dance / performance projects
Aside from choreographing, I also perform for and collaborate with other artists. Here’s a selection of past and ongoing projects.
PITZHANGER MANOR & GALLERY | DANCING WITH SCULPTURE: EXPLORING ANTHONY CARO’S CHILD’S TOWER ROOM is a series of short videos I made in March 2023 at a gallery in Ealing, London to promote their new Anthony Caro exhibition. Learn more about the gallery and the exhibition here.
FOOLISH OPERATIONS | MOVING RESTING NESTING research process & site-specific performances in August 2020, November 2020, March 2021 and August 2021. More details about the project here.
Photo by Erik Zennstrom
DAMARISE STE MARIE | HEART-BEATS is a performance that melds drumming, body percussion and movement. I participated in two research periods for this work between 2018-2022. More details here.
RACHEL HELTEN | THE PLACE OF HER SIGHS was a duet performed for Judith Fair 2019, a women’s day event produced by Alley Theatre. More details here.
COEXISDANCE 2018 | IMPROVISED DUO with Rémi Thibault (half of musical duo Kaleidos). This was a part of Coexidance: Western Ed. 1, produced by O.Dela Arts. An interview Rémi and I did on Radio Canada here. Watch video here.
Photo by Fiyako Adebajo
SIOBHAN DAVIES STUDIOS | LANGUAGE, POWER, FEAR is a community performance project that I’ve been a part of as part of my role at SDS. LANGUAGE was in July 2022, POWER was in June 2023 and FEAR will take place on June 22, 2024. Learn more about the project here.
ATELIER CULTUREL RADIO CANADA | TROIS GRANDES INSPIRATIONS was a duet created with clarinestist François Houle and director/editor Pierre Beaudoin in March 2020.
Photo by Jeff Lucas
RACHEL HELTEN | OUR VEINS LIKE HER BRANCHES was a trio performed for the Dance Centre’s 12 minutes max (November 2019) and for Dezza Dance’s Leg! Up Series (February 2020). More details here.
Emily Bayrock Photography
CRASH! INTERDISCIPLINARY RESIDENCY| THIS IS A WALL was a collaboration between Sam Mason, Sanny Trinh, Merve Talya Kuran, Anthony Chike and I for CRASH! High-Speed Interdisciplinary Collisions. SFU School for Contemporary Arts, Vancouver, BC. June 15 2018. More details here.
FUTURE LEISURE | ESCAPE is a performance by Future Leisure that I translated into French and performed at OFFTA in Montreal in May 2021. Learn more about Escape here.
ALEJANDRA MIRANDA | CROWDED SOLO was a solo I performed at the Firehall Arts Centre’s BD Buds Festival in 2019. More details here.
Photo by Carol Sawyer
COEXISDANCE 2019 | IMPROVISED TRIO An improvised trio with sound artists Ross Birdwise and Soressa Gardner performed on December 19, 2019. This was a part of Coexidance Western Ed. 2, curated by Olivia C. Davies, Artistic Director of O.Dela Arts. Dance artists and musicians share short improvised works in an intimate evening of live performances, culminating in a group jam.
Photo: AdrianO Photography
VOIRELIA | QUANTUM INKBLOT EVENT was an evening of physics, psychology, dance, art, & astronomy the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver. July 12 2018. More details here.
Photo: Riz Herbosa
FOOLISH OPERATIONS | PAPER PLAYGROUND is a stimulating experience set on a large paper carpet, created especially for children five and under that includes dancing, drawing, live music and projections. I’ve performed in this work in Surrey, Vancouver, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Smithers, Fort St John, St Albert (AB) and Miramichi (NB) between 2017-2019. More details here.
Bailey Morgan Photography
STRANGE BREED | MUSIC VIDEO | CHOREOGRAPHY BY CAITLIN GRIFFIN AND KYLE TOY Performed in this music video in March 2020.
CCAFCB | PROJET CRÉATIONS CONNEXES was an artist residency/workshop in Prince George organized by the Conseil culturel artistique francophone de la CB in July 2020.
SEPIDEH YADEGAR | SHORT FILM | ASAL was directed by Sepideh Yadegar and the dancing was directed by Deanna Peters. Created in Autumn 2018.