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

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

Students

Alex del Angel
Amélie MacDonald
Aya Sato
Brianna Lannard
Denae Harpham
Elstana Blair
Emma Galvin
Jada Tang
Jessie Sijie Zhang
Julian Hunt
Kaitlin Cheung
Lamont
Lexi Cairney
Natasa Kong
Nikki Schenk
Nyah Wong Penner
Rachel Lui
Rianna Logan
Ryan Jackson
Satya Mari
Shea Bridgen
Simone Goldsmith
Taylor Menzies
Tristen Oliphant
Yuha Tomita

Alumni

Ben Defaria
Bennett Tracz
Blake Worthey
Bo O’Wadi
Bree Castle
Brett Owen
Brianne Chan
Bridget Lee
Bynh Ho
Chelsey Kerry
Claire Twiddy
Daina Ashbee
Danaea Godard
danielle Mackenzie Long
Daria Mikhalyuk
Debbie Chan
Diego Romero
Elissa Hanson
Elizabeth Armitage
Ellie Bishop
Elya Grant
Emily Clarke
Emily Fox
Emma Wallace
Esrael Haile
Flora Yeung
Francesca Frewer
Hana Rutka
Hannah Richard
Hayley Rose Gawthrop
Ileanna Cheladyn
Sky Stewart-Bosch
Isak Enquist
Jade Chong
James-Amzin Nahirnick
Jamie Ranney
Jamie Robinson
Jenna Berlyn
Jessica Wilkie
Jordyn Taylor-Robins
Joshua Ongcol
Julia Barrett
Julianne Chapple
Juolin Lee
Kaitey DeSante
Karin Kato
Karolynn Fisher
Katie DeVries
Katie Lowen
Kaya Tsurumi
Keili Massicotte
Kelly McInnes
Kevin Li
Kira Radosevic
Kirsten McKinnes
Kirsten Wicklund
Kluane Peabody
Kristina Sutela
Kylie Miller
Laura Avery
Layla Marcelle
Lexi Vajda
Lindsey Dieter
Lisa Metz
Lorenzo Santos
Lucia Daisog
Maddy Cruz
Manuel Sorge
Matilda Coblani
Matthew Wyllie
Mavelin Grace
Maxine Chadburn
Melissa Beattie Sorge
Mia Pelayo
Miyuki Sato
Molly Montgomery
Natalie Tin Yin Gan
Nicholas Lydiate
Nicole Hopkins
Nicole Pavia
Oksana Augustine
Ralph Escamillan
Renée Sigouin
Rianne Svelnis
Samantha Buss
Samantha Krystal
Sarah Gallos
Sarah Hutton
Sasha Cooke
Shay Saver
Sierra Knight
Sintija Zigure
Sophia Mai Wolfe
Suzanne Bazso
Talia Langtry
Tanner Plecas
Ted Littlemore
Tyler Layton Olson
Valeria Pérez Aguirre
Zahra Shahab