Artist: Kayla Milmine & Sid Eillers
Song: [improvisation]
Recorded at Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre (coexisDance #113), February 28, 2026.
Kayla Milmine & Sid Eillers - [improvisation]
The coexisDance series, which has been bringing together improvisers from Toronto's music and dance scenes for more than a decade, seems to have been thriving lately. Settled into Cabbagetown's CCDT, there's a proper floor and room to set up a large illuminated circle for the performances, musicians strewn around the perimemter and getting a chance to improvise with two different dance artists over the course of the evening. Raphael Roter has brought curatorial energy to the series, with a passion for bridging two vibrant communities that might not rub elbows enough. [Do note that these field recordings are, by necessity, "incomplete" without the dancers' physicality, but I think it's worth preserving this work from some excellent players in the community.]
Closing out the night, this set saw Milmine dipping into her trove of extended techniques for soprano sax, with plastic tubing and bells making an appearance, while Eillers provided vocalizations and facial animations, ending the set curled up in Milmine's lap.
[Kayla Milmine will be busy with several shows coming up, but I'm especially keen on this just-announced Sonomadic Music show at Annette Studios on Sunday, April 12th. There will be sets from The Clearing (Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay/Nick Fraser/Marilyn Lerner) plus Happy Apple (Allison Cameron & Joe Strutt).]
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