Candice Spykers is a graduate of York University, where she received a BFA in Dance and a BEd at the Intermediate/ Senior level. Candice also received specialized dance training on full scholarship at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. In 2022, Candice completed her MA in Choreography at Trinity Laban […]
Syreeta Hector is a dance artist and educator in Toronto, Ontario. As a highly accomplished performer, Syreeta has worked for internationally recognized companies like Adelheid Dance Projects, Citadel + Compagnie, and Toronto Dance Theatre. She is a proud graduate of The National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and has […]
Dr. Tanya Berg is a Toronto-based ballet teacher, dance educator, and researcher. She is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School Teacher Training Program, and her PhD research explored kinesthetic dialogue and embodied communication in advanced ballet pedagogy, reflecting her ongoing commitment to innovative approaches to dance education. Prior to joining the Department of Dance, Theatre […]
Jennifer Jimenez is a community engaged artist with an extensive career as a national and international scenographer for live performance. She holds an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK, a BFA in Theatre Production and Design, and BEd from York University. She has received an OAC Chalmers Award, has been twice nominated for the […]
Patrick Alcedo was a Rockefeller Humanities Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution and a performer with the internationally touring Filipiniana Dance Group, and received his doctorate in Dance History and Theory from UC Riverside under the auspices of the Asian Cultural Council’s Ford Foundation grant. Professor Alcedo's film publications have appeared in The New York Times […]
Bridget Cauthery (PhD) is a dance and cultural studies scholar focusing on the impacts of post/neo-coloniality and the processes of globalization on contemporary and popular dance practices in the Global North. In June 2022, she embarked on a multi-year SSHRC Insight-funded project to resituate and reinvest in In the Land of the Spirits, a ballet […]
Danielle Robinson is a dance scholar who researches the cross-cultural movement of Afro-Diasporic popular dances within the Americas. Her dance research has been recognized with awards from the Society of Dance History Scholars, the Congress on Research in Dance, and the American Theatre focus group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. In addition, […]
Mary Fogarty is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance. Her research interests encompass participatory and collaborative art-making practices that bring together amateurs and professionals, high and low cultural forms, popular culture, humor, and art-world aesthetics and sensibilities. Her current work explores practices including videomaking, dancing, music-making, and street arts, with an […]