Julia Sasso
Recognized as “one of the foremost dance artists in the country” (The Dance Current), Julia Sasso is an established choreographer, performer, master teacher, and artistic mentor. She performed internationally with Toronto’s Dancemakers for sixteen seasons and continues to create and perform independently.
Sasso has created extensively for the concert stage as well as for feature film, theatre, and television. Her choreography has been commissioned and presented by the Canada Dance Festival, Dancemakers, Harbourfront Centre, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, Toronto Dance Theatre, and Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, among others, throughout Canada, in the United States, and abroad.
Highly regarded as a teacher of contemporary dance techniques, Sasso has taught at distinguished learning centres worldwide. She is a faculty member in The School of Toronto Dance Theatre’s Professional Training Program and York University’s Department of Dance.
Currently in creation, Sasso’s new full-length ensemble dance work SLoE will be presented at Harbourfront Centre as part of the NextSteps performance series in the 2012/13 season.