POOLBODY
Featured image: acrylic on paper by Manny Trinh
Photography: Henry Chan
POOLBODY was a multi-site performance series exploring pools as contested, joyful, complex, and imaginative sites of public gathering, bodily encounter, recreation, and social history. The series took place across the GTA in August 2026, and brought together performances, workshops, and site-responsive interventions.
FADO Commons (401 Richmond Building) | Flagstaff Park & Pool (Rexdale)
Hart House Pool (University of Toronto) | Private Pool (Baby Point Road)
August 6 - FADO Commons, POOL MAINTENANCE — Performance Lecture by Hannah S. Palmer — Author of The Pool is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim
Friday, August 7 - Flagstaff Park & Pool
Kids' Pool Art Exhibition & Kid’s Watercolour Workshop with Richa Baghel
Seniors' Movement Workshop led by Roxy Menzies
Performances by:
Nyda Kwasowsky, Lifelines (a pilgrimage with, to and for the waters)
Ranganathan Rajan, Phantasmagoria
Tess Martens, PAPER. BAG. SAG. DOLL…
Saturday, August 8, Hart House Pool
Performances by:
Aysia Tse & (H)annah Kryworuchko, pool notes and (mis)alignments
Mikiki, SPLASH PAD
Sunday, August 9 Private Pool (Baby Point Road)
Aisha Sasha John, my astonishing wealth
L-R: Hannah S. Palmer, Nyda Kwasowsky, Ranganathan Rajan, Roxy Menzies, Aysia Tse & (H)annah Kryworuchko, Aisha Sasha John, Mikiki, Tess Martens, and Richa Baghel.
This project has been made possible with support from:
Toronto Arts Council | Toronto Arts Foundation – Arts in the Parks
FADO Performance Art Centre | Dancemakers Curators in Community Fund | Arts Etobicoke