MO alumni are innovative, skilled, and ethical contributors. They are a new wave of initiators creating dance, events, dialogues, and meeting grounds and are considered some of Canada’s most radical thinkers and movers.

Each year, over 40 national and international dance professionals lead MO. Their relevant experiences and current activity become the grounds for our practice-led curriculum. For many, MO serves as a creative resource and relationship builder for their own endeavours. When the professional community has not only a stake in the next generation but a critical role in educating them, it fortifies connections between generations of practitioners for years to come and makes way for young artists to evolve the form. 

Alumni Accomplishments Include: 

Provincial, National and International Performances with Batsheva, Kidd Pivot, Action at a Distance, Alberta Ballet, Animals of Distinction, Ballet BC, battery opera, Co. Erasga, Company 605, Daina Ashbee, EDAM, Edmonton Ballet, Hong Kong Exile, Justine A. Chambers, Kinesis Dance somatheatro, Kokoro Dance, MACHiNENOiSY, Mascall Dance, Move: the Company, Mutable Subject, Ouro Collective, Out Innerspace, Plastic Orchid Factory, the response, Rob Kitsos, RUBBERBANDance, Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, Tara Cheyenne Performance and Wen Wei Dance, among others.  

Choreographic works presented at The National Arts Centre, Munich Dance Biennale, Montpellier Danse, PuSh Festival, Dancing on the Edge, CanAsian Dance Festival, Biennale Festival at National Dance Week, The MAI, La Bodega and Casa del Cultura (Mexico). They have been awarded Municipal, Provincial and National funding for their professional development and independent projects and choreographic awards including Prix du CALQ for Best Choreography, Bessie for Outstanding Choreographer, Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award and the Chrystal Dance Prize.

Educators

Past Guests

Lara Barclay
Karissa Barry
Andrew Bartee
Gabi Beier
Delia Brett
Sara Brewer Clowes
Mike Browne
Alison Denham
Shauna Elton
Lina Fitzner
Jai Govinda
Elya Grant
Daelik Hackenbrook
Anna Herrmann
Yoshi Hisanaga
Farley Johansson
Patricia Kim
Alexa Solveig Mardon
Sandra Marín Garcia
Shannon Moreno
Michèle Moss
Mikhail Morris aka Venom
Jeremy O'Neill
Jane Osborne
Cindy Salgado
Dominic Santia
Sylvain Senez
Anita Seiz
Peter Smida
Grant Strate
Erica Trivett
Makaila Wallace
Michael Watts
Jeff Younger

Students

Alesandra
Elizabeth Armitage
Samantha Buss
Bree Castle
Brianne Chan
Kaitlin Cheung
Emily Clark
Maddy Cruz
Ben Defaria
Alyssa Favero
Emma Galvin
Esrael Haile
Julian Hunt
Abby Hunter
Ryan Jackson
Anna-Maude Lamontagne
Bridget Lee
Rachel Lui
Amélie MacDonald
Satya Mari
Keili Massicotte
Nicole Pavia
Kluane Peabody
Mia Pelayo
Kira Radosevic
Jamie Ranney
Nikki Schenk
Allie Shiff
Audrey Sides
Jada Tang
Bennett Tracz
Kaya Tsurumi
Emma Wallace

Alumni

Juolin Lee
Danielle Long
Hannah Richard
Alder Sherwood
Iris Stewart-Bosch
Oksana Augustine
Ellie Bishop
Jade Chong
Mavelin Grace
Sarah Hutton
Talia Langtry
Kylie Miller
James-Amzin Nahirnick
Jenna Berlyn
Aiden Cass
Samantha Krystal
Shay Saver
Matthew Wyllie
Andrea Cownden
Isak Enquist
Kevin Li
Ted Littlemore
Zahra Shahab
Sierra Knight
Jamie Robinson
Lorenz Santos
Avery Smith
Kaitey DeSante
Hayley Rose Gawthrop
Rianne Svelnis
Ralph Escamillan
Diego Romero
Alex Tam
Elya Grant
Ashley Whitehead
Sophia Mai Wolfe
Daina Ashbee
Laura Avery
Maxine Chadburn
Elissa Hanson
Arash Khakpour
Kelly McInnes
Renée Sigouin
Lexi Vajda
Jessica Wilkie
Alicia Clark
Valeria Pérez Aguirre
Emily Fox
Sintija Zigure
Kirsten McKinnes
Daria Mikhalyuk
Hana Rutka
Blake Worthey
Ileanna Cheladyn
Matilda Coblani
Katie Lowen
Layla Marcelle
Flora Yeung
Nicholas Lydiate
Tyler Layton Olson
Bo O’Wadi
Joshua Ongcol
Jordyn Taylor-Robins
Karolynn Fisher
Francesca Frewer
Alexa Mardon
Molly Montgomery
Areli Moran
Natalie Tin Yin Gan
Claire Twiddy
Katie DeVries
Julia Barrett
Karin Kato
Kristina Sutela
Debbie Chan
Chelsey Kerry
Tanner Plecas
Suzanne Bazso
Bynh Ho
Melissa Beattie Sorge
Julianne Chapple
Sasha Cooke
Danaea Godard
Lucia Daisog
Lindsey Dieter
Sarah Gallos
Amy Gardner
Nicole Hopkins
Lisa Metz
Brett Owen
Miyuki Sato
Manuel Sorge
Ashley Sweett
Kirsten Wicklund