AMPD – York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

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Debra Brown is an award winning choreographer. She received an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for her efforts as the creative force behind the Cirque du Soleil’s tribute to special effects at the 74th Annual Academy Awards.

Debra Brown Choreographer
BFA 1978

Diane Borsato is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph where she teaches advanced courses in Experimental Studio. She was awarded the Victor Martyn-Lynch Staunton Award from the Canada Council for the Arts, and was twice nominated for the Sobey Art Award. She has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the National Art Centre and in galleries and museums internationally.

Diane Borsato Professor, University of Guelph
Visual Arts BFA 1997

Sofia Bohdanowicz is most noted for her documentary film Maison du Bonheur (2017), which was a finalist for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2018, and her thesis film Veslemøy's Song (2018), which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list in 2018. Her film MS Slavic 7 (2019) has been featured on the film streaming platform MUBI.

Sofia Bohdanowicz Director
Film MFA 2020

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