ADELHEID.CA - Key Persons
Dedra McDermott is a new generation artist of colour, working as a professional dancer, emerging choreographer, producer, and movement dramaturg based in Tkaronto (Toronto). The scope of her performance career includes the diverse worlds of theatre, film and television. She has a B.F.A in Choreography and Performance from The School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University and a Master of Arts from The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at The University of Toronto. Currently, her artistic practice utilizes autoethnographic methodology to weave both movement and literary choreographies to create live and filmed works. Her work focuses on identity, memory, and exploring what it means to reconstitute the voice and bodily presence as a way of decolonizing the self. In 2021-22 Dedra joined adelheid as a Metcalf Foundation Intern, focussing on Artistic Production (Curation and Dramaturgy), and continues on with the company in a leadership role with our re:research programming.
Originally from New Brunswick, Jane-Alison McKinney is a dancer, choreographer, and producer. A graduate of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, she has performed the works of a variety of contemporary dance artists in Canada and Internationally. In 2016, she was awarded a Metcalf Foundation Internship Grant in Artistic Direction with adelheid under the mentorship of Heidi Strauss, whose close mentorship has played a profound impact on Jane-Alison's artistic development. She has also worked with adelheid as a dancer, emerging choreographer, and producer. Jane Alison's choreography has been supported nationally by a variety of festivals and residencies; most recently her solo work ‘There she was' was presented by Tangente in Montreal. She is also co-director of the performance collective Bare Nerve with Emma Kerson. www.wildrabbitdance.com
Job Titles:
- Creative Producer and Arts Manager
baseline is available for touring. For archival and/or questions, please contact: Rachel Penny.