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Kathleen Rea
Kathleen Rea
Kathleen Rea
Artistic Director & Admin
Kathleen Rea danced with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, National Ballet of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). She fell in love with contact improvisation (CI) 22 years ago & has been involved in the CI community ever since. She has choreographed over 40 dance works & has been nominated for 5 DORA awards. Kathleen
Artistic Director & Admin
Kathleen Rea danced with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, National Ballet of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). She fell in love with contact improvisation (CI) 22 years ago & has been involved in the CI community ever since. She has choreographed over 40 dance works & has been nominated for 5 DORA awards. Kathleen has a learning disability which means writing takes 6 times longer than average. It is one of life’s mysteries that despite this struggle she loves writing & is a published author (“The Healing Dance”). She has a Master’s in Expressive Arts with a minor in Psychology. She is a certified teacher of the Axis Syllabus. She is the director of REAson d’etre dance, a Toronto not-for-profit that is CI based and produces a weekly jam, a Film Fest, & dance theatre. She has autism & works to educate the world about neurodiversity.
Jeff Moskal
Kathleen Rea
Kathleen Rea
Support Staff
Jeff is a water treatment Engineer in his day job and participates in Contact Improvisation as a hobby that he greatly enjoys. He acts as support staff for REAson d'etre dance. He is known for his dry sense of humor and organizational skills that he exhibits while staffing the front desk at the Tuesday Dance Jam desk, spell-c
Support Staff
Jeff is a water treatment Engineer in his day job and participates in Contact Improvisation as a hobby that he greatly enjoys. He acts as support staff for REAson d'etre dance. He is known for his dry sense of humor and organizational skills that he exhibits while staffing the front desk at the Tuesday Dance Jam desk, spell-checking Kathleen's work, delivering props, offering grant writing assistance, and the occasional amateur dramaturgy.
BoArd of Directors
Ariel Brink (President)
Jonny Garcia (BOARD MEMBER)
Jonny Garcia (BOARD MEMBER)
Occupation: Contact Dancer, Teacher (Toronto School Board), and professional musician
Join Date: November 30, 2009
Jonny Garcia (BOARD MEMBER)
Jonny Garcia (BOARD MEMBER)
Jonny Garcia (BOARD MEMBER)
Occupation: Contact Dancer, Visual Artist, Banking Programmer.
Join Date: October 2022
Jane Husak (board member)
Jonny Garcia (BOARD MEMBER)
Jane Husak (board member)
Occupation: Contact Dancer, Registered Psychotherapist Fitness instructor & personal trainer
Join Date: September 2005
Esla Lam (Secretary)
Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)
Jane Husak (board member)
Occupation: Magazine editor
Join Date: October 2022
Jennifer Opoku (Secretary)
Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)
Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)
Occupation: Librarian
Join Date: October 2022
Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)
Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)
Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)
Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Join Date: Aug 1, 2020
Tim Spronk (Board member)
Ruby Thélot (Board member)
Ruby Thélot (Board member)
Occupation: Personal Trainer, Dancer, Contact Improv Facilitator
Join Date: Jan 2023
Ruby Thélot (Board member)
Ruby Thélot (Board member)
Ruby Thélot (Board member)
Occupation: Manager of Operations
Join Date: Jan 2019
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