Pam Johnson

Pam Johnson has been dancing, choreographing, teaching, and directing in Toronto for 28 years. She has danced for many choreographers including Darcey Callison, Kaeja d'Dance, Susan McKenzie, Viv Moore, Kathleen Rea, and Dave Wilson.  In 2009 she choreographed and produced Brother, Can you spare a dime? at the Winchester Street Theatre. Her choreography has appeared in Dances for a Small Stage, Dance Matters series, fFIDA, and Square Zero, as well as on bicycles and trapezes, and in anti-war events. She has been commissioned to create work for performance artist Phillip Barker, actor/playwright Diane Flacks, the IN pulse Dance Company, the MacMaster Dancers, Kid in the Hall Bruce McCullough, composer John Oswald, and the taiko drummers Raging Asian Women. She is a founding member of High Xposure: Rock Climbing Dance Theatre, and the dance buskers Bo Mon 7 Pagolac.  

Johnson's theatre credits include Myth Me and By a Thread (Mythproductions), Gravity Calling (Tarragon), and The Stranger (Praxis Theatre). Her film credits include features Zero Patience and Million Dollar Babies, and many independent films. She has toured the world as an actor/dancer with the acclaimed Canadian Opera Company production, Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung directed by Robert LePage. As a director, her credits include the Canadian premiere of Marx in Soho, A Tribute to Howard Zinn and the video Toronto’s Price Tag.

Johnson’s dance specialty is Contact Improvisation. She is co-coordinator of the Toronto Contact Jam, now in its 34th year. She is a faculty member in theatre at George Brown College and Humber College, as well as teaching Contact Improvisation at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre.

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