In 1982 I attended Conference ’82 - VII Commonwealth & International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, in Brisbane Australia, where I co-taught 2 workshops on improvisation and body awareness and also gave a paper entitled: A Comparison of the Factors Affecting Ballet Dancers and Improvisational Dancers. From 1980-83, as part of Remote Control, I co-taught workshops in Sweden and England, creative movement to special population groups and in community dance in London (England) with RNIB, deaf & partial hearing and in Canada with CNIB, multi-disabilities and psychiatric survivors.In Toronto, where I moved in 1983, I have taught at performing arts schools, McMaster University, Ryerson University and Seneca, Sheridan & George Brown Colleges. I have been on part-time staff teaching movement, creative, contact and social dance at Humber College (Theatre Department and Film & TV Department) since 1985.

 

 

1985-ongoing

HUMBER COLLEGE. Toronto (Theatre; Film & TV Departments)

 

2007

RYERSON UNIVERSITY. Toronto (Theatre Dept)

 

2006

YORK UNIVERSITY. Toronto (Dance Dept)

GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE. Toronto (Theatre Dept)

 

2003-4

RYERSON UNIVERSITY. Toronto (Theatre Dept)

 

2002

FESTIVAL OF INTERACTIVE PHYSICS (F.I.P). Toronto (Images & Perf)

 

2001

GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE. Toronto (Theatre Dept)

 

1998

F.I.P. Toronto (Space Invasion)

 

1997

F.I.P. Toronto (Bodies in Conflict)

 

1996

CANADIAN ACTORS LAB. Toronto

 

1991-96

NEW SCHOOL OF DRAMA. Toronto

 

1986-96

McMASTER UNIVERSITY. Hamilton (Department of Kinesiology)

 

1985/86

BLYTH & CO. Oxford University, England & Stanford University, California

 

1983-85

C.N.I.B.; GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE; SENECA COLLEGE; Y.M.C.A.; YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE

 

1982

SWEDEN & AUSTRALIA. Colleges & School Tours; teaching & performing

 

1981-83

ENGLAND. Boards of Education & Institutions; Community & Day Centres

 

 

2007

NUIT BLANCHE. Curator of dance in Distillery District, Dance Ontario

 

2006

WORLD DANCE ALLIANCE. York University, Toronto, Canada Curator, Celtic Programme

                                             Assistant Programmer; Dance/Movement Improvisation Workshop Teacher

 

2004

PICASSO PROJECT: Movement Workshop for Deaf and Partial hearing.

UK/CANADA EXCHANGE, The Place, London, England. Dance outside eye and Admin Assistant for

                                          South East Dance (England)/Moving Pictures Dance Festival (Toronto)

2003

PICASSO PROJECT: Reader for Blind and Partially sighted

 

2002

DANCER’S LIFE SKILLS. (Speaker) REAson D’etre Productions, Toronto

PADDY CREAN INTERNATIONAL STAGE COMBAT WORKSHOP, Banff Centre. Workshop Assistant

 

1997

FIGHT DIRECTORS, CANADA

NATIONALS. Toronto. Nationals Co-ord

 

1996

FIGHT DIRECTORS, CANADA

NATIONALS, Banff Centre for the Arts. Nationals Co-ordinator

 

1995

PADDY CREAN WORKSHOP, Shaw Festival, Niagara on the Lake. Workshop Assistant

FIGHT DIRECTORS, CANADA

NATIONALS. Toronto. National’s Co-ordinator

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. McMaster University, Hamilton. Creative Dance Workshop Leader

 

1993

CANADA CUBA SPORTS AND CULTURAL FESTIVALS Cultural delegation to Cuba of Canadian theatre, music, dance, film, video and visual artists and cultural executives attending the International Festival of Latin-American Theatre in Havana

 

1988

C.A.H.P.E.R. (Canadian Association of Health, Phys Ed & Recreation) Toronto.

