Angela Blumberg

Bio

Angela Blumberg is the founder and Artistic Director of Angela Blumberg Dance (ABD). Her choreographies have been presented by Fall for Dance North’s International Presenters Program, the National Arts Centre of Canada, the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series, Din of Shadows, The University of Toronto’s Annual New Music Festival, The World Dance Alliance Americas, Dance Made in Canada / Fait Au Canada, DanceWorks CoWorks, and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Springworks. . In addition to her artistic work, Angela is passionate about education and teaches contemporary dance at Canada’s National Ballet School. She is also the founder of DaCo: Dance Collaboration Lab, a program that supports choreographic practices in Toronto.

Angela graduated with an MFA in choreography and dramaturgy from York University (2011), and a BA (Hons) from the Laban Centre in London, UK (2006). From 2001 – 2003 she studied dramaturgy at the Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy University for Music and Theatre in Leipzig, Germany.