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Piki began her journey many years ago as a massage therapist and received a
diploma in the finest schools of North America . Having been intensively trained in
Shiatsu, Swedish and Deep tissue technique , she then opted to creatively blended
her unique understanding of the human body with her dedication and passion to
yoga.Her journey has been broad and varied including time spent in India studying
yoga therapy ,Pranayama, Yoga philosophy and meditation practice.In addition she has
studied Herbalism ,Music & Art and is presently intensely studying Yoga Philosophy.

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Born in Quebec, Canada, Lila-Mae Talbot received eight years of classical training at the École Superieure de Ballet Contemporain and obtained her first professional experience with the Jeune Ballet du Québec , where she worked with many Canadian and overseas choreographers. She joined Les Grands Ballet Canadiens in 2003 dancing the classical and contemporary works of George Balanchine, Kim Brandstrup, Stijn Celis, Ohad Naharin, and Helgi Tomasson. In 2006 she worked with The New English Contemporary Ballet (uk) under the direction of Niall McMahon.

Self-taught in b-boying since 1996, Joe Danny ‘Dingo’ Aurélien has developed a precise eye for movement and an excellent comprehension of the human body. Since 1999 he’s a founding member of Red Mask Crew, who has won numerous amounts of competitions, including War is War for three years running. Dingo was invited for the second time, in 2006, to King of the Ring (solo competition featuring North America’s 32 top bboys).

Andre Rodrigues is a Brazilian classical guitarist. He holds an MA in interpreting classical guitar (University of Montreal) and is director of the ensemble Musica Lusitananiae.

Brazilian, Deborah was responsible for the course "Anthropology of the contemporary body" and "Introduction to Somatic Education" at the University Pestalozzi, Brazil. She has a BA in Anthropology (University of Montreal); a Degree in self-rehabilitation Body (Center for Studies and Research in Neuromuscular based rehabilitation), a Graduate Diploma in Specialised somatic education in dance and an MA also in dance (UQAM).

TODD LAWRENCE STONE has been a member of Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) since 1998. Working with Trisha, Todd has participated in creating his role in ten repertory pieces for her company, the latest piece being Pygmalion, which debuted in Aix-en-Provence, France in 2010. Todd has taught both independently and for TBDC around the world, most recently at the Bienal Internacional de Danca do Ceara in Fortaleza Brazil, at Centre Nationale Danse in Paris, France, and at Music in Motion Dance Company in Virginia.

Performer, educator and rehearsal director - Ami Shulman trained in South Africa in the performing arts. Awarded the Amanda Holmes Prize for movement studies, Ami was granted the opportunity to further her dance training in Europe. Ami has performed internationally with diverse choreographers, notably Gregory Maqoma and Vuyani Dance Theatre, the State Theatre Opera, Zab Maboungou, Joseph Butch Rovan, Jose Navas and Marie Chouinard.

Native of the Central African Republic,
Ghislaine Doté is a dancer, trained in Côte D'Ivoire and in Montreal, in dance, singing, and martial arts.

Eclectic, her dancer's route includes some companies of contemporary dance like: Van Grimde Corps Secret, Flak, Sinha Danse.
Ghislaine was also a member of the distribution of the opera Starmania of Plamondon Plamondon/Berger has dancer's.

Veronic Morin has been dancing for 20 years and now focuses her practice on teaching a contemporary, holistic dance based on the awareness of the living body as well as the self’s inner connection facilitated through working with music and dance. Her work encompasses different techniques to help students achieve a new sense of rhythm and awareness of the body in space, also allowing new possibilities to happen through the movement. Modern, contemporary, african, jazz, indian and spanish rhythms and techniques are used in her class.