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DIRECTOR

Choreographer Joshua Beamish founded Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY in 2005. His works have since extensively toured throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has created works for The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Dutch National Ballet Junior Company/Choreographic Academy, Vancouver Opera, Cape Town Opera, New York City Ballet Principal/Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan for Restless Creature and Principal Dancer Ashley Bouder for The Ashley Bouder Project, Compania Nacional de Danza de Mexico, Toronto Dance Theatre and Cirque du Soleil for World EXPO Shanghai. His company has been presented by BAM Next Wave Festival, The Joyce Theater, Canada’s National Arts Centre, London's The Place, The Bangkok & Seoul International Festivals, among others. He is a founding member of The Joyce Theater’s Young Leader’s Circle Committee, an alumni of the NY Choreographic Institute (a New York City Ballet affiliate), and a Jerome Robbins Foundation, Samuel H Scripps Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee. Joshua is the recipient of artistic residencies throughout North America, including the Banff Centre, Jacob’s Pillow and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Pocantico Center, and a term as the National Incubator Artist at ADI (now Lumberyard). Joshua was an inaugural artist-in-residence at The Joyce Theater's Choreographic Centre at Gibney Dance.

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PERFORMER

Born in Vancouver, BC, Marisa began her training at the Richmond Academy of Dance before joining the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance in 2014. She has worked closely with Artistic director Summer-Lee Rhatigan, Bobbi Jene Smith, Christian Burns, Alex Ketley and Tristan Ching, while also performing works by other notable choreographers such as Sharon Eyal, David Harvey and Micaela Taylor.

Marisa joined Sidra Bell Dance New York as a Company Artist between 2018 to 2021, touring internationally and across the US as a performer and choreographic assistant to artistic director and choreographer, Sidra Bell. During her time with SBDNY, Marisa was an adjunct assistant professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Marisa has since moved back to Vancouver, BC joining Ballet BC Annex as a rehearsal director as well as a company artist for Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY.

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PERFORMER

Juan Duarte is a Brazilian dancer. After graduating from Bolshoi Ballet School in Brazil, he moved to Canada, where he had the opportunity to participate in outreach programs and fellowships. In Vancouver, he joined Lamondance, a contemporary based pre professional program, for two seasons. After working with Lamondance, Juan joined the Arts Umbrella Grad Program, where he had the opportunity to perform works by a variety of artists, such as Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Wen Wei Wang, Mats Ek, and others. In 2019, Juan joined Ballet BC, under the direction of Emily Molnar. In 2020, Juan had the opportunity to work with Lesley Telford, through the Performance Research Program in Vancouver. After taking a step away from the stage, Duarte joined Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY, under the direction of Joshua Beamish, where he has had the chance to tour throughout Ontario and Europe in Beamish’s Saudade.

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PERFORMER

Evan Rapaport was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He began dancing at the age of 5 and developed his love for Hip-Hop and popular dance forms. He continued to formally train at the New World School of the Arts where he received awards from the YoungArts foundation for Contemporary Dance and Choreography. Evan then continued his studies at The Juilliard School, where he performed works by many incredible artists, including Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, and Richard Alston. Evan furthered his rigorous training through summer intensives such as Magnus Midwest/Northwest, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Springboard Danse Montreal.

Evan joined Ballet BC for three seasons under the directorship of Emily Molnar and Medhi Walerski, during which time, he performed works including Crystal Pite’s Solo Echo & The Statement, Sharon Eyal’s Bedroom Folk, Marco Geoke’s Woke Up Blind, and Medhi Walerski’s Garden. He also performed in many world premieres while at Ballet BC. These creations were under the direction of Justin Rapaport, Company 605, OutInnerspace, Dorotea Saykaly and Felix Landerer. Most recently Evan performed in Alejandro Cerudo’s It Starts Now, at Chicago’s Harris Theater.

Aside from dancing, Evan loves other artforms including theatre and piano and hopes to one day be in the field of Psychology. He also enjoys anything involving a board, from a longboard to a wakeboard, there is no limit!

