Dora Mavor Moore Award winner, Anisa Tejpar (she/her) is originally from Toronto, and is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School. She has performed works by Guillaume Côté, Matjash Mrozewski, John Neumeier, Ginette Laurin, Mauro Astolfi, Peggy Baker, Robert Derosiers, Robert Glumbek, Roberto Campanella, D.A. Hoskins, James Kudelka, Christopher House, Hanna Kiel, and William Yong, and in companies such as Toronto Dance Theatre, Zata Omm, ProArteDanza, Against the Grain Theatre, and Human Body Expression.
Tejpar is Co-artistic Director of the dance entertainment firm Hit & Run Dance Productions, for which she has created works for artists and brands all over Canada including: Nike, The Rolling Stones, Puma, TIFF, Telus, Lupe Fiasco, Evergreen Brickworks, M.A.C. Cosmetics, and Casa Loma, amongst many others. Tejpar is the co-creator of Haunted Cinema, a live immersive drive-in experience. She is also the choreographer of the TV series Minority Report (Fox), co-choreographer of Barney’s Version (Serendipity Point Films), and co-choreographer of the video game, Far Cry: Primal and performed in the game as well.
Tejpar is Associate Producer with Côté Danse and serves as Creative Assistant in Guillaume Côté’s new creations and remounts. Tejpar is an Intimacy Professional working in film and television, and currently teaches Consent + Boundaries for Dancers at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Performance Program. She is one third of the Toronto-based, contemporary dance collective The Platform with Ryan Lee and Benjamin Landsberg.
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