Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre to end lease for four-decade-old Fleck Dance Theatre

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Non-profit arts organization continues efforts to cut operating expenses

Over the past 10 years, the Fleck Dance Theatre has only been used for 40 per cent of its 292 bookable days annually, including a 2008 performance of David St-Pierre's “La Pornographie des ames!”Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre cultural complex says it plans to terminate its lease for the Fleck Dance Theatre next March as it continues to reckon with a years-long financial crunch., the 440-capacity Fleck was refurbished and renamed in 2008.

Shutting down the Fleck was a difficult decision, Loblaw said, but a necessary one as Harbourfront tries to steer into fiscal safety in an era where both its finances, and Harbourfront Centre is also home to the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and the Toronto International Festival of Authors. The federally funded non-profit has undergone significant struggles since COVID-19 lockdowns ended. Long-time chief executive Marah Brayein December, 2023. It also closed a much-cherished outdoor skating rink, though it is now expected to reopen after community pushback.

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