                   Contact Improvisation & Dance for adults

FIRST ETHNOMUSICOLOGY CONFERENCE IN CANADA, Toronto Paper presented:

                    Falling Tonto in Bahia(Special research on Trance Dance in Brazil)

 

1987

SCARBOROUGH BOARD OF EDUCATION, Scarborough Creative Dance Workshops for 8-12 yr olds

 

l986 & 87

ARTS ODYSSEY '86 & '87, Scarborough Board of Education. Creative dance workshops for

                    Elementary children

1984

T.A.A.S. (Toronto Assoc. of Acting Studios) Reach... for the Magic Conference: Lecture/

                    demonstration on Creative Movement for the Actor           

STRESS'84: Sponsored by the Canadian Mental Health Association, Harbourfront, Toronto.

Movement Workshops; Video presentations - Dance with Special Populations: 1) Ex-psychiatric;

2) Visually Impaired

 

1983 C.A.H.P.E.R. (Canadian Association of Health, Phys Ed & Recreation) Dance Section: Workshop of Group. Improvisation; Performance (Remote Control) in "Dance Spectacular". Hart House Theatre, University of Toronto

INNOVATIONS IN RECREATION, Sponsored by Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded, Toronto.  Lecture/demonstration on Creative Movement and Dance for the Visually and Mentally Handicapped.

1982 CONFERENCE '82 - VII COMMONWEALTH & INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT,          PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION & DANCE, Brisbane,Australia. Dance Section: paper          presented- A Comparison of the Factors Affecting Ballet Dancers and Improvisational Dancers;          Improvisation Workshop; Disabled section: Workshop for Body Awareness, Dance & Drama

 

During the many years that I have coached movement for plays or been an outside eye for dance, I have been called upon to help realise a broad spectrum of activities including:

 

• teaching specific dance forms e.g. waltz, jive or tango- coaching certain fight scenes for safety

• collaborating with the director to devise theatrical movement scenes

• developing character work with individual artists

 

 

2007

LION IN THE STREETS. Dir, Richard Greenblatt

 

2006

THE BABYSITTER** Dir, Michael Waller, (Dora Nomination)

BANYAN TREE. Dir, Lynda Hill

EVER THUS** Choreo, Claudia Moore

JANE MOFFATT’S GINK. Dir, Jane Miller

POSEY’S WIG. Dramaturge. Dir, Helen Donnelly

 

2005

ASYLUM OF SPOONS. Dramaturge. Dir, Allen Kaeja

LITTLE DRAGON. Consultant. Dir, Marion de Vries

 

2004

NURTURE** Dir, Ian Carpenter

 

2003

WILLIAM & JAMES. Dir, George Pothitos (Dora Nomination)

HOUR INTO HOUR. Choreo, Karen Kaeja

FIVE FINGERS. Dir, Wendy White

 

2002

MISHA ** Dir, Richard Greenblatt

MARTIAN SUMMER. Dir, Jennifer Tarver

BONE. Dir, Leanne Dixon

 

2001

MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. **Dir, Kate Lynch

INES DE CASTRO. Dir, Diana Kolpak

MACBETH. Dir, Yanna McIntosh

 

1999

KING JOHN. Dir, Diana Kolpak

DANCING AT LUGHNASA. Dir, Kerri MacDonald

 

1998

THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG. Dir, Barbara La Rose

GULAG** Dir, Sarah Stanley. Theatre Passe Muraille. (Platform 9)

DEAR ELENA** Dir, Jennifer Capraru. (Theatre Asylum)

 

1995

TORONTO AT DREAMER’S ROCK Dir, Lynda Hill

WALKING THE DEAD** Dir, Jordan Merkur (Eclectic Theatre)

SAINT FRANCES OF HOLLYWOOD. Dir, Hrant Alianak

LION IN THE STREETS. Dir, Judith Thompson. (Tarragon Theatre)

HEDDA GABLER. Dir, Judith Thompson. (Shaw Festival)