Laboratoire de création interculturelle pour les chorégraphes autochtones

Alejandro Ronceria is an internationally acclaimed director/choreographer/dance dramaturge based in Toronto. He directs and produces dance/theatrical productions internationally and mentors Indigenous choreographers and productions.

Ronceria was the co-founder/Program Director of the first Aboriginal Dance Program in North America at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. During his five-year tenure, the groundbreaking program brought together Indigenous and Inuit performers from across Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Greenland, and New Zealand. His dance films have screened at TIFF and Sundance. Classically trained in ballet in Colombia, he holds an MFA in Dance Dramaturgy from York University. Ronceria was inducted into the Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame.

Edgardo Moreno is  a Canadian-Chilean composer based in Hamilton, Ontario.He has been commissioned  for projects in Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, Sweden, Norway, Argentina, Colombia, England and USA.  He has worked extensively with contemporary dance choreographers and artists including Penny Couchie,  Justin Manyfingers, Alejandro Ronceria, Allen Kaeja, Karen Kaeja, Olga Barrios, Tara Butler, Lilia Leon, Norma Araiza, Rulan Tangen, Starr Muranko,Tasha Faye Evans, Jeanette Kotowich, Carlos Rivera, Sara Roque, Diana Lopez.  He is presently working in creating video and live sound pieces that are part of his Fireflyproject. www.musicamoreno.com  www.fireflyproject.ca

David is a freelance lighting and video designer as well as audio/visual specialist for CAMH in Toronto, through which David works with Workman Arts as Technical Director.  Some of David's recent production credits include lighting design for Highlands Opera Studio’s production of La Boheme in 2018 and Cosi Fan Tutte and Mishaabhooz Realm in 2017, lighting and video design for Manidoog with Trio D'Argento and Barbara Croall, lighting design for Amalgama which was part of the Panamania presentation in Toronto in 2015, and lighting design for Spirit of The Drum presented at Northern Scene at the National Arts Centre in 2013.  When David is not working on projects, he spends time photographing nature/wildlife and historic subjects, as well as volunteering for a heritage railway.

Sonny-Ray Day Rider (B.A. Music) is a Blackfoot composer, pianist, from the Kainai Blood Tribe. Sonny-Ray has a broad musical palate working with many genres. He is currently pursuing advanced studies (M.mus) in music composition at the University of Lethbridge. He shows great promise in the field, having accumulated a large breadth of significant creative projects as an emerging Blackfoot artist in an impressively short time span. Day Rider has had works premiered and performed by the Penderecki String Quartet, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. He has formerly held a seat on the Indigenous Advisory Circle to the Library and Archives Canada and is guest faculty alumni to Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Jolane is a Calgary based artist and a graduate of the University of Lethbridge. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts as a theatre technician and a diploma in Fashion Design from Lethbridge College. She has worked in several capacities of costuming from Stitcher to Head of Wardrobe, including: New West Theatre (Lethbridge), Stage West Theatre (Calgary), and Alberta Theatre Projects (Calgary). With over a decade of working in theatre, Jolane is also an active member of IATSE 212 for film and television. Some union credits include Butcher (ATP), Alpha (Feature Film), Damnation (US Network), and most recently the TV series Lost in Space (Netflix).