Our coMmunIty
Dancemakers is supported by two Co-Artistic Producers and is governed by a Board of Directors composed of artists and arts workers.
aDminIstrators
Christina de la Cruz
Co-Artistic Producer
(since 2023)
Christina de la Cruz is a dancer and dance scholar. She received a graduate degree in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory from McMaster University.
Her concerns and curiosities include Black performance and building community.
Her concerns and curiosities include Black performance and building community.
Cara Spooner
Co-Artistic Producer
(since 2022)
Cara Spooner is a choreographer, caregiver and caretaker who makes performances, maps and gardens in relation to moving bodies and site.
Her concerns and commitments include disability justice and youth mentorship.
Her concerns and commitments include disability justice and youth mentorship.
stAff TraiNing
To date our staff has completed The Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health First Aid (2025)
Board OF diRectors
Brodie Stevenson
Brodie Stevenson comes from the village of Wuikinuxv on British Columbia’s central coast and now calls Toronto his home.
Stevenson began his career at Toronto Dance Theatre under the direction of Christopher House in 2007 and since 2008 has been creating and performing as part of the collaboration-based Throwdown Collective.
He is a Dora Award winning performer with The Dietrich Group as well as a recipient for outstanding choreography with Throwdown Collective.
Stevenson began his career at Toronto Dance Theatre under the direction of Christopher House in 2007 and since 2008 has been creating and performing as part of the collaboration-based Throwdown Collective.
He is a Dora Award winning performer with The Dietrich Group as well as a recipient for outstanding choreography with Throwdown Collective.
Simon Rossiter
Simon Rossiter is a lighting designer who occasionally designs scenery.
Designing primarily for dance, he has collaborated on more than 275 works, which have garnered three Dora Mavor Moore awards from nine nominations.
Simon is also the Business Agent for the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.
Designing primarily for dance, he has collaborated on more than 275 works, which have garnered three Dora Mavor Moore awards from nine nominations.
Simon is also the Business Agent for the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.
Leelee Oluwastoyosi Eko Davis
Leelee Oluwatoyosi Eko Davis’ practice is rooted in the foundations of contemporary dance and intermedia creation methodologies.
As a disabled, transgenderqueer artist of Nigerian/French/Algonquin descent, working in decolonial frameworks is central to their research and creations.
Eko Davis also works as a program designer, facilitator, and consultant in the field of Social Innovation and Adaptive Change and is a Co-Artistic Director at the Toronto Dance Community Love-In.
As a disabled, transgenderqueer artist of Nigerian/French/Algonquin descent, working in decolonial frameworks is central to their research and creations.
Eko Davis also works as a program designer, facilitator, and consultant in the field of Social Innovation and Adaptive Change and is a Co-Artistic Director at the Toronto Dance Community Love-In.
Victoria Mata
Victoria Mata is a Toronto-based Canadian-Venezuelan dance artist, choreographer, director, and activist. In each of these, she combines an evolving feminism with her passion for expressive arts therapy.
Nivi Samudrala
Nivi Samudrala is an early-career Bharatanatyam dancer, educator, and innovator whose work bridges classical Indian dance, science and technology, and improvisational theater.
With a PhD in physical sciences from Yale, Nivi has designed and taught courses such as Physics of Music and Materials Science of Art, uncovering rich connections between science and art.
With a PhD in physical sciences from Yale, Nivi has designed and taught courses such as Physics of Music and Materials Science of Art, uncovering rich connections between science and art.
Sky Fairchild-Waller
Sky Fairchild-Waller is an American-Canadian multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Die Schweizerische Post, and exhibited in Assisi, Beijing, Boston, Brooklyn, Cairo, Calgary, Cologne, Montréal, New Delhi, São Paulo, Toronto, Turin, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Zürich.
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