Maxine Heppner
Curator
Maxine Heppner, life-long independent dance & inter-medial artist & educator, is known for community building & bold ensemble & intimate chamber-works honoured by awards, commissions, citations from companies, festivals, organisations, communities & the precious trust of colleagues in Canada, Far East Asia & Europe.
Her multi-heritage & international career has led to her dedication to somatic intelligence & collaboration as fundamental sources of human expression & interaction. This dedication, since the 1970’s, spans from grassroots collectives to co-founding such entities as Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, International Network for Cultural Diversity, & platforms for elite & all artists through Across Oceans Arts.
Curatorial Statement
The only way to know each other is to spend time together, a lot of time together. And Dance and Music… direct links to our inner selves and reflections of the lives we live. So this is an offer of time, space and support for dance and live music artists who don’t usually cross paths to deep-dive into each other’s expressivity. What worlds will emerge?
