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Professional Collaborations and
Graduates

The Professional Program undertakes numerous collaborations and partnerships with local, national, and international choreographers and companies annually. These collaborations and partnerships support upper level dancers of The Professional Program and graduate professional emerging artists to take part in numerous professional projects.​ Through these collaborations graduating and graduate dancers are undertaking professional projects with the following:​

  • Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers - Artistic Director: Jolene Bailie (Winnipeg)​

  • NAfro Dance Productions- Artistic Director: Casimiro Nhussi (Winnipeg)

  • Odette Heyn Projects / Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - Artistic Director:  Odette Heyn(Winnipeg)

  • Stephanie Ballard and Dancers - Artistic Director:  Stephanie Ballard (Winnipeg)

  • Paula Blair projects - Artistic Director:  Paula Blair (Winnipeg)

  • Dances for Humanity - Artistic Director: Kathleen Hiley (Winnipeg)

  • M'Body - Artistic Director: Davida Monk (Calgary)

  • New Dance Horizons- Artistic Directors: Robin Poitras & Edward Poitras (Regina) 

  • QDance - Artistic Director: Peter Quanz (Waterloo)

  • Marie-Josee Chartier- Artistic Director: Chartier Danse and Darryl Tracy (Toronto)

  • Fila 13 PRoductions- Artistic Director: Lina Cruz (Montreal)

  • Cultura Sor Juana Cultural Center and Cultura Sor Juana Dance Company- Artistic Director: Ilse Torres Orozxo (Leon, Mexico)

  • Multipla Danca SP & Grupo Divinadanca- Artistic Director: Andera Pivatto (Sao Paula, Brazil)

  • Stand Up Dance- Artistic Director: Meagan O'Shea (Potsdam, Germany)

  • Oriantheatre Dance Company- Artistic Director: Mehdi Farajpour (Paris, France)

  • @tendance/C.Medina- Artistic Director: Christina Medina (Vienna, Austria)

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“The School provides…excellent preparation for a professional performing career.”

 

– Canadian Heritage Assessor

The Professional Program has enjoyed a high degree of acclaim and success, with almost all graduates attaining professional work.​​​Many graduates have performed with nationally and internationally renowned companies and choreographers. Over the years graduates have performed with the following companies:

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  • Kaha:wi Dance Theatre (Toronto)

  • Kieran Sheehan Productions (Birmingham, England)

  • Kinesis Dance (Vancouver)

  • Kokoro Dance (Vancouver)

  • Larumbe Danza (Spain)

  • le fils d’Adrien Danse (Quebec City)

  • Le Groupe Dance Lab (Ottawa)

  • Link Dance (Vancouver)

  • Lola Dance (Vancouver)

  • Lost & Found Dance Projects (Switzerland)

  • Louise Bédard Danse (Montréal)

  • MACHiNENOiSEY (Vancouver)

  • Mascall Dance (Vancouver)

  • M-Body (Calgary)

  • Menaka Thakkar Dance Company (Toronto)

  • Mocean Dance (Halifax)

  • Montanaro Danse (Montréal)

  • Montréal Danse (Montréal)

  • Mouvement/Winnipeg Dance Projects (Winnipeg)

  • Mozambique National Festival of Song & Dance

  • NAfro Dance Productions (Winnipeg)

  • New Dance Horizons (Regina)

  • Newton Moraes Dance Theatre (Toronto)

  • Odette Heyn-Projects (Winnipeg)

  • Oriantheatre Dance Company (Paris, France)

  • O’Vertigo Danse (Montréal)

  • Paula Blair Projects (Winnipeg)

  • Pierre-Paul Savoie Danse (Montréal)

  • Pixel Projects (Montréal)

  • Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (Winnipeg)

  • Productions Fila 13 (Montréal)

  • Q Dance (Winnipeg)

  • Raven Spirit Dance (Vancouver)

  • Red Sky Performance (Toronto)

  • Rouge-gorge/Robin Poitras (Regina)

  • Ruth Cansfield Dance (Winnipeg)

  • Shot Ag (Germany)

  • Sinha Danse (Montréal)

  • Snappy Dance Theatre (USA)

  • Stand Up Dance (Toronto)

  • Stephanie Ballard and Dancers (Winnipeg)

  • Sursaut Dance Company (Sherbrooke)

  • Sylvain Emard Danse (Montréal)

  • Ten Gates Dancing (Ottawa)

  • The Lime Project (Winnipeg)

  • TILT Dance Company (Toronto)

  • Toronto Dance Theatre (Toronto)

  • TRIP Dance Company (Winnipeg)

  • Tusket Dance Theatre (Montréal)

  • Van Grimde Corps Secrets (Montréal)

  • William Douglas Danse (Montréal)

  • Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers (Winnipeg)

  • x.IDA (Austria)

  • Young Lungs Dance Exchange (Winnipeg)

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  • Andrew Harwood/AHHA Productions (Montréal)

  • Astragale Danse (Trois Rivieres)

  • @tendance/C.Medina (Austria)

  • Avatar Circus Project (Vancouver)

  • Axile Danse (Sherbrooke)

  • Battery Opera (Vancouver)

  • Bill Evans Dance Company (USA)

  • blackandblue dance projects (Toronto)

  • Bouchardanse (Toronto)

  • Brian Webb Dance Company (Edmonton)

  • Buntingdance (Edmonton)

  • Capacitor (USA)

  • Cavalia (Vancouver)

  • Chartier Danse (Toronto)

  • Chick Snipper Danstabat (Vancouver)

  • Cie. Willi Dorner (England/Austria)

  • Cirque du Soleil (USA)

  • Cirque Fleuve Espace Danse (Saint-Jean-Port-Joli)

  • COBA (Toronto)

  • Colectivo 1.618 (Leon, Mexico)

  • Coleman Lemieux & Company (Toronto)

  • Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Montréal)

  • Constance Cooke SOS Dance (Victoria)

  • Corps Bara Dance Theatre (Calgary)

  • Corpuscule Danse (Montréal)

  • Corpus Dance Projects (Toronto)

  • Dance Collective (Winnipeg)

  • Dancecorps (Vancouver)

  • Dancemakers (Toronto)

  • Dancers of Damelahamid (Vancouver)

  • Dancetheatre David Earle (Guelph)

  • DanceXChange (London, England)

  • Danny Grossman Dance Company (Toronto)

  • Danse K par K (Montréal)

  • Darryl Tracy (Toronto)

  • Desiraeda Dance Theatre (Toronto)

  • Desrosiers Dance Theatre (Toronto)

  • D.ID Dance Identity (Vienna, Austria)

  • Drive Dance (Winnipeg)

  • Dorsale danse (Ottawa)

  • Dusk Dances (Toronto)

  • Earth in Motion (Toronto)

  • EDAM (Vancouver)

  • Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault (Montréal)

  • Fortier Danse Création (Montréal)

  • Free Flow Dance Theatre Company (Saskatchewan)

  • Gaile Petursson-Hiley Dance Projects (Winnipeg)

  • Gearshifting Performance Works (Winnipeg)

  • Good Women Dance Collective (Edmonton)

  • Hinda Essadiqi/Hindanse (Montréal)

  • Holy Body Tattoo (Vancouver)

  • Judith Marcuse Dance Projects (Vancouver)

  • Julia Sasso dances (Toronto)

  • Kaeja d’Danse (Toronto)

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