Show Dates: February 19, 20, 21, 2026 @ 8PM and February 22, 2026 matinee 
Co-production with Suzanne Liska and Citadel + Compagnie LIVE 2025/2026
​Location: The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance 304 Parliament Street, Toronto
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Tea with Mara, meaning to invite Mara (your ‘demons’) for tea, is set in this ‘spirited’ space, embodying Japanese Canadian and Buddhist mythology, practices and philosophy. This interdisciplinary collaboration between dance/theatre and music, animates themes of suffering, pleasure, transformation, and the interconnection between the past, present, and future. Personal and cultural narratives of diaspora, identity, and intergenerational heritages are shared through choreography performed by Gibum Dante Lim, Mika Lior, Mateo Gallindo Torres, and Suzanne Liska, with sound design/performance by Heidi Chan and accompaniment by RAW Taiko Drummers and costume and set designer Jennie Simm (Vallis).

​Photos by GM Creative. Creative work supported by the Toronto Arts Council and the Japanese Canadian Legacy Fund.

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​Show Credits:
Choreographer: Suzanne Liska 
Co-Creators/Performers: Gibum Dante Lim, Mika Lior, Suzanne Liska, Mateo Gallindo Torres 
Composer/Musician: Heidi Chan 
RAW Taiko performers: Young Park and Wy Young Kou 
Costume and Set Designer: Jennie Simm (Vallis) 
Stage Manager: A.J. Morra 
Lighting Designer: Gabriel Cropley 
Dramaturg/Outside Eye: Maxine Heppner