I am an award-winning filmmaker who specializes in documentaries that use contemporary dance to illustrate stories of connection and belonging; to ourselves, to others and to our environment. I work with and am a member of disabled, neurodiverse, 2SLGBTQ+ and contemporary dance communities in Toronto.
My first film ‘Contested Landscapes’ was a commentary on urban development within the protected land of the Oak Ridges Moraine and won an Audience Choice Award. ‘bacK’ is a personal story of power imbalances on-and-off of the dance floor, ‘Parcon Resilience’ an exploration of a somatic movement experience that is BIPOC centered and ‘Climate Strike Contact’ illustrates a variety of ways to protest climate injustice including the embodied dance practice of Contact Improvisation.
My film ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’ contains nearly 30 interviews from the contemporary and social dance communities in Toronto that consider this building to be their second home. My most recent film ‘The Toronto Contact Improvisation Community’ which features interviews from 8 members while they are seen dancing won both the Gold Award and the Audience Choice Award at CDIFF film festival in 2023.