 4 years in Mexico, he has played various beach clubs, rooftops, discotecas and cenote parties along the Mayan Riviera, from Playa Del Carmen & Cozumel to Bacalar & Tulum.
Locally he plays regularly for his favorite crew White Rabbit at City At Night, he played a sold out show for Por Que No at Berlin, this past fall he created an unforgettable nightscape voyage for 500+ attendees at Gaiafest. Now fresh off a 1000+ person #1 daytime festival of the season at Buuts Ha in Tulum, Paulo Cardoso brings these jungle vibes back home! His international influence and cunning ability to blend organic instruments, with deep/FUNky house vibes, sprinkled with afro/tribal/Latin flavors, have proved to be a massive hit on and off the dance floor. He is sure to take you on a journey, that keeps you shaking, moving and asking for more. Sessions!
DJ plays deep soulful house music from 1:30 to 3:30 and the dancer leads two 30-minute workshops at 1:30 and 2:30. Dance, listen and vibe out, it's a beautiful space with amazing music! There's a great cafe and underground pay-parking at the NAC, or free street-parking downtown!
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Raoul Wilke, a multifaceted Dora Award winning artist, is the co-founder of The Moon Runners dance crew and the CEO of FeedYourSole. As a black emerging artist, he’s accolades extend within different communities, opening doors for new collaborations. He was a model for Seika Boye’s “This Living Dancer” in collaboration with the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) and performed for The Raptors half time show, as well got to produce his own film over the summer of 2019, commissioned by Canadian Stage Theatre. As a leader of street dance community within Canada, he has mentored various companies and dance schools over the years, on the importance of the historical context, within these vernacular street forms and the value of themselves. Raoul is currently Faculty at Toronto Metropolitan University, educating students on these vernacular dance forms that helped shape him in to the man he is today. As a student of dance, he continues to live by the quote, “See the music, Hear the Dance” by Balanchine.
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Hailing from Montreal Canada, DJ Paulo Cardoso has played coast to coast in world famous venues like Stereo, Circus Afterhours and BeachClub in Montreal, Guvernment in Toronto as well as having wowed dancefloors for international crowds in the USA, Cuba, Dominican Republic & Mexico. He has played alongside some of the biggest names in the industry like Deadmau5, Benny Benassi, Deep Dish, DJ Dan, Mark Farina, Danny Tenaglia, Steve Lawler and Chus & Ceballos just to name a few.
Having spent the majority of the last 4 years in Mexico, he has played various beach clubs, rooftops, discotecas and cenote parties along the Mayan Riviera, from Playa Del Carmen & Cozumel to Bacalar & Tulum.
Locally he plays regularly for his favorite crew White Rabbit at City At Night, he played a sold out show for Por Que No at Berlin, this past fall he created an unforgettable nightscape voyage for 500+ attendees at Gaiafest. Now fresh off a 1000+ person #1 daytime festival of the season at Buuts Ha in Tulum, Paulo Cardoso brings these jungle vibes back home! His international influence and cunning ability to blend organic instruments, with deep/FUNky house vibes, sprinkled with afro/tribal/Latin flavors, have proved to be a massive hit on and off the dance floor. He is sure to take you on a journey, that keeps you shaking, moving and asking for more. Sessions!