Famous Canadian Choreographers: 93 Biographies

Alexandra Denisova

Canadian ballet dancer

Veronica Tennant

Canadian ballet dancer, author, director, film producer (born 1946)

Crystal Pite

Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer

Ive Simard

American choreographer

Ruth Carse

Canadian dancer, educator and choreographer

Jeanne Renaud

Canadian choreographer (1928–2022)

Aszure Barton

Canadian choreographer

Simone Orlando

Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer

André Gingras

Canadian ballet dancer

Lynda Gaudreau

Canadian choreographer and artistic director

Brendan Fernandes

Kenyan-Indian-Canadian dancer and visual artist (born 1979)

Martine Époque

Canadian choreographer (1942–2018)

Ola Skanks

Canadian dance artist, choreographer, and teacher

Peter Boneham

American choreographer, dance educator and artistic director

Ame Henderson

Canadian choreographer

Karen Jamieson

Canadian dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher

Iro Tembeck

Canadian dancer

Nesta Toumine

Canadian choreographer (1912–1996)

Linda Rabin

Canadian dancer and choreographer

Diane Nyland

Canadian actress

Grant Strate

Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer

Justine A. Chambers

Canadian choreographer

Emily Molnar

Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer

Charles-Alexis Desgagnés

performing artist in Canada

Sean Cheesman

Canadian dancer

Marie-Helene Bellavance

Canadian artist, actress and dancer

Sean Dorsey

Canadian and American dancer and choreographer

Anne Ditchburn

actress/ballet dancer

Maud Allan

choreographer (1873-1956)

David Earle

Canadian choreographer, dancer and artistic director; co-founder and co-artistic director of Toronto Dance Theatre

Brion Gysin

British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986)

Luther Brown

Canadian dancer

Dai Ailian

ballerina (1916-2006)

René Highway

Canadian actor (1954–1990)

Laurieann Gibson

Canadian choreographer

Marina Zueva

figure skating coach, choreographer

Miriam Adams

Canadian dancer, choreographer and archivist

Jean-Louis Morin

Canadican choreographer (1953–1995)

Lynn Seymour

Canadian-born ballet dancer (1939–2023)

Mark Samuels

choreographer, dancer

Paul Becker

Canadian actor and choreographer

Sabrina Matthews

Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer

Noémie Lafrance

choreographer

Stacey Tookey

American cheerleader, choreographer and dancer

Mélanie Demers

choreographer and performing artist in Canada

Andrew Turner

lacrosse player

Rachel Browne

Canadian dancer (1934-2012)

Albertine Morin-Labrecque

Canadian composer (1886–1957)

Michael Boisvert

Canadian actor and choreographer

Allen Kaeja

Canadian choreographer

Evan McKie

Canadian ballet dancer and performer

Jean-Marc Généreux

Ballroom dance champion and choreographer

Jennifer Wootton Mascall

dance choreographer, performer and teacher

Sandra Bezic

figure skater

Krystal Garib

Canadian artist, dancer, singer, actor, producer and arts/wellness coach

Ian Ferrier

Canadian poet

Lionel Blair

English television presenter, entertainer and dancer (1928–2021)

Lara Kramer

Canadian multidisciplinary artist, choreographer and performer of mixed Oji-cree and settler heritage (born 1979)

Énola Bédard

Canadian dancer and influencer

Adam Vincent Clarke

Canadian composer

Keltie Colleen

Canadian dancer, choreographer and model

Diane Torr

Canadian artist (1948-2017)

Ping Chong

American theatre director, choreographer and artist

Robert Desrosiers

Canadian dancer, choreographer, and actor

Emmanuelle Zeesman

actor, movie and television actor, singer, musical director, choreographer

Françoise Riopelle

Canadian choreographer (1927–2022)

Michel Conte

Canadian choreographer, lyricist and composer (1932-2008)

Reid Anderson

Canadian ballet dancer

Robin Merchant

Canadian choreographer

Eric Gauthier

Canadian dancer and musician

Robert Iscove

Canadian television director

Ginette Laurin

Canadian choreographer

Christian Vincent

Canadian actor

Jeanne Robinson

Canadian choreographer (1948–2010)

Olga Fricker

Canadian Dancer

James Kudelka

Canadian ballet dancer

Nico Archambault

dancer

Margie Gillis

Choreographer and dancer

Marie-Gabrielle Ménard

MP and former performing artist in Canada

Fedir Danylak

Ukrainian dancer

Dulcinea Langfelder

Multidisciplinary artist (1955–2025)

Tanisha Scott

Canadian choreographer

Peggy Baker

Canadian dancer, choreographer and teacher

Geneviève Dorion-Coupal

dancer, choreographer and artistic director

Paul-André Fortier

Canadian dancer

Joanna De Souza

Andrea Peña

Colombian-Canadian choreographer and artistic director

Onna White

dancer and choreographer (1922-2005)

Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez

Canadian actress

Lindsay Shearer-Nelko

choreographer

Hollywood Jade

Canadian dancer and choreographer

Dona Massin

Canadian choreographer (1917–2001)

Josh Beauchamp

Canadian-American singer, dancer and choreographer