Andrea Nann (20 September, 1966) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and artistic director. Born in Vancouver, she became interested in exploring and expressing human emotions through dance from a young age. Nann trained with several prominent Canadian dance artists, most notably Danny Grossman.[1]
Career
editAndrea Nann worked with a diverse range of dance artists throughout her career, including Peggy Baker,[2] Tedd Robinson, Rachel Browne,[3] Peter Chin, Kate Alton, Patricia Beatty, Terrill Maguire and Michelle Silagy.[1]
Nann completed a special honours BFA in dance at York University in 1988. In the same year, she joined Danny Grossman Dance Company. Nann toured with the company across Canada, the US and Cuba until 2003.
In 2005, Nann founded the Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company in Toronto.
Nann collaborated with poet and songwriter Gord Downie on Reveries[4] (2001), Divination Duets (2009) and Beside Each Other[5] (2010). She has also worked on film and television projects such as Brian Johnson's Tell Me Everything (2006), Nicole Mion's That Thing Between Us (2006), and Veronica Tennant's Shadow Pleasures (2004).
Nann has been awarded grants by the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council.
References
edit- ^ a b "Andrea Nann | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "Legendary Canadian dance icon Peggy Baker illuminates the NAC Studio stage on April 11-13, 2013". nac-cna.ca. 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ Anderson, Carol (1999). Rachel Browne: dancing towards the light. S.l.: J. Gordon Shillingford. ISBN 978-1-896239-53-8.
- ^ "Hot stepping through the city". The Globe and Mail. 2001-12-26. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Crabb, Michael (2010-12-05). "Gord Downie-inspired Beside Each Other steers middle course". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2023-10-24.