Julia Sasso
Advisor/ Mentor
Recognized as ‘one of the foremost dance artists in the country’ -The Dance Current and a NOW Magazine nominee for ‘Toronto’s Best Choreographer’ (2013), JULIA SASSO choreographs extensively for the concert stage as well as for theatre, feature film and television. Her choreography has been commissioned and presented throughout Canada, in the United States and abroad by Harbourfront Centre, the Canada Dance Festival, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, Toronto Dance Theatre, Dancemakers and Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers among others. Sasso performed internationally with Dancemakers for sixteen seasons and continues to create and perform independently. Highly regarded as a teacher and artistic mentor Sasso is a faculty member of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre’s Professional Training Program and York University’s Department of Dance.