Contemporary Dance welcomes new faculty member Angélique Willkie

It is with great enthusiasm that the Department of Contemporary Dance welcomes assistant professor Angélique Willkie to the full-time faculty.

A multidisciplinary artist, Willkie began her dance training after completing a Master’s in Economics at McGill University. A graduate of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, she subsequently pursued her career in Europe where, over 25 years, she performed with dance companies and independent projects throughout Europe, most notably Helena Waldmann, Alain Platel / Les Ballets C. de la B., Needcompany, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and as a singer with the Belgian world-music group Zap Mama, bands Arno, dEUS, 7Dub, DAAU, Ez3kiel and Zita Swoon Group, and contemporary composers Walter Hus, Kaat De Windt and Fabrizio Cassol.

Performer, singer, dramaturge and pedagogue, Willkie has been among the more sought-after contemporary technique teachers on the professional circuit, teaching companies, schools and festivals including ImpulsTanz (Vienna), Henny Jurriens Stichting (Amsterdam), SEAD (Salzburg), Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez (Brussels), Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique (Montreal) among others. More recently she spent 8 years at École Supérieure des Arts du Cirque (ESAC) in Brussels as teacher and dramaturgical advisor to the students as well as Pedagogical Coordinator of the school under Gérard Fasoli. Willkie has also worked extensively as a dramaturge for dance-, music- and circus-theatre productions.