Meet the Artists
I support artists across dance, performance, and interdisciplinary practices. Through thoughtful arts management and relationship-building, I help artists navigate partnerships, touring opportunities, and strategic growth. My approach centers care, clarity, and alignment—ensuring each project stays true to the artist’s vision while connecting them with presenters and collaborators locally and internationally.
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Travis Knights
Internationally acclaimed tap artist Travis Knights has captivated audiences from Shanghai and Paris to New York and Vancouver.
His career spans film, stage, and original productions, including principal roles in Bojangles and Happy Feet, collaborations with Cirque du Soleil, performances with Tap Dogs, and appearances at the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies.
As a creator, Travis has developed works like Ephemeral Artifacts, the Legacy Series: Tap Dance Symposium, and his full-length original production The Mars Project, blending tap, live music, and storytelling. A Jaqueline Lemieux Prizeand Dora Award recipient, he continues to innovate as a performer and advocate for tap.
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Jaberi Dance Theatre
Jaberi Dance Theatre is an award-winning company that creates contemporary dance-theatre under the leadership of Artistic Director Roshanak Jaberi.
The company produces original, cross-disciplinary works that center women’s experiences and stories of marginalization, shaped by research and collaborative practice.
JDT brings together artists, activists, scholars, and community leaders to create visually striking, thought-provoking performances that spark dialogue and reflection. With a growing national and international presence, the company’s repertoire includes stage productions, films, site-specific works, and digital exhibitions, alongside mentorship, workshops, and community initiatives.
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Vincent Mantsoe
Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe is an internationally acclaimed choreographer, performer, and teacher known for fusing contemporary dance with African spiritual and cultural practices.
Born in Soweto, Johannesburg, his early exposure to traditional healing ceremonies led by his Sangoma grandmother, mother, and aunts deeply informed his movement vocabulary and artistic vision.
His works explore the interconnectedness of humanity and nature, often drawing on his ancestral heritage. Mantsoe's dedication to dance education and cultural exchange is evident in his extensive list of residencies and master classes worldwide, from Australia to Burkina Faso.
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Jasad Dance Projects
Founder and artistic director of Jasad Dance Projects, Meryem Alaoui is a Toronto-based dancer and choreographer from Morocco.
Jasad Dance Projects is committed to expanding the presence, representation, and creative opportunities for artists from North Africa, the Arab world, the Middle East, and their diasporas.
Her current interests lie at the intersection of somatic research using movement and voice, and the exploration of contemporaneity through the reclamation of embodied performance practices, dances and knowledge from her culture as a Moroccan diasporic dance artist.
