mission statement
Toronto Dance Love-In is a not-for-profit artist-run dance organization based in Tkaronto. We host an array of programming including drop-in sessions, live performances, facilitated talks, collective practices, and our annual Summer Love-In Festival. We are grateful to partner with various spaces across the city and continue to host some of our events online to broaden access. By connecting artists locally and abroad, Love-In provides a platform for sharing radical approaches in dance education and creative practice.
Since 2009, our organization has been motivated by a mandate to uphold generosity, respect and love. We were founded to foster connection in the communities we serve, providing open form access to dance training. 2025 marks our 16th year in operation. Today, our mandate remains focused on principles of reducing barriers to accessing dance and dance experiences in Tsi Tkaronto. We are committed to meaningfully increasing representation for artists and staying responsive to the ways our community moves through a changing world, knowing that liberation for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Trans, d/Deaf, and Disabled community means liberation for all.
values
Love-In strives to create equitable, inclusive environments in all of our programming. We celebrate the diverse intersections of identity and experience represented in our community of movement practitioners. We work to integrate anti-oppressive practices and disability justice frameworks into all levels of engagement. Our organization can be counted on to continuously elevate, engage, be accountable to, and take the lead from the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Trans, d/Deaf, and Disabled community members and leadership.
Love-In staff are committed to social justice and the continuous self-education that meaningful accountability demands. We push ourselves and urge our participants to unpack and consider their complicity in white supremacy, coloniality, patriarchy, cissexism and capitalistic structures. Discriminatory acts, language, gestures, behavior, racism, transphobia, homophobia, microaggressions, xenophobia, anti-semitism, ableism, audism, sexism, misogyny and harassment of any form will not be tolerated at any of our events.
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session pricing & registration options
We provide pay-what-you-can (pwyc) access, varied accessibility measures, and a welcoming environment. Love-In offers a pwyc sliding scale by using the discount codes. You can find details below to help you decide how much to pay.
discount codes & donation options
ABUNDANT — add donation, no discount code used at check out
SUPPORTER — add donation, no discount code used check out
REDUCED — 25% off
SOLIDARITY — 50% off
ACCESS — 100% off (contact info@tolovein.com for barrier free registration)
about our pricing model
We offer a pwyc sliding scale by using the discount codes listed below at checkout. We ask that community members with a consistent income or salary pay at the regular price so that we can support community members with less access to income, wealth, or assets to attend barrier free. Thank you for locating yourself where best represents your economic situation and paying accordingly. This supports making our programs available to more folks for years to come!
abundant top up
This rate reflects a medium increase on the rate for the session. If you have access to a salary, savings, investments, assets, or generational wealth, paying this rate will subsidize the attendance of someone for whom cost is a barrier to attending. If you are moved to donate $10 or more, there is an option to do so.
supporter top up
This rate reflects a moderately increased rate for the session and will allow us to partially subsidize the attendance of folks for whom cost is a barrier. Please add a donation of $5 if you have access to a salary, savings, investments or assets.
regular cost
This rate reflects the regular cost for the session. Please select this rate if you have access to a regular income and are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation.
reduced cost
This rate reflects the reduced cost for the session. Please select this rate if you are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation, but have gaps in your income and no access to savings or familial financial support.
solidarity cost
This rate reflects the solidarity cost for the session. Please select this rate if you are able to meet your basic needs around food, housing and transportation, but don't have access to regular income.
access no cost
The option to access this session at no cost ensures that members of our community for whom price is a barrier to participation are able to join us and receive direct support from our team. Please email us at info@tolovein.com to receive this option.