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The home of Alyssa Martin's surreal + unbridled feminist dance theatre works explored with a cosmic team of close collaborators.
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DINo
FESTIVAL OF DANCE ANNAPOLIS ROYAL • JULY 19 - 23, 2022
FESTIVAL DES ARTS SAINT SAUVEUR • july 29 - 30, 2022
sharing the stage with the national ballet of canada • august 16 - 20, 2022
A Mesozoic spectacle made from ferocious play with a dramatic claw to the heart and a tickle in the brain. Using the thick, scaly exterior of its inspirations as a guise, DINO boldly dances toward an all-too-familiar end. Anxiety, asteroids, ruin, regrowth, love, longevity and pigeons.
Choreography & Direction: Alyssa Martin
Performance & Collaboration: Drew Berry, Brayden Jamil Cairns, Sam Grist and Natasha Poon Woo
Original Score: Jacob Vanderham (AKA Telehorn)
Dramaturgy: David Bernstein & Pony Nicole Herauf
The initial creation process took place during time as the company-in-residence at Toronto Metropolitan University's Performance Dance Program within The Creative School. 53 student collaborators worked with us to develop a feature-length dance film called DinoLand.
This new iteration of the work is supported by Toronto Arts Council with special thanks to Citadel & Compagnie.

some recent film work!
BIN CHICKEN
A feature length film adaptation of a work commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre
Official selection for the 2021 Portland Film Festival's cross-platform/experimental category and Sydney Women's International Film Festival.
Choreographed + Directed by Alyssa Martin and filmed by Cinematographer Dakota Wotton
Starring (+ created in collaboration with) Alana Elmer, Yuichiro Inoue, Peter Kelly, Megumi Kokuba, Pulga Muchochoma, Erin Poole, Devon Snell, Roberto Soria + pianist Morgan-Paige Melbourne
View full production credits here!
This work premiered in November 2020
love from farm to summerworks
A short video work commissioned by SummerWorks Performance Festival for the end of summer mix.
Directed + Edited by Alyssa Martin
Filmed by Drew Berry + Sydney Nicole Herauf
Created by Drew Berry, Brayden Cairns, Sam Grist, Pony Nicole Herauf, Alyssa Martin and Natasha Poon Woo with music by Austin Anonsen and Alyssa Martin
sixty seven moo(n)s
A short video work commissioned by Canadian Stage for the National Arts Centre's Transformation Project
Directed + Edited by Alyssa Martin
Created by Brayden Cairns and Alyssa Martin
Music by Austin Anonsen
HEADER VIDEO by Francesca Chudnoff
Drew Berry, Brayden Cairns, Sam Grist, Pony Nicole Herauf and Natasha Poon Woo in hollow mountain (2019)
Choreography + Direction by Alyssa Martin
Original Music by Pony Nicole Herauf
Lighting Design by Noah Feaver
Set Design by Katie Mooney