choreographer, author, mentor, yoga instructor, dance teacher

 

Mentorships/Outside Eye/Rehearsal Director:

  • Esie Mensah                              2015 to present
  • Natasha Powell                          2018
  • Victoria Maria Mata Soledad        2013
  • Lua Shayenne                            2010-2017
  • Roshanak Jaberi                         2010-2016
  • Lata Pada                                  2008-2015

 Author

  • Third Swan from the Left, published 12 January 2015

 Dancer/Rehearsal Director:

  • Ballet Jorgen Canada                 1988-1993
  • Judith Marcuse Dance Company  1986-1988
  • Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal       1980-1985
  • American Dance Machine           1979
  • Cincinnati Ballet Company          1969-1976
  • Independent work with:
    • The Ontario Ballet Theatre, Howard Richard, Xing Bang Fu, Randy Glynn, Juan Antonio, Yuri Ng, Margo Perry, Paul Ibey

 


On the teaching faculties:

  • Randolph College for the Performing Arts    2014 to present
  • Ballet Jorgen Summer Programs                2011 to present
  • School of Toronto Dance Theatre                2004 to present
  • Oakville School of Dance                           2006-2014
    • + The American Dance Machine, the Eugene O’Neill Centre for the Arts, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Ecole de Eddy Toussaint, George Brown School of Dance, Desrosiers Dance Theatre, Ballet Creole, Quinte Dance Centre Summer Schools
    • + Have conducted master classes and workshops across Canada, the USA, France, Ireland, Sweden, North Macedonia, Japan, Congo, China, Brazil, Turkey, Trinidad & Grenada

Choreographer/Director:

  • OMO Dance Company   1994-2009
  • Touring Switzerland, Trinidad, Turkey & North Macedonia
  • 2002 Dora Mavor Moore nomination for Outstanding New Choreography

 Training/Education:

2020:     Fascia in Movement & Sport Conference (Italy)

Carla & Antonio Stecco, Jan Wilke, Johannes Freiberg, Sebastian Bohn, Mette Hansen, Sergio Fonseca, Robert Schleip, Jan Paul Van Wingerden, James Earl, Divo Muller, Andrzej Pilat & John Sharkey 

2020:     Fascia Conference (Berlin)

Daniel Keown, Jaap van der Wal, John Sharkey, Gil Hedley & Robert Scheip

2013-present Yoga training:

  • 240 hr. Yin, 700 hr. Hatha, 175 hr. Vinyasa, 40 hr. Seniors
  • Jo Phee, Joe Barnett, Dina Tsoulahas, Ted Grand, Jess Robertson

1969-present Dance training:

Anneliese von Oettingen, David McLain, Alicia Markova, Oleg Sabline, David Blackburn, James Truitte, Thelma Hill, Jefferson James, William Griffith, Meredith Baylis, Lee Theodore, Buzz Miller, Suzanne Toumine