if i should stumble
by Jenn Goodwin
THE TEAM
Photo Credit: Anthony Gebrehiwot
JENN GooDWIN | CREATor, CHOREOGRAPHER & PERFORMER
Jenn Goodwin is a Tkaronto/Toronto based dance artist, curator, and artistic producer/programmer. A settler, feminist, learner, and mother of two, much of her art and producing practice focuses on dismantling barriers to art for both artists and publics, temporary art in public space and championing artists and communities by way of their art practices.
Her work and collaborations often explore the play, power, and politics of the body in motion, the feminization of public space, women’s presence, absence, and resilience, and the choreographic of the everyday. Over the last 25 years her dance work has been shown across Canada and internationally. Goodwin founded DoorTODoor Dances during the Covid-19 pandemic with Sarah Doucet, Kate Nankervis & Zoja Smutny to deliver dances to the doorsteps of long-term care homes.
She was the Curator of Public Programs at The Toronto Biennial of Art 2024 edition, and continues her work on Nuit Blanche Toronto with the City of Toronto.
She has written for various magazines and journals including Holding Ground, Nuit Blanche & Other Ruptures, the Journal for Curatorial Studies, Canadian Theatre Review, The Dance Current, ANANDAM and others.
MAGGIE SHEW | PERFORMER
Based in Ottawa, Maggie Shew is a professional contemporary dance artist and choreographer, having graduated from the Professional Program in Contemporary Dance at The School of Dance in 2020. Since then, she has had the pleasure of working with choreographers such as Anik Bouvrette (Tara Luz Danse), Yvonne Coutts (Ottawa Dance Directive), Jocelyn Todd, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson (TAKE UP SPACE), Jeanne Theroux-Laplante, and Sylvie Desrosiers (Dorsale Danse). She looks forward to continuing to play an active role in promoting dance in her community and furthering her practice as an interpreter and dance artist by seeking out new experiences, projects, and opportunities.
“The artist’s role in society is to speak truth. To reveal beauty. To show what is, in a way
that others can see.”
ANITA NITTOLY | PERFORMER
Fight & Intimacy Director (selected): Stratford Festival 2024/25 seasons; Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Hamlet, Fairview (Canstage); GroundHog Day (YES Theatre); CRAZE (Tarragon); Midsummer Night’s Dream (Perchance); The Bidding War, Wights, Bad Roads, Prodigal (Crow's); Roberto Zucco, Angels in America (Buddies in Bad Times); The Retreat (Imago); Truth (YPT), Jesus Christ Superstar (Here For Now); WildWoman (Soulpepper); Hamlet (The Rose); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (TIP); Fall on Your Knees (CanStage/NAC/The Grand); Counter Offence (Segal Centre)
Stunt Performer credits (selected): Copenhagen, Slasher, Twisted Metal S2, Law & Order: Toronto, SEE, Star Trek: Discovery, Handmaid's Tale, The Boys.
Upcoming Theatre Projects: Slave Play (CanStage), Robin Hood (CanStage), Powers & Gloria (Blyth Festival), The Welkin (Soulpepper), Goodnight Desdemona, Good morning Juliet (Perchance)
Upcoming Film/TV Projects: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S2, Interview with the Vampire (stunt double), Emerald Inn (stunt coordinator)
Sarah Doucet | costume designer
Sarah’s vast and varied career includes professional dancer, choreographer, rehearsal director and for the past several years, costume designer and stylist.
Career Highlights include:
~ Company member, collaborator and costume designer with Dana Gingras, Animals of Distinction and The Holy Body Tattoo;
~ Decades long and ongoing collaboration with Jenn Goodwin, with works including If I Should Stumble, Closer, Still Life With Sand, Wood, Grass and Movement, to name a few recent favourites;
~ Costume designer for 6 full length shows with DJD in Calgary, with shows including FAMILY OF JAZZ, JULIET AND ROMEO and SUSPENDING DISBELIEF;
~ Rehearsal director and costume designer for ONE HUNDRED MORE,a collaboration between Justine Chambers and Laurie Young, premiered in 2019 in Berlin, upcoming Canadian tour in Fall of 2022);
~ Costume design highlights include ‘NEW TRICKS’(Christopher House, TO), ‘RING’ (Ame Henderson, Toronto Dance Theatre),‘ ‘IMAGO DEI’ (Moni Hoffman, Propeller Dance, Ottawa)
FLESH&SPOKE (Renata Seuter, Propeller Dance); SPASTICUS (Elizabeth Winkelaar, Propeller Dance, Ottawa); MULTIFORMS, NO PLACE (Amanda Acorn, TO); FLOOR’D (Holla Jazz,TO); LULU V.7 // ASPECTS OF A FEMME FATALE (The Red Light District, TO); THE WOLVES (The Howland Company&Crowe’s Theatre, Dora Nomination for Outstanding Costume Design 2019 ,TO).
SARAH SQUIZZATO | PERFORMER
Sarah Squizzato’s foundational training was shaped in the Contemporary Dance Program at The School of Dance in Ottawa, Canada. She is a multidisciplinary dance artist who works in Contemporary Dance as well as Urban Styles. Sarah was a Co-Founder of the dance collective Voices Dance Project, and was Co-Choreographer/Rehearsal Director/Dancer for their inaugural show in 2023. Within her urban work she has choreographed many projects including music videos, social media videos, and stage performances which have toured several cities and festival stages including Bluesfest, Metro Metro, the National Arts Center and more. Her work in dance cinematography has been shown internationally including a nomination for Best Short Dance Film at the Vesuvius International Film Festival. A passionate and dedicated performer, Sarah has cultivated a dynamic style that blends the precision of contemporary dance with the dynamism of urban forms.
BRIANA BROWN | CREATIVE PRODUCER
Briana Brown has worked with a breadth of arts organizations, from grassroots collectives to large-scale institutions including the Canadian Stage Company (Metcalf Artistic and Producing Intern), Seventh Stage Productions (Associate Producer), Paprika Festival (Artistic Programs Manager), Brave New Play Rites Festival in Vancouver (Artistic Producer), Nova Dance (Administrative Producer) and was the Artistic Producer of ĀNANDAṀ Dancetheatre. In the winter of 2021, she co-created and produced Digital Now! a festival for weary hearts, which resourced over 50 theatre artists who were able to expand their craft by exploring modes of storytelling in a digital space. She is a graduate of UBC's Creative Writing program (MFA), a Jessie-nominated playwright and arts educator. @that.artsworker.life
