The winners of the 2023 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts prizes, from left to right: Keith Barker, Suba Sankaran, Natasha Powell, John Kameel Farah and Roydon Tse. A Metis playwright, a pianist who combines baroque and Middle Eastern music and a dance industry veteran are among the winners of this year’s Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts prizes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-The Metcalf Foundation-Shalan and Paul **MANDATORY CREDIT **
The winners of the 2023 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts prizes, from left to right: Keith Barker, Suba Sankaran, Natasha Powell, John Kameel Farah and Roydon Tse. A Metis playwright, a pianist who combines baroque and Middle Eastern music and a dance industry veteran are among the winners of this year’s Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts prizes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-The Metcalf Foundation-Shalan and Paul **MANDATORY CREDIT **
TORONTO - A Métis playwright, a pianist who combines baroque and Middle Eastern music and a dance industry veteran are among the winners of this year’s Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes.
The Metcalf Foundation awarded five Ontario artists $25,000 each, plus $10,000 for their selected proteges.
The winners named at a Toronto ceremony include Métis playwright, actor and Toronto theatre director Keith Barker with protégé Chris Mejaki; and Brampton-born pianist and composer John Kameel Farah, with protégé Evan Pointner.
Other Toronto-area winners include choreographer and dancer Natasha Powell, with her protégé Raoul Wilke; composer and music educator Suba Sankaran, with protégé Shirsha Chakraborty; and orchestra composer Roydon Tse, with protégé Sami Anguaya.
The five winners, chosen from a list of 15 finalists, have all been producing and showing work for at least a decade. The remaining 10 finalists will each receive $2,000.
Organizers say the prizes — dubbed "Johannas" — reward artists who have made “a recognized impact on the field and the public, and show great promise in the ongoing pursuit of their ambitious and visionary practices.â€
Nominees were selected through juried Ontario Arts Council competitions in dance, music, opera and theatre, as well as competitions focused on francophone, Indigenous and northern communities.
This report by ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥was first published Nov. 29, 2023.
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