Reese Wilson is a performer, choreographer and educator based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary). Since graduating from the University of Calgary, with a B.Ed (2023) and BFA in Dance (2020), Reese has trained fervently both locally and abroad, most recently in the b12 Research and Dance workshop festival in Berlin, with Stefan Crainic, Lisard Tranis and Josephine Haas. As a performer for both stage and screen, Reese has had the opportunity to participate in choreographic processes as well as perform original and repertoire works by Meghann Michalsky of Project InTandem, W&M Physical Theatre, Kloetzel&Co, Corps Bara Dance
Theatre, Marie France Forcier, Nicole Charlton-Goodbrand, and Karissa Barry. Her self-choreographed, directed and performed film, A Practical Guide to Serenity, was presented at the Ignite Festival for Emerging Artists and WildDogs International Screendance Festival in 2021. Reese is a dedicated advocate of Dance Education for all populations and finds unmeasurable joy in regularly teaching both the youth as well as within the local professional dance community.

Hélène Simoneau (she/her) is a choreographer exploring themes of intimacy, agency, identity, sexuality, and power. In the last few years, she has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Choreography Fellowship at New York City Center, and most recently, she was awarded a Pillow Lab residency at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, MA. She was also a resident artist at Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYU/Tisch, NCCAkron, and a fellow of The NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts, Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab, the Bogliasco Foundation, and the Swiss International Coaching Project for Choreographers (SiWiC) in Zurich. Simoneau was awarded first place for Choreography at the 13th Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany, for her solo “the gentleness was in her hands.” Her choreography has been commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre, The Juilliard School, Charlotte Ballet, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, Vitacca Ballet, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, BalletX, the Ailey School, Dimensions Dance Theatre, and the American Dance Festival. Originally from Eastern Québec, Simoneau now divides her time between Montréal and NYC.

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Kaitlyn Seibold, based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary) AB, is a movement researcher, performer, choreographer, and educator. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Toronto Metropolitan University and an MFA from York University, where she was awarded the Lipson Family Endowment Award for her choreographic promise. Kaitlyn has worked with renowned choreographers such as Vicki St Denys, Louis Laberge-Cote, Robert Glumbek, Ryan Lee, Hanna Keil, Matjash Mrozewski, Colleen Snell, and Apolonia Velasquez, immersing herself in a diverse range of styles and approaches. Currently teaching at Alberta Ballet and performing with Project InTandem and Ballet Bodies YYC, her research investigates the fluid boundaries between physicalized theatre and contemporary movement. With over 30 original works to her name, Kaitlyn’s choreography invites audiences to experience the emotional and physical depths of the body on both stage and screen. 

Alisia Pobega (she/her) completed her dance training in Montréal at L'École Supérieure de ballet du Québec. 

In 2000, Alisia joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens where she danced for over 12 years, performing in works by numerous international choreographers and rising to the rank of soloist. 

She is currently an independent artist in Montréal dancing for choreographers Jane Mappin, Andrew Skeels, Hélène Simoneau and Kvarcakova-Galdeano and is a member of The Legacy Project, directed by Margie Gillis. 

Along with Louis-Martin Charest, they have developed and teach a series of workshops: Presence and Interpretation Method For Dancers. They have also collaborated on several short dance films. 

Alisia teaches classical ballet and contemporary dance for established institutions such as Danse à la Carte, Studios GB, l’École Supérieure de ballet du Québec, L’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, Springboard Danse Montréal and Compagnie Marie Chouinard. She also spends time in the studio as rehearsal-director, rehearsing pieces for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Cas Public, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (BJM), Véronique Giasson and Anne Plamondon Productions. 

Since June 2023, she has been the Artistic and General Director of Danse à la Carte.

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Taylor MacLeod (she/her) is a performer, dance educator and arts enthusiast from Mohkinstsis (Calgary, Alberta). She received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance, with a concentration in choreography and performance with distinction from the University of Calgary. Since emerging in the local arts scene, she has performed with Kloetzel and Co., WM2, Project InTandem, Corps Bara Dance Theatre, and Ballet Bodies. Taylor has had the opportunity to perform across Canada
in Regina’s Stream of Dance, Calgary’s Fluid Festival, Annual Alberta Dance Festival, and Skylines Dance & Film Series, as well as Edmonton’s The Works Festival and Prairie Dance Circuit. 

In her teaching and choreography, Taylor explores pushing technical and creative limits, while seeking to foster kind and inclusive spaces. Her work draws upon vulnerability, human connection and behaviour, and welcomes collaboration to continuously create a fresh perspective.

