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Victor Tran is a Vietnamese-Canadian street dance artist with over two decades of practice and community building on unceded MST territories. Known in the underground scene as B.Boy Savage Rock and as one half of the Hustle duo, Savage & Samuelle. Savage is an up-and-coming choreographer straddling street dance and contemporary approaches. With a background as a grassroots artist, producer, and community organizer, and armed with a BA in Public Policy, he channels his unique life experiences into his work at CADA/West.
Jessica's been engaged in cultural management for the last 25 years. Based in Vancouver, she has organized and overseen events, tours and exhibitions all over the world, including Germany, Greece, Croatia and North America. She has an overview of culture in a few different regions in the world, particularly an understanding of how culture is managed. She has worked in visual arts, theatre, dance and film, as well as in labour and the green industry.
Meredith Kalaman is a two time Chrystal Dance Prize recipient, dance educator and enjoys both performing in and creating new works. She has created pieces about; giraffes, girl guiding, exploring constellations, superheroes, female identity and the impacts of gender socialization. She is originally from Vancouver and now grateful to reside on the land of the Mi'kma'ki in Nova Scotia.
Communications Director
Program Manager
Program Manager
independent artist, life coach
independent artist
independent artist
independent artist, educator, copywriter
independent artist, educator, community organizer
Alexandre Vigneault
Amanda Collinge