Cross Play

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

Aisha Sasha John is a performer, choreographer and poet.

Ali Massoudi is an Iranian-born percussionist, composer, and educator based in Canada

Alicia Grant is a dance, performance, video and installation artist.

Brianna is a tap dance-based artist whose work explores textural soundscapes, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and fosters opportunities for youth in her hometown of Barrie.

Chantelle Mostacho (she/her) is a Filipino-Canadian multidisciplinary dance artist bridging street dance and contemporary concert forms

David Norsworthy-Shibatani is a dance artist, choreographer, and artistic director. His work deals with improvisation, co-creation, dialogue, and transformation.

DIVKA uses folk songs from Ukrainian and global women’s music-making traditions

Fedor Bondar is a multi-instrumentalist and live-looping artist, co-creator of Sonic Breath

Gandhaar Amin is a music composer and producer, known for his innovative reimagining of the Indian fusion music genre.

George Stamos is a celebrated Montreal-based transdisciplinary dance artist and filmmaker, acclaimed for genre-crossing works.

Grace Scheele is an unconventional electroacoustic harpist and composer noted for her innovative take on experimental and ambient forms.

Toronto-based singer-songwriter Just Prince blends Western and Eastern traditions through genre-defying, soulful songwriting and experimental expression.

Lucy is a dancer, choreographer, art-science researcher, and writer.

Luis Anselmi blends Venezuelan roots and world music, performing with GRATITUD to create vibrant, rhythmic, uplifting Latin-World sounds

Mafa Makhubalo is a Movement Poet trained in folk forms from the Regions of African tradition, Southern African contemporary, and Western-Contemporary.

Newton Moraes is a Brazilian/Canadian choreographer and movement director blending contemporary dance, storytelling, and cultural rhythms for stage and screen.

Ooldouz Pouri is a Toronto based Iranian singer who has implemented her voice in Azeri, Persian folklore songs.

Ori Chacón is a singer, songwriter and healing arts facilitator, co-creator of Sonic Breath

Oriah Wiersma is a multidisciplinary dance artist and actor based in Tkaronto.

Patrick O’Reilly is a composer, artist, and community-driven fixture in the Toronto creative music scene.

Pulga Muchochoma, Dance artist born and raised in Mozambique and founder of Pulga Dance based in Toronto.

Rachana Josh i is an independent dance artist based in Tkaronto. She completed her Bharatanatyam arangetram under the tutelage of Lata Pada in 2017 and is currently a company dancer and teacher at Sampradaya Dance Centre.

Rakeem Hardy is a dance artist, creator, and educator. They received their BFA from Purchase College, SUNY, and currently dance with Kidd Pivot.

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

Shalva-Lucas Makharashvili is a Toronto-based vocalist specializing in Georgian polyphony, performer, workshop leader, and cultural ambassador blending tradition with jazz.

An awards nominee for Canadian and Ontario Folk Music Awards.
Flamenco and fretless guitarist with over 22 years of experience in the music industry