Angela Vitovec, also known as Angela Schubot, grew up in Berlin, where she lived and worked for 38 years; she now works between Berlin and Toronto as a choreographer, dancer, teacher, movement researcher, and bodyworker, while also being the mother of her 4 year old son, Nai.

She collaborated with Jared Gradinger (2009-2022), creating radical works on the debordering of the body such as WHAT THEY ARE INSTEAD OF ( 2009), IS MAYBE (2012), YEW OUTSIDE (2018) and THE HUT (2022) among others to international recognition. Her Solo Trilogy KÖRPER OHNE MACHT (2015) was awarded as the discoveries of the year 2015 for excellent further developments. Since 2016 Angela is educated in traditional amazonian plant medicine and is a facilitator at Caya Shobo Healing Center Peru. She has an education in perceptive pedagogy and fascia therapy Method Danis Bois/AEMF Berlin and teaches among others at ImpulsTanz Vienna, HZT-Berlin and Toronto Biennial of Arts. Angelas methods are searching for bodies of multiplicity in deep communion with plant nature. Following her radical methods she co-created the Solo SAMMAL/MOSS (2022), MOSSBELLY (2023) and YA! (2024) - a Yarrow choir.

In 2023 she changed her artistic name, taking the name of her forgotten grandfather, who was made aware to her by the plants: Vitovec. In Toronto, Angela is one of six Co-Directors of Collective Space, where she has initiated and co-initiated numerous community offerings, including CHOIRing - a weekly community sounding practice; We Need It - community dance classes co-initiated with Aisha Sasha John, Erin Poole, and Kate Nankervis; and Tender Again - monthly bodywork gatherings for vulnerable communities, co-initiated with Nyda Kwasowsky and Miru Yogarajah.

Sandra Balcovske (dramaturge, she/her) graduated from the University of Lethbridge with BA in Philosophy, and spent two years in the University of Alberta Drama Department studying improvisational production. She joined The Second City, and was Creative Advisor for three years. Her work directing and dramaturging at The Second City was nominated for numerous Dora Awards. She was the director on the first full production of The Drowsy Chaperone, which went on to win several Tony Awards. Sandra was director and collaborating writer on a number of original productions, including Linda Griffiths’ Game of Inches, Karen Hines’ Pochsy’s Lips, Pochsy Unplugged, Oh, Baby, and CRAWLSPACE, and Nicky Guadagni’s Hooked. Sandra has been a writer/performer on CBC Radio and has worked extensively as a writer and story editor in television and film, including being story editor for Hines’ short films My Name is Pochsy and The Audit.

Sam Kruger (performer, sound designer, he/him) is a performer, playwright, sound designer, and recent immigrant to Canada. Since 2018 his works have toured to theatres and festivals around the world, including Canada (PuSh Festival, Summerworks), the UK (Soho Theatre, Summerhall), Portugal (Teatro do Barrio Alto), Denmark, Germany, and Australia. He is one half of theatre/performance/comedy duo Creepy Boys, whose show SLUGS was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025. Kruger’s emphasis is in the creation of original theatre that draws on Lecoq-style physical theatre, Gaulier-esqe clown, performance art, and surrealism. Often exploring themes of isolation, alienation, and the performativity of everyday life, Kruger’s work is funny, physical, stupid, sincere, wiggly and proudly weird. He holds a BA from the University of Minnesota, and is a graduate of the École Philippe Gaulier, in Étampes, France.

Based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal and Tkaronto/Toronto, Camil Bellefleur is an emerging contemporary dance artist. They completed their training at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal in 2020 and have danced with Daina Ashbee, Charlie Prince, Jean Benoit-Labrecque, LA TRESSE Collective and Le Radeau. They completed their training in inclusive dance approaches with Corpuscule Danse. Camil’s solo work entitled First Layers was presented at Tangente in 2022 and at the first edition of the Mauricie Arts Vivants festival in 2023, for which they were a finalist for the Creative Momentum award of Culture Mauricie. They are currently working on their next creation, Queer Core - Embodiment.

Elizabeth Yip 葉倩儀 is a contemporary dance artist from Vancouver, Canada. Her dance practice is grounded in passion, dynamics, and emotion. She is a graduate of Modus Operandi under the direction of Kate Franklin, Tiffany Tregarthen, and David Raymond and received the Fall 2023 EDAM Training Scholarship in contact improvisation. Elizabeth has performed and originated roles in work by Yin Yue Dance, Shay Kuebler/RSA, b. solomon, Nicolas Ventura, Khoudia Touré, and Zahra Shahab. Elizabeth pursues work that is theatrical, virtuosic, and tender. Her past artistic choreographic residencies include the Scotiabank Dance Centre, Boombox, and Vines Art Festival. Before joining TDT, she was an apprentice with Shay Kuebler/RSA.

