ADMINISTRATION
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.
Contact Christina at artistic[@]dancemakers.org
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.
Contact Cara at producer[@]dancemakers.org
photos by Gillian Mapp
Noor Gatih - Marketing Coordinator (2023-2024)
Noor Gatih is a multidisciplinary artist who enjoys working within community led and non-profit arts spaces. She studied New Media and English Literature at UTSC. Her focus is on uplifting equity-seeking communities in and around art-spaces.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brodie Stevenson - President
(2020 - present)
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.
Simon Rossiter - Treasurer
(2020 - present)
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.
Leelee Oluwastoyosi Eko Davis Director (2022- Present)
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.
Being from Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Leelee has had the opportunity to train and work professionally across Turtle Island.
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
Director (2022-Present)
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.
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Past BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vanessa Goodman, DIRECTOR (2021-2023)
KATE HILLIARD, CO-SECRETARY (2020-2022)
ROBERT ABUBO, DIRECTOR (2020-2022)
SEBASTIAN MENa, SECRETARY (2020-2024)
Louis-Michel Taillefer (2014-2020)
Hari Krishnan (2016-2020)
Rick Wolfe (2016-2020)
Andrea Roberts (2018-2020)
Brett Ledger (2011-2019)
Richard Zuroff (2014-2019)
Chelsea Omel (2016-2019)
From the Archives: Alicia Grant, Irvin Chow, and Nicole Rose Bond in Andrea Spaziani's "Silver Venus". Photo by Omer Yukseker