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curreNt Curators

Since 2022, Dancemakers has been working with various independent dance Curators (rather than a single artistic voice)

Each Curator we work with creates their own approach to selecting, supporting, framing and sharing dance with audiences. We hope that this pluralized approach allows for a wider range of dances shared with various communities.

Holly Chang

Holly Chang is a Toronto based artist, curator, and researcher. Her practice is focused on topics of hybridity, craft, and ecology.

Maxine Heppner

Curator Maxine Heppner is a dance & inter-medial artist & educator known for her dedication to collaboration and community building since the 1970’s.

Purawai Vyas

Purawai Vyas is a Canadian dance artist based in Toronto, with a practice rooted in over two decades of Bharatanatyam training under Guru Lata Pada at Sampradaya Dance Academy.

Kwasi Obeng Adjei

Kwasi Obeng Adjei is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist, emerging choreographer, and dance educator based in Brampton, Ontario.

Shay Erlich

Shay Erlich (they/them) is a disability justice world builder living in Tkaronto.

Rumi Jeraj

Rumi Jeraj is an Ismailli muslim hailing from Sherwood Park Alberta.

Mel Hart

Mel Hart is a Scarborough-born dance artist and curator with the goal to bridge street, stage, and community.

Sanjukta Banerjee

Dr. Sanjukta Banerjee is an acclaimed Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam and Kathakali dance artist.