Kate Nankervis is a recognized dancer, choreographer, teacher, and curator whose practice spans collaboration, movement research, performance, installation, and exhibition. Her work intertwines dance with care, lived experience, and deep connections to nature as a collaborative guide.

Kate has received the UNESCO Performing Arts Award (2008), the Ontario Arts Council’s Chalmers Fellowship in Dance Curation (2016), and the danceWEB Scholarship at ImpulsTanz Vienna (2019). For over 15 years, she has performed and collaborated with artists across Canada and internationally.

Kate’s curatorial practice embraces lo-fi, do-it-together communities. She co-directed Toronto Dance Community Love-In (2010-19), hub14 art+performance(2013-16), fostering spaces that nurture artistic development, movement research, and creation within experimental dance and performance. Based in Tkaronto, with roots in Northern Ontario, Kate also works and studies in Berlin. www.katenankervis.com

Megumi Kokuba - she/her - born in Okinawa, the southernmost island of Japan, began ballet at two and later discovered contemporary dance. She moved to Toronto to further her training and became a company dancer with the Toronto Dance Theatre. Megumi’s artistry is rooted in layering information in the body, balancing precision with meaning while embodying strength and vulnerability. Years of working with diverse choreographers have shaped her collaborative approach, emphasizing depth, process, and presence. Committed to environmental advocacy, Megumi prioritizes listening, holding space, and active communication as key elements of her practice.

Millina Aaliyah Fletcher, AKA Fletch - any pronouns - is a Tkaronto based dance artist and a proud lesbian of Barbadian/Franco-Ontarienne mixed heritage. Fletch is a well versed, expressive, outgoing and open minded individual who sees the world as an abundant site for colour and creativity. Fletch identifies as a dancer, choreographer, music enthusiast, and an extrovert who enjoys expressing identity and queerness through dance and fashion.

Roberto is the new era no longer restricted by time she walks the earth with patience noticing how all is changing he doesn’t interfere she listens he watches ready for nothing yet it all shows it’s true colours the sun and the moon have her life and it’s the random that keeps him alive.

I am Roberto Soria, and as a seeker of pleasure it only makes sense that movement has been a part of my life for so many years.

I am:

a raver

a dj/creator of noise

a lover

a photographer/filmmaker

a sagittarius

a company dancer for toronto dance theatre

and friendly so if you see me in the street come say hi!

Ry Kostyniuk is a queer artist born and raised in Sylvan Lake, Alberta and is currently based in Tkaronto/Toronto. They are a graduate from The School of Toronto Dance Theatre (2019) and has danced with Toronto Dance Theatre since their 2019/2020 season. They have performed works by many acclaimed choreographers across Canada as well as international choreographers Emese Nagy (MA•ZE) and Shannon Gillen (VimVigor). Ry has choreographed solo/duet works which have been performed in Toronto, and toured internationally. They currently find inspiration from the queer nightlife and rave scene, and continue to explore themes in their work based around sexuality, and gender expression.

Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) is an iconic name within the Canadian dance landscape. Founded in 1968, the company was instrumental in ushering in a new era of modern dance to Toronto and national audiences. Today, TDT is one of Canada’s leading innovators in dance while being one of the very few contemporary companies in the country with a full-time ensemble of dancers.

Supporting imaginative programming that places creative risk-taking and artistic development at the forefront, TDT creates initiatives that address relevant issues within our field, stage high-caliber stage productions, and instigate thoughtful activations in the community.

Andrew Tay (TDT Artistic Director) is a hybrid performance curator, choreographer and DJ. Tay was awarded the Risk and Innovation award from the Summerworks Performance Festival (2016), appointed as the inaugural Artistic Curator of the Centre de Creation O Vertigo (CCOV) Montreal (2017), and was named on the list of “50 under 50 shaping tomorrow” by Concordia University (2022). Tay’s works have been presented at leading international dance and performance festivals, art institutions and museums including the Festival Trans-Amériques (Montreal), MDT (Sweden), Kampnagel (Germany), Fierce Festival (UK) and the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (USA). He actively thinks about community, irreverence, and resistance in both his performance and curatorial practices.