David Ferri (he/him) has worked with prominent choreographers such as Pina Bausch, Shen Wei, Doug Varone, Yin Mei, Eiko and Koma, Jane  Comfort, David Rousseve, Jody Sperling and Ballet Preljocaj. He has been the Production Manager for the prestigious American Dance Festival since 1996 training upcoming designers in America. Recipient of 1987-1988 BESSIE AWARD for his design of Doug Varone's "Straits", and 2000-2001 BESSIE AWARD for Sustained Achievement in Lighting Design. David is the resident Lighting Designer - Technical Director for The Vassar College Dance Department and was also resident lighting designer and technical director at PS 122 from 1985-1991. 

Kaili Che 謝祖弘 is an emerging interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, and movement educator based on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish Peoples (Vancouver) and in Moh’kinstsis, Treaty 7 Territory (Calgary). Her creative journey is rooted in vulnerability, curiosity, play, and collaboration, fostering braver spaces through anti-oppressive practices and Disability Justice principles. Alongside her artistic practice, Kaili is dedicated to nurturing community connections and supporting fellow artists. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance (with Distinction) from the University of Calgary and is certied in Healthy Dance Practice. Kaili has engaged in collaborative processes with Dancers’ Studio West, TRAction, Ivanochko et cie, W&M Physical Theatre, and kloetzel&co. Her choreography has been presented at the Surrey Art Gallery, The New Gallery, The Dance Centre, New Works, IndieFest, and Expanse Festival. She is currently producing her rst short lm and rehearsing with Cloudsway Dance Theatre (Calgary, January 2025) and Project InTandem (Ban, February 2025) for their upcoming performances.

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Victoria (V) is a Vancouver based scenographer (lighting, sound, set, and projection designer), technical director and Studio 58 graduate. Victoria is an ADC and IATSE 118 member, and a strong proponent for union membership and their justied authority. She is also a Stir recognized "Game Changer" in this year's fall arts guide.

She sees her work as focusing on the depth in shadow and its necessity to show detail in the light. Working between vibrant colours and muted tones, while using Physical structure to fully infuse her designs into the world of the piece. Using physical structures on stage with the performance creates a more literal connection to the lights, she very specically doesn't want to just work in the grid "above" the performance, she is entangled with the performance as a whole, not just its outward nal presentation. She wishes her designs to be objects wielded by and into the metaphor of the text. 

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Meghann Michalsky is an independent Dance Artist working in Calgary, Alberta.

Ms. Michalsky is the Artistic Director of YYC Contemporary Technique Training – a professional training series and the Co-Artistic Director of Project InTandem – a double-bill dance platform that creates and produces evening-length works. She received the 2019 RBC Emerging Artist Award at the Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions. She is the first Dancer/Choreographer in Alberta to receive this award.

She completed her BA in Contemporary Dance, concentration in Choreography and Performance from the University of Calgary. Since graduating she has rigourously pursued her dance technique training in Canada as well as in Israel, Portugal, Sweden, the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Austria. Her research comes directly from her trust in the body and investigating how bodily experiences are deeply embedded. She creates highly visceral works with intense musculature and athletic physicality. She plays with a combination of virtuosic and state-based movements. Her movement signature has been described as vigorous, vivid, animalistic and intricate. Her knowledge of Hip-Hop and Krump movement principles has influenced her to highlight isolated, rhythmic, bound, and fast-twitch movement qualities in her contemporary choreographies.

One of her touring works, Maybe We Land, has travelled to five Canadian cities, earning nominations for two Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Michalsky has worked for an array of individual artists and companies, including Karissa Barry, Laja Feild of LajaMartin, Davida Monk, Linnea Swan, Michele Moss, kloetzel&co, Cloudsway Dance Theatre, Dancing Monkey Laboratories, J-Sik Movements, & Dancers' Studio West - Lab Emerging Artist Program (2016) & Physic/Alchemy (2018), amongst others.

Her most recent choreographic works have been presented at Dance Made in Canada | fait au Canada, artsPlace, Fluid Festival, Chutzpah Festival, Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre, Mile Zero Dance, Citadel + Compagnie, & artArctia Festival in Finland. She has been honoured to be awarded Choreographic Residencies from the Centro Jobel (Italy), Vitlycke Arts Centre (Sweden), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, New Dance Horizons (Regina), University of Calgary, W & M Dance Projects, Theatre Junction, Dancers’ Studio West and DJD Dance Centre.

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