Selected Lighting Design
Associate Lighting Design + LIGHTING DIRECTION
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Choreographed by Bageshree Vaze (Pratibha Arts)
Festival of New Dance (St. John’s, NL) -
Choreoraphed by Kwasi Obeng
Dusk Dances Festival 2025 -
Directed by Derek Ritschel
Lighthouse Festival Theatre -
Choreographed by Samantha Sutherland
Tangente (Montréal, QC) -
Choreographed by Samantha Sutherland
Matriarchs Uprising 2025
Citadel Spring Mix 2024 -
Produced by The Fretless
Canadian Tour -
Choreographed by Danah Rosales
Dusk Dances Festival 2024 -
Choreographed by Keita Fournier-Pelletier
Here & Now Dance Festival 2024 -
Directed by Gregory Prest
Soulpepper Theatre Company -
Choreographies by Ethan Colangelo & Maria Hupfield
Featuring exhibit Eleven Columns by Phyllida Barlow
MOCA Toronto -
Choreographed by LeeLee Oluwatoyosi Eko Davis
Toronto Dance Theatre
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Choreographed by Vania Dodoo-Beals & Peggy Baker
Dance Made In Canada/Fait Au Canada 2023 (Binet Series) -
Choreographed by Derek Souvannavong & Peggy Baker
Dance Made In Canada/Fait Au Canada 2023 (Binet Series) -
Choreographed by Denise Fujiwara
Dusk Dances Festival 2023 -
Produced by Queen of Swords
Venus Fest Inc.
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Presentations by Multiple Artists
Soulpepper Theatre Company -
Choreographed by Siphesihle November
MOCA Toronto -
Bob’s Last Request!
Choreographed by Tedd Robison, with Angie Cheng, Sylvie Bouchard, and Gerry Trentham
…But Water Is Like A Mirror
Choreographed by Sashar Zarif, with Sylvie Bouchard
Citadel + Compagnie & Bouchardanse -
Choreographed by Aria Evans (Political Movement)
Featuring Exhibit Elliptical Field by Kapwani Kiwanga
MOCA Toronto -
Choreographies by Emilio Collalio, Sarah Di Iorio, Kevin Lau, Kylie Thompson, & Cawthra Park Dance Students
Cawthra Park Secondary School Dance -
Directed by William Dao
Soulpepper Theatre Company -
Choreographed by Shameka Blake (Artists in Motion Dance Company)
Arts Orillia Design Residency -
Performances by New Ho Queen
MOCA Toronto
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Performances by Hannah Georgas, Kaia Kater, Russell Louder, Vagabon, Mother Tongues, Orchidae, Austra, PIQSIQ, & R. Flex
Featuring installations by Natalie King
Venus Fest Inc. -
Choreographies by Aria Evans, David Norsworthy, Kendra Epik, Kevin Lau, KINAJ, Marie Lambin-Gagnon, Rakeem Hardy, Rumi Jeraj, & Samantha Sutherland
Toes for Dance -
Choreographed by Tanveer Alam & Nithya Garg
Nuit Blanche 2022
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Choreographies by Candace Kumar, Carleen Zouboules & Vania DoDoo Beals, Kiyo Asaoka, Samantha Sutherland, Sofía Ontiveros, Stuti Mukherjee, Ana Claudette Groppler, Kieran Heralall, & Mushtari Afroz & Christine Samuel
Citadel + Compagnie & Fall For Dance North -
Choreographies by Nickeshia Garrick, Shameka Blake (Artists in Motion)
Dusk Dances Festival -
Presentations by Multiple Artists
Soulpepper Theatre Company -
Directed by Sadie Epstein Fine
Design Residency Produced by Teiya Kasahara -
Performances by Twysted Miyake-Mugler, Devine Darlin’, Miss Shay Dee, Bangie, Manny Dingo & Tash Riot
MOCA Toronto -
Choreographies by Heidi Strauss, George Stamos, Bageshree Vaze, & Riley Sims
The School of Toronto Dance Theatre -
Performances directed by Yvette Nolan, Dr. Michael Mohammed, Bridget Ramzy, & Aria Umezawa
Amplified Opera Company in partnership with The Canadian Opera Company -
Created/Performed by Teiya Kasahara
Amplified Opera Company & Confluence Concerts -
Choreographed by Louis Laberge-Côté
Virtually Accessible -
Peformance by Lido Pimienta
Venus Fest Inc.
