DIRECTOR-CHOREOGRAPHER-SHOW DESIGNER
- International career spanning three decades
- Visionary, storyteller with a passion for movement, music, creating visual images
- Specialist in large scale televised events as designer, director and choreographer
- Dance – Choreographer and Director – Classical, Contemporary, Jazz, Street, Hip Hop, Break-Dancing
- Circus Arts – Direction in Movement and Interpretation
- Theatre – Movement Director
- Film and television – Direction in movement and dance
Successful record of:
- designing and delivering sophisticated projects in the arts, entertainment, and live event industry requiring tight, non-negotiable deadlines, at any scale, on time and on budget.
- creating shows in dance, music, theatre and circus
- presenting in stadiums, formal theatres, big tops, convention centres and outdoor venues
Versatile:
- Ability to create and direct for performing artists of all disciplines – dancers, actors, circus artists and musicians
- Facility in creating and directing works ranging from soulful intimate solos to powerful images with casts of thousands
- Exceptional team builder with strong network of composers, visual content producers, lighting design, sound engineering, costume design, logistics and operations specialists, cast co-ordinators, performers
Selected Credits
Large Scale Televised Events
- 2012 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony with Cirque du Soleil – Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2012 International World Food Day Opening Ceremony – Vancouver, Canada
- 2012 International Earth Day- Choreography Mass Cast of 30,000 – Montreal,Canada
- 2010 Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies – Vancouver, Canada
- 2010 Canada Day 2010 – Vancouver, Canada
- 2008 International European Dance Festival – Opening Ceremonies – Netherlands
- 2007 International Dance European Festival – Opening Ceremonies– Netherlands
- 1994 Commonwealth Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies – Victoria, BC
- 1990 Montreal Expo Baseball Team Opening Ceremonies – Montreal, Canada
- 1989 Montreal Expo Baseball Team Opening Ceremonies – Montreal, Canada
- 1988 Montreal Expo Baseball Team Opening Ceremonies – Montreal, Canada
Productions
Role: Show designer, and/or director, and/or choreographer
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- Siegel Entertainment, 2017-18, Shows, events, festivals- Vancouver, Canada
- Westbank Corp, 2017, Special events “Fight for Beauty” exhibition -Vancouver, Canada
- Axis Theatre, 2017, Hamelin Musical theatre- Vancouver, Canada
- New Image College, 2016, Piece of My Heart, Drama – Vancouver, Canada
- UBC, 2016 Insomnia, Physical theatre – Vancouver, Canada
- 20th Century Fox 2016, Minority Report – Vancouver, Canada
- Hope Foundation Gala, 2016- Vancouver, Canada
- Seven Tyrants Theatre, 2015 Ebenezer – Vancouver, Canada
- Cirque du Soleil Evénements Spéciaux-
- Montreal, Canada
- Moscow, Russia
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Toronto, Canada
- Cirque du Soleil 1991-93 Nouvelle Experience – Las Vegas
- 5D Global Film Studio, 2014 Creative consultant- Los Angeles, USA
- Hobeon Dance 2013 – Netherlands
- Ground Zero Circus Productions, 2013 -Toronto, Canada
- World Food Day 2012 – Vancouver, Canada
- Fluor Centennial 2012 – Dallas, USA
- David Foster Foundation 2011 – Vancouver, Canada
- Axis Theatre, Vancouver, Canada-1995 to present
- The Number 14
- Raven Meets the Monkey King
- Hamelin
- RIP
- King Arthur’s Kitchen
- et plusieurs événements spéciaux
- Fontys Netherlands Dance 2006-07-08 – Amsterdam, and Tilburg, Netherlands- Contemporary Ballets :
- Northern Lights
- The Moon and the Man
- Shadowplay
- Ispirito – Mozart’s Requiem
- Fontys Netherlands Circus – 2007-08- Tilburg, Netherlands
- Holland Kaaravan Touring Festival 2005, 2006 – Café Diablo (Musical theatre) Amsterdam, North Holland Tour.
- Underground Circus 1995 -2011 – Vancouver, Canada
- Apogee 2002 – Montreal, Canada et Santa Barbara, USA.
- Microsoft 2000 – Seattle, Los Angeles, USA
- Kaleidoscope Theatre 1992-1994- Victoria, Canada
- Grease (Musical)
- A Midsummer’s Night Dream – (Physical theatre)
- West Side Story (Musical)
Television
Role: Director, and/or choreographer, and/or actors’ movement coach
- Movement specialist -20th Century Fox& Amblin 2016- Minority Report TV series
- Director, Choreographer-FIFA 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Camera Direction, Director and Choreographer – The David Foster Foundation Variety Show – 2011 Vancouver
- Associate Director, Choreographer– Olympic Ceremonies- 2010 Vancouver
- Choreographer, movement coach – Comcast Corporations- 2005-06 Vancouver
- Choreographer – Bread and Butter Productions – Godiva’s -Television series – 2005 Vancouver
Dance Choreographer Contemporary, Classical, Modern- Jazz Dance: International dance choreographer and dance teacher for 30 years.Detailed resume is available upon request.
Artistic Director Artistic direction for 2 separate compagnies
Dancestreams – Vancouver Island, BC – a national touring dance company with a repertoire of works in classical ballet, contemporary, jazz and musical theatre
Éviedanse – Montreal QC – an international touring dance -theatre company (Canada, Europe and the Middle East)
Additional Skills
Musician (Clarinet) player: member of various community concert bands. Ability to read music and orchestral scores
Specialty Dance Classes: Created and designed “Dancing with Parkinsons” dance course in Vancouver BC, Canada
Personal Information
Nationality: Canadian
Spoken languages: English, French
Written languages: English, French
Education and Formative Dance Training
- Bachelor of Arts/Honours Music – University of Ottawa
- Certified Teacher of the Lynn Simonson Modern Dance Technique, New York City
- Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Montreal
- Limon Dance Institute, New York City
- Alvin Ailey School of Dance, New York City
- Martha Graham Dance School, New York City
- Ottawa Classical Ballet, Ottawa