Kéïta Fournier-Pelletier (they/she) is a queer, Métis, Franco-Manitoban artist from Winnipeg, based in Tkaronto. They are continuously discovering what these intersecting identities mean to them, and the role they play in their art as a dancer, choreographer and educator. She is a 2020 graduate from Dance Arts Institute (formerly the School of TDT) and holds a BFA in Performance and Choreography from York University. Her most recent work, Pillar of You, has been presented at the Citadel Dance Mix, Allies and Friends in Toronto, as well as Kitchener and Hamilton. They have worked with national and international choreographers like Aria Evans, Heidi Strauss, Marjolein Vogels, among others. Her most recent credits include touring with the Métis contemporary dance company, V’ni Dansi. She has also collaborated with Theatre Passe Muraille, and lemonTree creations. Kéïta is interested in collaborating on processes that question power, heteronormativity, and other societal norms that reject her identity.

photo credit: Kendra Epik

danielle Mackenzie Long uses performance, new media and film to create work that surpasses gendered bodies through visual experimentation and expanded audience access. They hold gratitude to the stewards of the land that they currently reside on; the stolen and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm nations. Shifting between performing, producing and computational creation they have worked with Action at a Distance/Vanessa Goodman, Shion Skye Carter, self checkout, New Works, FORM, Plastic Orchid Factory, Notebook, and Jasmine Liaw among others.

https://daniellemackenzielong.hotglue.me/