BJM Danse Montréal

Joined BJM in 2007
Birthplace: Edmonton (Canada)
Training: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division; graduated with a BFA from the Juilliard School in 2005
Company: Koresh Dance Company
Repertoire: Ohad Naharin; Aszure Barton; Robert Battle; Donald Byrd; Ronen Koresh; Crystal Pite; Mauro Bigonzetti; Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Quote: "You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost." -Martha Graham
Why BJM in 3 words: Charisma, Physicality, Exploration

Joined BJM in 2009
Birthplace: Massachusetts (USA)
Training: Graduated with BFA from the Juilliard School in 2002
Companies: Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal; Aterballetto
Repertoire : Jiří Kylián; Mats Ek; Kim Brandstrup; Fernand Nault; Stijn Celis; Ohad Naharin; Shen Wei; Mauro Bigonzetti; Didy Veldman; George Balanchine.

Quote: "Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to do, when all they need is one reason why they can." - Martha Graham
Why BJM in 3 words: Upcoming, Talented Choreographers

Joined BJM in 2010
Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Training: The Larkin School of Dance; The Dance Co. of San Francisco
Companies: Odyssey Dance Theatre; Company C Contemporary Ballet
Repertoire: Twyla Tharp; Paul Taylor; Antony Tudor; David Grenke; Ramon Oller; Amy Seiwert; Gregory Dawson; Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Quote: "UBUNTU"
Why BJM in 3 words: Gracious, Honest, Cohesive

Joined BJM in 1998
Birthplace: Québec (Canada)
Training: École supérieure de danse du Québec; Jeune Ballet du Québec
Companies: Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal; Ezdanza
Repertoire: Mia Michaels; Crystal Pite; Aszure Barton; Mauro Bigonzetti; Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Quote: “Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion” – Hegel
Why BJM in 3 words: Passion, Experience, Commitment

Joined BJM in 2010
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Training: ENA Escuela Nacional de Arte, Performance Year
Company: Conjunto Folklorico Nacional of Cuba,Stadttheater Augsburg, Staatstheater Braunschweig and Staatstheater Saarbruecken
Repertoire: Marguerite Donlon, Kurt Jooss, Jochen Heckmann, Mirko Guido, Teresa Rotemberg, Eva-Maria Lerchenberg-Thöny, Ismael Ivo and Carolyn Carlson

Quote: You are the reason of Happiness,never let a dream die.

Why BJM in 3 words: Diversity,Charisma, Challenging

Joined BJM in 2009
Birthplace: Russia
Training: Ballet School Bat-Dor
Companies: MOMIX; Notario Dance Company; Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; Koresh Dance Company; Ballet Hispanico
Repertoire: Donald Byrd; Milton Myers; Robert Battle; Itzik Galili; Roni Koresh; Annabelle Lopez Ochoa; Aszure Barton; Graciela Daniele

Quote: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”- Oscar Wilde

Joined BJM in 2005
Birthplace: Oklahoma (USA)
Training: Ballet Oklahoma; Cece Farha ROM; Houston Ballet Academy; Bolshoi Academy; Edge Performing Arts
Companies: Aszure and Artists; River North Dance Company; Ezdanza
Repertoire: Frank Chauves; Danny Ezralow; Harrison Mac Eldowny; Randy Duncan; Sherry Zunker; Kevin Iega Jeff; Julia Rhodes

Quote: “I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing”
Why BJM in 3 words: Inspiration, Exploration, Innovation

Joined BJM in 2009
Birthplace: Alaska (USA)
Training: Graduated from The Juilliard School in 2009; Atlanta Ballet Academy; Houston Ballet Academy
Repertoire: Twyla Tharp; Lar Lubovitch; Anthony Tudor; Ohad Naharin; Sacramento Musical Theater Company; MUNY; TUT'S productions
Particularities: A proud member of Actors Equity Association
Awards: Awarded the “Héctor Zaraspe Prize”, given annually to a graduating senior who shows exemplary talent in choreography (2009)

Quote: “Judge not. For every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future!” -Anonymous
Why BJM in 3 words: Diversity, Personality, Artistic Freedom

Joined BJM in 2009
Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt (France)
Training: Conservatoire National de Région d’Angers; École nationale supérieure de danse de Marseille
Companies: Ballet National de Marseille; Zürcher Ballett; Aterballetto
Repertoire: George Balanchine; Wiliam Forsythe; Mauro Bigonzetti; Ohad Naharin; U. Scholz

Quote: “There is the body we have, and the body we are” ( K.G. Durkheim )
Why BJM in 3 words: To live and turn time into experience

Joined BJM in 2009
Birthplace: Saskatchewan (Canada)
Training: Royal Winnipeg Ballet School; New Zealand School of Dance
Companies: Ballet British Columbia; Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Repertoire: Joe Laughlin; Marc Boivin; Jorden Morris; Mark Godden; Peter Quanz; Itzik Galili; Mauro Bigonzetti; Aszure Barton; Nacho Duato
Awards: ESSO Kids of Excellence Scholarship

Quote: “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; One cannot fly into flying”- Friedrich Nietzsche
Why BJM in 3 words: Artistry, Power, Comradery

Birthplace: Avignon (France)
Training: Conservatoire National de Danse d’Avignon
Companies: Deutsh Oper; Staats Theater Karlsruhe; Béjart ballet Lausanne; Ballet de Genève; Morphoses (C. Wheeldon); Benjamin Millepied
Repertoire: George Balanchine; J. Robins; J.-C. maillot; J. Neumayer; Ohad Nahrin; A. Miller; Wiliam Forsythe; Nacho Duato; Jiří Kylián; S.L. Cherkaoui; C. Carlson, etc.
Awards: Nominated “Jeune Etoile de l'Année 2006” by Ballet 2000

Quote: “One stone at a time”
Why BJM in 3 words: Energy, Challenge, Louis Robitaille

Joined BJM in 2009
Origin: Québec (Canada)
Training: École supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal
Company: Jeune Ballet du Québec
Repertoire: Mario Radacovsky; Hélène Blackburn; Shawn Hounsell

Quote: “Live your life as on the dance floor; with passion and emotion”
Why BJM in 3 words: Personality, Electrifying Energy