Dance Curation Working Group 2025

Kaili Che 謝祖弘 is a Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, and movement educator.

Dr. Shalon T. Webber-Heffernan is an independent curator and writer.

Aisha Sasha John is a performer, choreographer and poet.

A multi-disciplinary artist, Megha Subramanian practices several forms of storty-telling, constantly engaging with diverse thoughts that question her conditioning.

Wai Liu is a Hong Kong-born movement artist based in Toronto.

Ralph Escamillan is a queer, Canadian-Filipinx performance artist, teacher and community leader based on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Nations – on so called Vancouver, BC.

Tia Ashley Kushniruk (亚 女弟) is a Chinese-Ukrainian Queer dance/theatre artist based in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) Treaty 6/Métis Territory of Edmonton AB.

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.

Dhvani Ramanujam is a writer and emerging curator currently pursuing a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies at York University

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.

Roxy Menzies seamlessly weaves the disciplines of dance, writing, and healing arts.

Ranganathan Rajan (He/Him) is originally from India and is currently based in Tkaronto.