Mocean's annual choreographic lab CLEaR Forum, Photo by Kevin MacCormack

Tuesday 10 May 2016

2016 CLEaR Forum Participants

Choreographers





Rhonda Liane Baker was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1983. She is an alumna of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and has worked on an independent basis, for a vast range of companies and artists in both Halifax and Toronto since her graduation in 2009. When she is not working with Mocean Dance, Rhonda dedicates her time to creating and teaching dance to youth in the city of Halifax, while also collaborating on dance projects with Christine Birch (Toronto), and Votive Dance (Halifax).




Marie-France graduated from the Montreal School of Contemporary Dance in 2012. As a dancer, she worked for maribé – sors de ce corps and Audrey Rochette. aSPIRE, her first solo piece, was presented at the Festival Vue sur la Relève in 2015 and was awarded the Coup de Pouce of the Studio 303. Marie-France’s main inspiration is the human reality and how we adapt physically and emotionally to our environment.

Dancers



Emma Kerson hails from Halifax and is a Toronto-based independent dancer,
choreographer, teacher, and writer.  She formed Common People with Andrew Hartley in 2014.  Together they have commissioned duets by Simon Renaud and Tedd Robinson.



Georgia Skinner, originally from Halifax NS, danced with Coastal Dance until attending The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Upon graduation in 2014, she dances professionally with The Woods Hip Hop Company, Nostos Collectives, and as an independent artist in her home town.



Geneviève Boulet is a contemporary dance artist based in Montréal, QC. She received her training from L’École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal and since finishing in 2006 has gone on to work professionally with choreographers Ismaël Mouraraki, Roger Sinha, Lina Cruz, and for the company O Vertigo. Recently, she collaborated with the Israeli choreographer Roy Assaf on the solo, A Girl.  She is also an emerging choreographer who created in collaboration with two other dancers the collective LA TRESSE. Their first work Beauté Brute will be presented at this years OFFTA festival.
 


Born in Tokyo, Japan, Sahara Morimoto is an independent dance artist, based in Toronto. She has been dancer with Peggy Baker Dance Projects and was Artistic Associate of the company between 2008-2015.

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  1. allows dancers of all abilities to shoe their fullest potentialities on the dance floor. The quality and the style of the dance are marvelous.







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