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PERFORMER

Originally from Saskatchewan, she is a Vancouver-based contemporary dance artist. She studied at post-secondary contemporary dance program Modus Operandi under the mentorship of Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond. Since graduating from the program in 2012, she has performed locally, nationally and internationally in works by Kinesis Dance Somatheatro, Company 605, Wen Wei Dance, Mascall Dance, and EDAM. Renee is currently a performer with Out Innerspace Dance Theatre (since 2012), Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY (since 2020) and Kidd Pivot (since 2019).

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PERFORMER

Calder White is a freelance dance artist, choreographer, and floorwork teacher based on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish people (so-called Vancouver, BC). He is an alumnus of Tkaronto’s Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre and holds a BFA in Dance from the Ohio State University (2018). He has originated roles in work by Shay Kuebler, Wen Wei Wang, Rachel Meyer, Sylvie Bouchard, Colin Connor (José Limón Dance Foundation), Santee Smith, and Alexander Whitley. Calder’s choreographic interests lay in oversharing, recalling memory, and the effects of mediated experience on the physical body. His work has been shared with audiences across Canada and the US, his most recent commission being for Dancing on the Edge Festival in 2022. Calder is currently a company member with Shay Kuebler/Radical System Art, Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY, and Santa Barbara Dance Theatre.

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APPRENTICE

Originally from Whitehorse, Yukon, Julian studied in Switzerland at the Zurich University of the Arts. He was exposed to a wide range of choreographers including Nadav Zelner, Ihsan Rustem and Neel Verdoorn. These choreographers, through guidance and patience, helped him to develop a wide and rich movement vocabulary embodying technique, musicality, and character. While studying, he also got the opportunity to work with both Tanz Theatre St Gallen under the direction of Kinsun Chan and Dancing Outside of the Suzanne Dellal Centre under the direction of Naomi Perlov.

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STUDENT APPRENTICE

Emma Galvin (she/her) is a dance artist originally from Calgary, Alberta, now based in Vancouver. She completed Harbour Dance Centre’s Intensive Training Program in 2021 and is in her second year with Modus Operandi, under the direction of Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond and Kate Franklin. Since being in Vancouver she has had the opportunity to work commercially, credits include “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” and the “Crazy 8s” film festival as well as perform new works by Yin Yue, Brandon Alley, and Zahra Shahab.

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REHEARSAL DIRECTOR & STAGE MANAGER

Heather Dotto is a Vancouver-based performer trained in many forms of dance and theatre. Having been a member of Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY since its inception in 2005, she has been involved in many new creations by Artistic Director, Joshua Beamish, in addition to works by Simone Orlando, Amber Funk-Barton, Coriograph Theatre, Heather Laura Gray and mmHop. In 2009, Heather made her professional choreographic debut as one of the invited collaborators involved in the creation of Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY’s ‘The Cell’. She has also toured with the company to Shanghai, Singapore, New York, Bangkok, England and throughout Canada. She most recently curated an edition of Dances For A Small Stage with producer Julie-anne Saroyan and in 2019, created both Petrushka and Ion for Ballet Kelowna. Heather is currently working with Joe Ink as both a dancer and rehearsal director.

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LIGHTING DESIGNER

From Edinburgh, Scotland, where he received his initial theatre training has been living in Vancouver since 1993. For 12 years he was Technical Director of the Firehall Arts Centre. He eventually lit shows for the Firehall Theatre Company and acted as Lighting Director for Dancing on the Edge Festival. He was Resident Lighting Designer / Lighting Director for Ballet BC from 2014 to 2021, designing 20+ pieces.

Specializing in the realm of dance lighting, James has contributed designs for dance works to many companies, including: Lola Dance, Company 605, Co. Erasga, Wen Wei Dance, Joe Ink, EDAM, The Contingency Plan, battery opera, Kinesis Dance, Ballet BC, Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY, Restless Productions, Holy Body Tattoo, Dumb Instrument, MACHiNE NOiSY, Anatomica, Tara Cheyenne Performance, Les Productions Figlio, Karen Jamieson, Trial & Eros, Rachel Meyer, Action at a Distance, Out Innerspace, Helen Walkley, Ballet Jazz Montréal, Justine A. Chambers, and plastic orchid factory.