Credit: Paper Mountains by Anya Saugstad
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Professional experience:
2018 - present
Action at a Distance (Vanessa Goodman), Anya Allegra Saugstad, Cindy Mochizuki, Company 605, Odd Meridian Arts (Ziyian Kwan), plastic orchid factory, Venus Art Gallery, Wen Wei Dance
Festivals and platforms:
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), b12 free radicals (Berlin), CanAsian Dance/TO Live (Toronto), CAPSULE by the National Arts Centre (Ottawa/online), City of Vancouver Public Art Program, Dance Victoria (Victoria), Dancing on the Edge Festival (Vancouver), Dance in Vancouver, Estrogenius Festival (NYC), Expanse Festival (Edmonton), Festival of New Dance (St. John’s), F-O-R-M Film Festival, Kinetic Studio (Halifax), LEÑA Artist Residency & Research Centre (Galiano Island), Left of PuSh (Vancouver), Live Art Dance (Halifax), Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (Burnaby), OUTstages Queer Arts Festival (Victoria), Powell Street Festival (Vancouver), PuSh Performing Arts Festival, Prismatic Arts Festival (Halifax), Richmond Art Gallery (Richmond), Springboard Performance (Calgary), Tangente (Montréal), Vancouver International Dance Festival, Vines Art Festival (Vancouver), What Lab Artist Residency (Vancouver)
Training/repertoire experience
b12 Berlin Workshop Festival (Bret Easterling performance project, Marion Sparber physical theatre), Amsterdam Intensive (Akram Khan, Hofesh Shechter, Gaga), Yossi Berg & Oded Graf, KT Niehoff, Rob Kitsos
Choreographic commissions
Irina Lord (film), Old Man Canyon (music video), Simon Fraser University, Urban Ink
Teaching
Original “Movement + Calligraphy Workshop” facilitated in Vancouver and Victoria BC, upcoming in 2024 in Galiano Island BC, Edmonton AB, Halifax NS, and St. John’s NL
Dance technique classes and workshops: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Bonsor Community Centre, Edmonds Community Centre, Simon Fraser University (website-building workshops), Training Society of Vancouver ‘Working Class’, AMOK Summer Lab, Kinetic Studio contemporary dance workshops (Halifax)
Please contact for a full CV.
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commercial work + photoshoots

Oct 2024 ・ Cave Echo for @nathalee_paolinelli ceramics. creative direction/styling @oblaco, photography @jennileem, talent @shionskye, special thanks to @neighbourwoman












June 2024 ・ For @officialglitchmag. Creative direction & styling: @oblaco, Photography & art direction: @felix.yn, Custom designs: @hijulez, Floral arrangements/accessories: @things_from_gardens, HMUA: @isabellissima @peleolivia, Tech assist: @madnessinu, Fashion assist: @kate_fitzpatrick27, Talent: @shionskye @isabellissima @sabinezoe_

April 2024・cd/styling: @oblaco photography: @yohanjkim MUA: @isabellissima talent: @shionskye

February 2024 ・ direction/styling: @oblaco photography: @davidcooperphotography MUA: @isabellissima Talent: @shionskye @marisaamara

direction/styling: @oblaco photography @davidcooperphotography MUA: @isabellissima Talent: @shionskye @marisaamara




September 2023 ・ artistic direction: @oblaco photography: @ryanvoigt MUA: @isabellissima models: @shionskye @oblaco






lessface ・ artistic direction: @oblaco photography: @katrinbraga styling: @mrchymrch models: @shionskye @marisaamara @oblaco assist: @haileypoolecreative space: @hereatmorrow








State of Underdress SS 22/23 ・ creative direction: @oblaco photography: @davidcooperphotography MUA: @isabellissima hair: @hairline_vancouver dancers: @actiondistance @emmalenafredriksson @kate.franklin31







December 2022, One of a Few (@shoponeofafew) ・ creative direction: @oblaco photography: @katrinbraga dancers: @shionskye, @brennametz, @nasiv, @benjamin__emmanuel MUA: @shanniereynolds, @grist_artistry






December 2022, happy birthday salon ・ direction/photography: Shaurie Bidot @shaurie.bidot


