Samantha Sutherland

Dance Instructor
Samantha is a dance artist and choreographer based in Toronto, ON. She is proud to be an Indigenous woman of the Ktunaxa Nation. In 2018 she completed the Arts Umbrella Dance Graduate Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon in Vancouver, BC. During the 2019/20 season, Samantha worked with Lesley Telford in Inverso Productions Performance Research Project where she performed at BLOOM: Dance in Vancouver and alongside Chor Leoni Men’s Choir. In the same 2019/20 season Samantha also worked and performed as a guest artist with Ballet BC in their production of Romeo and Juliet by Medhi Walerski. For the 2020/21 season, Samantha joined Red Sky Performance as an Associate Artist under the direction of Sandra Laronde in Toronto. During her time with the company, she performed Flow choreographed by Jera Wolfe in Fall for Dance North 2020 and was a part of a new creation by Yosmell Calderon.