Building Utopia: Performance and the Fantasy of Urban Renewal in Contemporary Toronto

Authors

Laura Levin, York University
Kim Solga, The University of Western OntarioFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2009

Volume

53

Issue

3

Journal

TDR: The Drama Review

First Page

37

Last Page

53

URL with Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/dram.2009.53.3.37

Abstract

Toronto markets itself as a city in renewal, a “creative city” of the future full of arts and culture. Alongside the official pitch, a number of street-level underground initiatives reimagine Toronto's utopic future in a different way by means of site-specific performances.