*Cancelled as a result of COVID-19 -
Choreographies by Yvonne Ng, Jake Poloz, Tanveer Alam, Rosanna Terracciano, & Liso Emmons / Aeris Körper
Dance Matters (2020)
*Cancelled as a result of COVID-19 -
Choreographies by Tara Pillon, Emilio Collalilo, & the Performance Dance Students
Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University)
*Cancelled as a result of COVID-19 -
Choreographed by Joel Taylor
Emerson Kafarowski & Diego Varela Vargas
Ryerson Theatre -
Choreographed by Melanie Old
Dance Ontario (2020)
Springworks 2019 (Performance at the Creative School) -
Performances by Ice Cream
Venus Fest Inc & Indie88 -
Choreographed by Kaitlyn Seibold
Springworks 2019 (Performance at the Creative School) -
Two Choreographies by Tavia Christina
Choreographic Works 2019 (Performance at the Creative School) -
Performances by Faults, Blankscreen, & Poor You
Lunar Architect Records -
Directed by Banuta Reubess
Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University)
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Directed by Jane Spence
Lighting Design by Steve Lucas
Associate Lighting Design by Emerson Kafarowski
Lighthouse Festival Theatre -
Choreographies by Pulga Muchochoma, & Hanna Kiel & Ryan Lee
Associate Lighting Design with Arun Srinivasan
Presented by Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University) -
Choreographies by the Performance Dance Students
Associate Lighting Design with Arun Srinivasan
Presented by Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University) -
Directed by Jonathan Ellul
Associate Lighting Design with Steve Lucas
Lighthouse Festival Theatre -
Choreographed by Yvonne Ng
Associate Lighting Design with Arun Srinivasan
Design Residency produced by Tiger Princess Dance Projects & T.O Live -
Choreographed by Denise Fujiwara (Fujiwara Dance Inventions)
Lighting Design by Roelof Peter Snippe
Lighting Direction by Emerson Kafarowski
Firehall Arts Centre (Vancouver, BC) -
Choreographed by Naishi Wang & Jean Abreu
Lighting Design by Lucie Bazzo
Lighting + Technical Direction by Emerson Kafarowski
Harbourfront Centre - Toronto, ON (2024)
PuSH Festival - Vancouver, BC (2024)
National Arts Center - Ottawa, ON (2024)
M.A.I. - Montréal, QC (2024) -
Choreography by Multiple Artists
Associate Lighting Design with Arun Srinivasan
Presented by Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre -
Choreographies by Guillaume Côté & Esie Mensah
Associate Lighting Design with Arun Srinivasan
Presented by Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University) -
Written/Directed by Braeden Soltys
Associate Lighting Design with Sean Stone
Presented at Next Stage Festival
Produced in collaboration with Garner Theatre Productions -
Presented by Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
Lighting Design by Arun Srinivasan
Lighting Direction by Emerson Kafarowski
Northern Ontario Tour -
Choreographed by Naishi Wang & Lukas Malkowski
Lighting Design by Chris Malkowski
Lighting & Technical Direction by Emerson Kafarowski
Festival TransAmériques - Montréal, QC (2022)
USINE-C - Montreal, QC (2023)
Schrittmacher Festival - Heerlen, Netherlands (2023)
Tanz Ist Festival - Dornbirn, Austria (2023)
Brian Webb Dance Company - Edmonton, AB (2023) -
Choreographed by Sandra Laronde (Red Sky Performance)
Lighting Design by Matt Eckensweiler
Lighting Direction by Emerson Kafarowski
Canadian Stage - Toronto, ON (2023)
2023 Canada/USA Tour -
Choreographed by Sashar Zarif
Associate Lighting Design with Simon Rossiter & Arun Srinivasan
Aga Khan Museum -
Choreographed by Lina Cruz (Fila 13 Productions) + Bouchardanse
Associate Lighting Design with Gabriel Cropley
Festival of New Dance (St. John’s, NL) -
Associate Lighting Design with Simon Rossiter
Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Assistant Lighting Design
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Directed by Jane Spence
Lighting Design by Steve Lucas
Lighthouse Festival Theatre -
Directed by Steven Gallagher
Lighting Design by Steve Lucas
Theatre Aquarius -
Directed by André Sills
Lighting Design by Steve Lucas
Stratford Festival Theatre -
Directed by Steven Gallagher
Lighting Design by Steve Lucas
Lighthouse Festival Theatre -
Directed by Jani Lauzon
Lighting Design by Arun Srinivasan
Soulpepper Theatre Company -
Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete
Choreographed by James Kudelka
Lighting Design by Simon Rossiter
Citadel + Compagnie -
Directed by Kristen Vuori (Frantic Assembly)
Lighting Design by Simon Rossiter
Performance at the Creative School -
Multiple Artists - Ryerson Theatre
Lighting Design/Direction by Simon Rossiter
Fall For Dance North -
Multiple Artists
Lighting Design by Arun Srinivasan
Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University)
More Work
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Choreographed by Keita Fournier-Pelletier
Here & Now Dance Festival 2024 -
Lighting Design by Simon Rossiter
Performance at the Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University) -
Directed by Christian Barry
2b Theatre Company (Halifax, NS) -
Directed by Philip Akin
Fountain School of Performing Arts (Dalhousie University)
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Oversees all equipment and instrument donations/rentals, Manages logistics and oversees technical operations for the Interprovincial Music Camp
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Lighting Design Consultant for the renovation of the studio theatre space at Bishop Strachan School
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Production support, rentals management, and logistics assistant for the Interprovincial Music Camp
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House Technician in the Performance Facilities at York University
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House Technician for the Arts Centre at Dalhousie University
Training + EDucation
TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (PREV. RYERSON UNIVERSITY ) - TORONTO, ON (2017 - 2020)
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS: PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION + DESIGN
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY - HALIFAX, N.S. (2016 - 2017)
BACHELOR OF ARTS: FOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS - TECHNICAL THEATRE & STAGE DESIGN
HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL - RICHMOND HILL, ON (2013 - 2016)
ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA (HONOuRS)
Awards + Grants
DIGITAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE LAB - CREATOR’S GRANT - TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (2020)
…SUPPORTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO CREATE INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND DIGITAL EXPERIENCES THAT ADDRESS SOCIAL EQUITY ISSUES
(PROJECT: EMRSN X EOS PROTOTYPE)
STUDENT INITIATIVES FUND - TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (2019/2020)
…SUPPORTS STUDENT-LED NON-PROFIT INITIATIVES THAT IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CREATE MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE ON CAMPUS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO AN INNOVATIVE AND DIVERSE CAMPUS CULTURE
(PROJECT: TO BE DETERMINED: A DANCE PROJECT
FOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP - DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (2016)
…SUPPORTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE STAGE DESIGN & TECHNICAL THEATRE PROGRAM WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE EXCELLENCE