Goodness Gracious Information

Goodness Gracious... is a Toronto-based dance entertainment company dedicated to the art of fire dancing. Breathtaking to behold, fire dancing proves to be an exhilarating and dramatic experience for the entire audience. Co-founded by Natalie Fullerton and Lara Ebata in 2002, Goodness Gracious... has since appeared in a short IMAX film, Stage Fright, directed by Mark Bethune; at a variety of Harbourfront festivals during the 2003, 2004, & 2005 seasons; the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists Site Specific works, the Grande Scale Event 2003 the Junction Arts Festival 2003; DORA award winning productionVariété, directed by Ross Manson; Taste theTalent, directed and produced by Katarina Rajkovic and Siona Jackson; the OttawaFringe Festival 2005; Le Foot Cabaret, as part of fFIDA 2005; Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights 2005 and most recently across Canada for The Bank of Montreal annual Bravo Awards. Natalie Fullerton and Lara Ebata are classically trained dancers, having studied ballet, modern, jazz, classical East Indian, Latin, and Afro-Caribbean. Both hold Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from York University and are currently professional dancers in the Toronto dance community. It is this rich and varied background that enables Goodness Gracious... to put a new spin on an ancient art form.