Choreographers

Alysa Pires is a Toronto based Choreographer. She has created works for Citie Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Cadence Ballet, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, and her own company, Alysa Pires Dance Projects, which made its critically acclaimed full-length debut with Exterminating Angel at the 2016 Toronto Fringe...

Jirí Pokorný was born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1981. He started his dance training at the pre-ballet school of the State Opera in Prague when he was eight years old and continued his studies at the Prague National Dance Conservatory. After his graduation, Jiri...

Anthony, born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, began his dance training at Studio Dance under Michele Burke. He attended the University of Iowa, where he received a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography.

Anton Rudakov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He received his dance education at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Upon graduation in 2000, he was offered an engagement at the Boris Eifmann Ballet Company St. Petersburg. In 2002 he joined Aalto Ballet Theater in Essen, Germany...

Ihsan Rustem was born in London, where he trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Ihsan began his professional career at the age of 17, joining Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures, followed by engagements with BallettTheater Munich (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz) and...

Originally from Japan, Yoshito Sakuraba began his career in New York City and has expanded to presenting works throughout the US and around the world. He has won numerous awards including NW Dance Project’s Pretty Creatives International Choreographic Competition in 2015. Yoshito is the founding artistic director of Abarukas.

Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, born in 1978 in San Fulgencio, Spain, was Artistic Director of Luna Negra Dance Theater from 2009 until 2013, and now combines his work as a freelance choreographer with Proyecto Titoyaya, the Spanish dance company he founded in 2006 with Veronica Garcia...

Luca Signoretti was born in Pesaro, Italy. In 2006 he became a member of the Ballet Junior de Genève, Switzerland, and in 2009 joined as a soloist member of the ensemble Tanz Luzerner Theater in Luzern, Switzerland. Luca has danced choreographies from Georg Reischl, Stijn...

Sarah Slipper was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, trained at the Royal Ballet School in London, and had a lauded career with the Royal Winnipeg before turning to choreography and founding NW Dance Project in 2004. A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during the first year of NW Dance Project, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as part of the award’s gala celebration.