Curriculum Vitae 2012
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS (E) /SCREENINGS (S) /PERFORMANCES (P)
2013 The Most Together We’ve Ever Been (Public Recordings), National Arts Centre/ODD, Ottawa, Canada (P)
2012 The Annual, Gladstone Hotel Toronto, Canada (E)
2012 Hard Twist: Touch Me, Feel Me, Gladstone Hotel Toronto, Canada (E)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (E) /SCREENINGS (S) /PERFORMANCES (P)
2010 St. Mary’s University Art Gallery Halifax, Canada (S)
2009 Heyes Christensen Theatre, University of Utah Salt Lake City, U.S.A. (S)
2009 Institute for Cultural Inquiry Berlin Berlin, Germany (E)
2001 Centro Cultural San Martin Buenos Aires, Argentina (S)
1999 Riccione TTV: Theatro Televisione Video Riccione, Italy (S)
1998 Dance on Screen, The Place London, England (S)
1996 New Dance Horizons Regina, Canada (S)
1991 Glen Morris Theatre Toronto, Canada (P)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (E) /SCREENINGS (S) /PERFORMANCES (P)
2012 Nuit Blanche Ottawa Ottawa, Canada (E)
2012 Toronto Urban Film Festival Toronto, Canada (S)
2012 Sincerely Yours, Propeller Toronto, Canada (E)
2011 AxeNeo7 Gatineau, Canada (E)
2011 ArtLAB (UWO), Revisiting Ephemera Conference London, Canada (E)
2010 Donald Browne Gallery Montreal, Canada (E)
2010 Hub 14 Toronto, Canada (S)
2010 Light House Cinema, Dublin Dance Festival Dublin, Ireland (S)
2009 Gallery 115 Ottawa, Canada (E)
2009 Mediawave Festival Gyor, Hungary (S)
2009 containR, Vancouver 2009 Cultural Olympiad Vancouver, Canada (S/E)
2009 Opernhouse Graz Graz, Austria (S)
2008 Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers Calgary, Canada (S)
2008 Deutsche Tanzplattform Hannover, Germany (S)
2008 Tanzplan Dresden, Germany (S)
2003 Rotation 03, Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland (S)
2003 Mostra VideoDansa 9 Barcelona, Spain (S)
2003 Kinodance, Museum of Cinema Moscow, Russia (S)
2002 Dance Camera West, Getty Centre Los Angeles, U.S.A. (S)
2001 International Thessaloniki Film Festival Athens, Greece (S) (S)
2001 Dance on Camera, Lincoln Centre New York, U.S.A. (S)
2001 Danish Film Institute Copenhagen, Denmark (S)
2000 Canada Dance Festival/National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Canada (S)
2000 Northwest Film Centre Portland, U.S.A. (S)
2000 Luckman Arts Centre Los Angeles, U.S.A. (S)
2000 Dance on Camera, Anthology Film Archive New York, U.S.A. (S)
1999 Dance Lumiere, Dancehouse Melbourne, Australia (S)
1999 Mostra VideoDansa 7 Barcelona, Spain (S)
1999 New Dance Cinema, Pacific Northwest Cinema Seattle, U.S.A. (S)
1999 Live Arts Productions Halifax, Canada (S)
1999 San Francisco Performances, Yerba Buena Centre San Francisco, U.S.A. (S)
1998 Springdance Cinema Utrecht, The Netherlands (S)
1998 American Dance Festival Durham, U.S.A. (S)
1998 Festival international du film sur l’art Montreal, Canada (S)
1998 Hot Docs! International Documentary Festival Toronto, Canada (S)
1998 Dancekunst, Ultima Film Oslo, Norway (S)
1998 New Moves International Glasgow, Scotland (S)
1998 Atlantic Film Festival Halifax, Canada (S)
1997 Oberhausen International Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (S)
1997 Coreografo Elettronico Naples, Italy (S)
1996 DanceWorks, duMaurier Theatre Centre Toronto, Canada (P)
1996 Peterborough New Dance Peterborough, Canada (P)
1996 Cineworks Vancouver, Canada (S)
1996 dance on screen, The Place London, England (S)
1996 International Film Festival Umea Umea, Sweden (S)
1996 Chicago International Film Festival Chicago, U.S.A. (S)
1996 Alter-Native 6 Targu Mures, Romania (S)
1996 Mediawave International Gyor, Hungary (S)
1996 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival Palm Springs, U.S.A. (S)
1994 Factory Theatre Studio Toronto, Canada (P)
1994 Tangente Montreal, Canada (P)
1994 Nouvelle Scene, Canada Dance Festival Ottawa, Canada (P)
1993 duMaurier Theatre Centre Toronto, Canada (P)
1993 Artspace Peterborough, Canada (P)
1992 Le Lion D’or/Studio 303 Montreal, Canada (P)
1991 Rivoli Toronto, Canada (P)
TELEVISION SCREENINGS/BROADCASTS
CBC (Canada), Bravo! (Canada), W (Canada), TfO (Ontario), ARTV (Quebec), Channel 4 (U.K.), NPS (The Netherlands), Kunstkanaal (The Netherlands), ABC (Australia), IBA (Israel), SVT (Sweden)
CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA/VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2012 Running With Concepts, Blackwood Gallery Toronto, Canada
