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  • Contact Us
  • Site Navigation
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  • The Axis Syllabus
  • Dance Jam with Live Music
  • Contact Dance Film Fest
  • After Jam Performances
  • Productions
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  • Video Gallery
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  • Artists
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Kathleen Rea

Mojisola Kehinde-Okitika

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.

kathleen.rea@reasondetre.com


Jeff Moskal

Mojisola Kehinde-Okitika

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.

 info@reasondetre.com 




Mojisola Kehinde-Okitika

Mojisola Kehinde-Okitika

Mojisola Kehinde-Okitika

Bookkeeper

Highly effective Finance & Operations Executive with over 20 years of progressive experience acquired in Public, Private, and Not for Profit Organizations. A transformational leader with demonstrated expertise in leading change and driving efficiencies in all areas of operations including Finance, HR, IT, Facilities, and Risk Management 



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




Liav Koren (Board member)

Jennifer Opoku (Secretary)

Jane Husak (board member)

Occupation: Contact Dancer and Programmer

Join Date: Dec 2020 



Esla Lam (Secretary)

Jennifer Opoku (Secretary)

Jennifer Opoku (Secretary)

Occupation:  Magazine editor
Join Date: October 2022




Jennifer Opoku (Secretary)

Jennifer Opoku (Secretary)

Jennifer Opoku (Secretary)

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)

Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)

Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)

Occupation:  Personal Trainer, Dancer, Contact Improv Facilitator  

Join Date: Jan 2023




Ruby Thélot (Board member)

Jinal Sanghavi (Treasurer)

Ruby Thélot (Board member)

Occupation: Manager of Operations

Join Date: Jan 2019




Contact The REAson d'etre dance board of Directors

Board email address:

IDC@reasondetre.com

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