Sensing Parameters

Ursula Blanchard

Ursula Blanchard was born and raised on the traditional lands of the Lenni-Lenape People, in the place now commonly known as Princeton NJ, USA. Ursula is currently exploring the partnership between dance and poetry through choreography and poetic composition. Her future aspirations are to graduate and continue choreographing and creating new works.

Sydney Bluck

Sydney Bluck was born and raised on the Indigenous lands of the Missisaugas of the Credit First Nations in the place now known as Guelph, Ontario. Currently, she is focusing on developing her choreographic and creative abilities, along with pushing beyond her instinctual habits in movement practice. In the future, she aspires to continue with this art form by pursuing opportunities that will allow her to train, perform, choreograph and teach.

Natasha Dennison

Natasha Dennison was Born in white rock, BC, the unceded homelands of the Semiahmoo First Nation and the broader territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. She was raised on homelands of the Algonquin, Kinakwii First Nations, in a place now commonly known as North Augusta, Ontario. Within her art form, Natasha places her energy towards exploration, expansion, and learning. She works to be genuine and honest with her movement and impulses, while having a good time with it. Her future aspiration is to nurture the freedom to make what she feels and loves— to find things to be curious about.

Carly DuBreuil

Carly DuBreuil was born on the Indigenous homelands of Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Jumanos, Tawakoni, Wichita, Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche), in a place now commonly known as Fort Worth Texas. She was raised on the Indigenous homelands of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Stz’uminus, Kwantlen, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen), Coast Salish First Nations, in a place commonly known as Richmond, BC . Carly currently focuses on translating movement to film while playing with geometrical Cunningham’s chance procedure. She hopes to work in collaboration with other artists and form an interdisciplinary collective to research and create work.

Camryn Frisk

Camryn Frisk was born and raised on Indigenous homelands of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta, in a place now commonly known as Cayley, Alberta. She is currently developing interdisciplinary collaborations and experimental movement patterns through improvisation and aspires to participate in an interdisciplinary collective that is able to perform and travel around the world.

Andrea Isea Galindo

Andrea Isea Galindo was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She utilizes this time of growth to learn as much as she can from other artists while developing her own artistic voice in the process. Her future aspiration is to pay it forward by sharing the knowledge she has gathered throughout her life with young artists and her students.

Desiree Keresztes James

Desiree Keresztes James was born and raised on the Indigenous homelands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation which is part of the Anishinaabe First Nation, now known as Oakville, Ontario. She is currently focusing on indulging her explorations of the choreographic process while utilizing different qualities of movement within her technical practice. Desiree would like to continue her work within this art form to pursue a path that allows her to strengthen and adapt her technical and choreographic practices.

Junjiaqi (Nancy) Li

Junjiaqi (Nancy) Li (李俊佳其) was born in China and raised on the Indigenous homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tseil-Waututh First nations, in the place now commonly known as Vancouver. Her english name is Nancy. Her current focus is using minimal drama to express the emotions through body movements unearthed from life experiences. Nancy is looking for a way to combine Chinese culture with western contemporary dance elements to create a dance form that can be appreciated by others.

Zaarah Ibarra Lopez

Zaarah Ibarra Lopez was born and raised in the Indigenous homelands of the Mayan people, in the place now known as Puerto Morelos, Mexico. Her current focus within her art form is to explore how her cultural heritage influences her movement. Zaarah’s future aspiration is to pursue a masters degree in screen dance.

Myah McCarthy

Myah McCarthy was born and raised on the Indigenous homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tseil-Waututh First Nations, in the place now commonly known as Vancouver. Her current focus in her dance practice is finding self-expression in her personal practices and choreographies. Myah hopes to one day have her own successful contemporary dance company.

Paige McConnell

Paige McConnell was born and raised on the Indigenous homelands of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee and Anishinabewaki peoples, now commonly known as Guelph, Ontario. Currently, her focus as a dance artist is on the ways in which specific textures can change movement for both the mover and the audience, as well as how emotion exists in dance even when the movement is specifically choreographed without emotions involved. In the future, she hopes to experience an artists residency here in Vancouver and to continue creating with other dancers she has grown close to at SFU.

Breyanna Oldham

Breyanna Oldham was born and raised on the Indigenous homelands of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc, in the place known as Kamloops B.C. She is currently exploring the different dimensions in which her body can move as well as the collaboration between movement and film. In addition to goals of teaching and choreographing, Breyanna hopes to join a dance company and perform for as long as she can.

Kenzie Skoglund

Kenzie Skoglund was born and raised on the traditional lands of the Anishinabe, Ininew, Oji-Cree and Dakota First Nations, in the place now commonly known as Winnipeg, Manitoba, Treaty No.1 Territory. Her current focus is analyzing qualitative differences and tendencies within dancers, and emphasizing these features to create and connect opposing forces in movement. In the future Kenzie hopes to start a dance collective and learn to transition the ephemeral aspects of dance to a screen in order to create an equally engaging sensory experience.

Emma Tweedie

Emma Tweedie was born in Vancouver and raised in Burnaby, British Columbia, which are on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Her current focus within dance is to expose herself to as much growth and experience possible in the duration of her training at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. Her future aspirations include travelling the world to share her artwork with others and to perform in a professional company.

Sarah U

Sarah U was born on Indigenous homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tseil-Waututh First Nations, colonially known as Vancouver. She was raised in Macau, China. Her current focus is improvisation and how it translates to set choreography. In 5 years, Sarah hopes to choreograph and present a full-length work in a theatre.

Paige Wichers

Paige Wichers was born and raised on the traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory now also known as Lethbridge, Alberta. Her current focus within dance is learning how to still make and create choreography with others during this uneasy time. Paige’s future aspirations are to continue doing things that bring her joy and focusing on growing into a better artist and person.