About Us!

Ted Fox

(Producer, Host) Award-winning arts broadcaster Ted Fox received the 2006 Dance Ontario Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Dance Community for his work with Evi-Dance, where he is producer and host. He also received the 1987 Award for Outstanding Program for In the Wings, an arts program he produced and hosted for Graham Cable television. Ted has been a passionate promoter of Toronto’s theatre and dance scene since the 1980s, when he highlighted the early careers of now well-known performers and companies, including Alan and Karen Kaeja of Kaeja d’Dance, Theatre Columbus, Theatre Smith-Gilmour and Loreena McKennitt. In 1988, he continued his unique arts coverage as co-host of the CIUT radio show About Town. From 1991-1993 he served on the board of directors of DanceWorks, Toronto’s leading presenter of independent dance. In 1991-92, he co-edited the dance quarterly step-Text, a lively, informative quarterly devoted to dance and dance-related issues. Currently he produces and hosts Evi-Dance, CIUT’s (89.5 FM) unique dance radio program. Ted is co-founder of Arts Marmalade, with Beverley Daurio.

Alan Page

(Web Tech) Alan has been fascinated with computers since the days of punch cards and paper tapes. He still has his first computer, now almost a museum piece. Watching dance stimulates the other side of his brain. This stops his head from becoming lopsided from too much programming.

Andrya Duff

(Co-Host)

Born on the rugged shores of Newfoundland, Andrya Duff is a graduate of the three-year dance intensive at Newfoundland Dance Academy. She went on to study at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and has danced for noted choreographers including Tina Fushell, Jesse Dell, Kate Franklin, Michael Sean Mayre, and Hope Terry, among others. Andrya choreographed for Ambitious Enterprises’ “At the Wrecking Ball 2,” IDAC’s “On the Verge,” and Small Potatoes Series.

 
Andrya is a member of the socio-political burlesque troupe the Scandelles. She has performed in the dance films “The Things We Do” by Tina Fushell and Beau Dickson, “Ava” by Jesse Dell and Chris Scott as well as the Bravofact “Fictional Dance Party” from director Geoffrey Pugen. As a teacher Ms. Duff has assisted Rebecca Hope Terry with the Explorer’s Project and was resident teacher/choreographer for Alesund Ballett Skool in Alesund, Norway.

 

Beverley Daurio

(Dance Reviewer) Beverley Daurio is the author of three books (most recently Hell & Other Novels, from Coach House/Talon). She has worked in interdisciplinary performance in dance, and also with musicians and visual artists, and has enjoyed arts residencies in Saskatchewan and Florida. Her reviews, literary journalism and essays have appeared across the country, including in The Globe and Mail, Books in Canada, and many magazines, her poetry has been widely published (her book of poetry, If Summer Had a Knife, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lamper Award), and her fiction has been published across Canada and in the USA, UK and Australia. Her writing has received support from the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council, as well as a Barbara Demming Award (US). Books edited by Beverley Daurio have won the Governor-General's Award, the NARSC Award for best researched music book in North America, and have been nominated for many others, including the Trillium, the Arthur Ellis, and the Toronto Book Award. Editor-in-chief of The Mercury Press, and co-editor of Teksteditions, she is former editor-in-chief of Poetry Canada Review and Paragraph: The Canadian Fiction Review. A member of The Writers' Union of Canada and the Editors' Association of Canada, she is a former long-serving member of The Literary Press Group board of directors. She also works as a freelance editor.

 

Jason Vanstone

(Website Designer) A professional dancer, instructor and musician, Jason is the Co-Artistic Director of Artists’ Play Dance Theatre school and company.

Jason co-choreographed and performed with Artists’ Play at The Atlantic Fringe Festival, fFIDA, Toronto International Dance Festival and various cabaret improvisations and performances. Other performances include the Fritz Helder and the Phantoms and Parahumans Dance Theatre. In television, Jason was aired on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation as an opening credit hip hop dancer.

Jason studied jazz, ballet and modern at Ryerson University and had the opportunity to work with David Earle, D.A. Hoskins, Mark Christman and Nadia Potts. He was chosen to show work in the Ryerson Choreographic Works 2002 with his piece “Lost & Calling”. Having trained at various schools in the west since the age of 5, Jason acquired many styles which lead him to flourish in contemporary, hip hop and jazz.

Musically, Jason writes, plays and produces his own music for dance productions and for his own band, Along the Lines. His first piece for stage, ‘A City Reflection’ was showcased as part of Artists’ Play’s “Love & Life” in the 2007 Atlantic Fringe Festival. Since then Jason has created music for larger productions such as “The Reservation and “HeartSurge”.

Jason has choreographed various musicals for high schools and communities across Canada and continues to create work for dancers of all ages. He has taught creative movement at various schools in the GTA. Jason is thrilled to be sharing dance with children and adults as the instructor of Mighty Moves, Hip Hop and Modern Movement at Artists’ Play Dance Theatre.

 www.artistsplay.com

Roshanak Jaberi

Photo by Ryan Raz

(Co-Host) Roshanak Jaberi is a Toronto based Iranian-Canadian dancer and choreographer, who aspires to explore and create work that is emotionally moving and thought-provoking. She holds a BFA in music from York University, and has trained with celebrated artists and companies in Toronto and abroad. Roshanak specializes in the folkloric and contemporary dances of West Africa and is dedicated to creating and presenting socially conscious work through the art of storytelling. She travels to Africa regularly to continue her research and development, during which she’s had the opportunity to train with Les Ballet Africains of Guinea as well as with a number of local dancers and choreographers in Mali and Senegal. Roshanak’s performance credits include the Canadian Urban Music Awards, Dance Immersion Showcase Presentation and Dance Ontario Dance Weekend at the Fleck Dance Theatre. She has performed with Ire-Omo Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble, was a commissioned choreographer for Dusk Dances and has also choreographed a music video for the Juno nominated rock band, The Neverending White Lights. For more info, visit www.roshanakjaberi.com.

(Photo by Ryan Raz)
 

Samara Thompson

(Co-Host) Samara is an independent choreographer and dance educator, specializing in the integration of computer technology with contemporary dance. She has presented her choreography across Canada and was the recipient of the 2004 Paula Citron Award. Thompson began her dance career in Alberta, and trained in Canada and the United States with many notable artists, including Patricia Beatty, Chuck Davis, and Anna Blewchamp and performed in works by artists such as Dana Reitz, Carol Anderson, and Trish Armstrong. She went on to graduate with her MA and Honours BFA in Dance from York University. She currently teaches at York University and is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Dance Ontario.
Thanks to all those without whom Evi-Dance would not have been possible over the years. (Apologies to anyone left out. Please contact evidance@ciut.fm if this is so): Megan Andrews, Jesse Dell, Andrya Duff, Beverley Daurio, Roshanak Jaberi, Liisa Murray, Malgorzata Nowacka, Kate Nankervis, Sara Porter, Alan Page, Kathleen Rea, Aimee Dawn Robinson, Elizabeth Dawn Snell, Samara Thompson, Jason Vanstone and Sky Fairchild-Waller.

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