2011 Embodied Fantasies, School of Visual Arts New York, U.S.A.
2010 St. Mary’s University Art Gallery Halifax, Canada
2010 Revisiting Ephemera Conference, University of Western Ontario London, Canada
2009 University of Utah, Int’l Dance for the Camera Festival Salt Lake City, U.S.A.
2004 Festival Internacional del Cuerpo, la Imagen y el Movimiento Montevideo, Uruguay
2003 Itau Cultural Sao Paulo, Brazil
2001 International Dancefilm Festival Buenos Aires, Argentina,
2000 Dance for the Camera Symposium, University of Wisconsin Madison, U.S.A.
1999 Dance on Screen, The Place, London, England
1999 Riccione TTV Riccione, Italy
1999 IMZ dance screen Cologne, Germany
1998 Dance on Screen, The Place London, England
1996 New Dance Horizons/University of Regina Regina, Canada
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Making Video Dance: A Practical Introduction, Katrina McPherson, Routledge, 2006
Envisioning Dance on Film & Video, Judy Mitoma, Elizabeth Zimmer and Ann Stieber, Routledge, 2003
The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000, New York Times Film Reviews- Library Binding, 2001
Encyclopedia of Theatre Dance in Canada, Susan MacPherson (ed.), Dance Collection Danse, 2000
PUBLICATIONS
(DVD)
Dance For Camera: award winning dancefilms from around the world, first run features, 2003
(PRINT)
“SPIEGELEI” in Embodied Fantasies, S.Anker & S.Flach (ed), Peter Lang Publishers, New York,
2012 (upcoming)
“Kleist’s Puppet Theatre and the Art of Tango: Looking for the backdoor to paradise” in Tension/Spannung, Christoph F. E. Holzhey (ed), Turia + Kant, Vienna/Berlin, 2010
“ici uniglory” in Tension/Spannung, Christoph F. E. Holzhey (ed), Turia + Kant, Vienna/Berlin, 2010
“Come Closer: How dancefilm brings bodies closer together in the mind’s eye”, Marshall McLuhan Salon, The Canadian Embassy, Berlin 2009
“Dancefilm: A Case Study” in Dance Connection (v.1-5, October 1998), Toronto
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2011 Spiegelei: Affect as Lever
University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Master of Fine Arts Thesis Paper
2007 Forsaken
IMZ dance screen nomination for best short dancefilm
2004 Death and the Maiden
Gemini Award nomination for best cinematography
2003 Perpetual Motion
Gemini Award Nomination for Best Direction in A Performing Arts Program
2001 A Very Dangerous Pastime
Best of the Festival, Dance on Camera New York
2000 A Very Dangerous Pastime
2 Gemini Award Nominations
Special Jury mention for humour and innovation, IMZ dance screen
1999 Dances For A Small Screen
5 Gemini Awards Nominations including Best Director
Gemini Award for Best Editing of a Performing Arts/Variety Program
1998 Heartland
Best Experimental Short Documentary, Hot Docs!
1997 Heartland
Cinedance Award for Best Canadian Dancefilm, Moving Pictures
1996 the village trilogy
Best Experimental Film, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
Gold Hugo, Short Subject Experimental, Chicago International Film Festival
1995 the village trilogy
Cinedance Award for Best Canadian Dancefilm, Moving Pictures
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/ARTIST RESIDENCIES (Travel Grants not included)
2008/2012 City of Ottawa Arts Grant
2009/2010 Admission Scholarship, University of Ottawa, Visual Arts, Master of Fine Arts
2008 Institute for Cultural Inquiry Berlin, Fellowship
2006/05/04/01 Bravo!FACT Award
2003 Ontario Arts Council - Chalmers Fellowship
2001/1992 Banff Artist Residence
2000/96/95/93/92/91/90 Laidlaw Foundation Grant
2002/96/95/93 Canada Council Grant
2000/96/95/93/92/91 Ontario Arts Council Grant
1999/98/96/95/94/91 Toronto Arts Council Grant
EDUCATION
MFA 2011 Visual Arts: Media/Sculpture/Installation University of Ottawa
BA 2006 Renaissance Studies University of Toronto