Toller Tales
Historic O’Brien Theatre Event
Artistic Impressions and Toller 50 Campaign launch A highly unusual afternoon of movies, memory, emotion, Toller stories, art stories, paintings,…
The Art of Figure Skating Costume Collection
Toller International has recently acquired a highly valuable collection of costumes from Toller’s most iconic shows including Strawberry Ice and Magic…
Be Bold! Fill the Canvas! by Blanca Uzeta O’Leary
One day, when our son, Cav, was about six, Toller said, “Show up at the studio tomorrow and bring Cav….
A Strange Kind of Customer
German Llamas, Antigua Llamas, San Miguel de Allende I meet Toller around fifteen years ago. Si, he was very strange…
An Artist Through and Through
Benjamin Wright The big moment was Pagliacci. The exhibition Toller gave in Munich in 1974 was the greatest exhibition of…
He Became Himself
Ellen Burka He’s very disciplined. At the beginning, I said, “Just move and be yourself.” And that’s what he became—Himself….
He Will Never Skate Again
When Toller was 13, he developed a huge lump below both knees. Skating had become painful and jumping had become…
The First Brush Stroke – by Scott Umstattd
I remember talking to Toller about an artist’s intention behind the first brush stroke of a new painting. He told…
Fantastic. Flamboyant. Kind. – by R.M. Vaughn
Wearing a white fur coat cape-style, the collar clutched around his neck, he burst out of the CHANEL store looking…
Dinner Party for Margaret Atwood – by Susan Page
When Toller Cranston learned that fellow Canadian legendary genius, Margaret Atwood, was to appear at the San Miguel de Allende…
Breakfast at Toller’s – by Edythe Anstey Hanen
Breakfast at Toller’s is an informal affair with formal parameters: you must have been invited, or have a standing invitation…
The Brother I Never Asked For – by June Eyton
Every Sunday, local artists display their paintings in the Parque Juarez and Toller would always go and look. These artists…
Toller Taught Mexicans About Canadians – by Mario Alvarado
He would come in here to the restaurant two or three times a week, sometimes every day. It seems that…
Toller’s Skating Was a Catalyst in My life – by Ryan Stevens
Growing up in a small village in rural Nova Scotia wasn’t always easy for me. I was a flamboyant, gay…
He Would Not Compromise – by Brian Orser
I got to tour with him for eight or ten years. There were a lot of tour buses, and a…
The Background of the Family Names: Toller and Cranston
The background of the family names Toller and Cranston and Shillito is interesting. The roots extend deep into Canada. On…
Toller Toller!
In the German language, the word toll is a colloquial expression for great, super, fantastic,stunning, amazing, awesome. Toller means even…
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