BALLET 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 5 d a n c e



 
Cast: Christy Adamson, Tal Aronson
Melissa Bettio, Sasa Evtimova
Aimee Geldard, Anthony Guerra
Marija Krstevska, Chantal Meadows
Aleksandra Mijalkova, Natasa Nikolova
Biljana Pasarikovska-Kalenikova
Siobhan Paton, Kire Pavlov, Naomi Lebel
Almond Small, Tanja Vuisik-Todorovska

 



Artistic Director Biography

DEBBIE WILSON “THE GLOBE AND
MAIL, TORONTO, FEBRUARY 2003”
“KIRO URDIN HAD BEEN INSPIRED
BY OTHER CULTURES, WHICH LED
ME TO ENVISION A DANCE PIECE
INSPIRED BY THE THEMES
OF MULTICULTURALISM AND
HARMONY. I DON’T WANT TO
DEFINE CULTURES, BUT RATHER
TO SHOW THAT OUR DIFFERENT
STYLES OF DANCE CAN MERGE
TOGETHER INTO ONE
HOMOGENOUS GROUP.”
Choreography: Debbie Wilson
Set design: Kiro Urdin
Music: Venko et Vasko Serafimov
Photography: David Hou
Debbie Wilson as dancer/rehearsal mistress for
The American Dance Machine; Les Bellets Jazz
Montreal; Howard Richard & Dancers and Ballet
Jorgen. She has also performed with the Judith
Marcuse Repertory Dance Company and the
Randy Glynn Dance Project. 
Ms. Wilson’s rich background as dancer; teacher
and rehearsal director reflects a lifetime of work
with some of the greatest artists of our time; a
lifetime reflected in her resonant choreographic
voice. She began dancing with the Cincinnati
Ballet Company at the age of twelve and was
promoted to soloist two short years later.
Omo Dance Company is a dynamic,
multiracial company that engages and
excites its audiences through Debbie
Wilson’s critically acclaimed choreography,
and through collaborations with outstanding
composers, artists and designers. OMO’s
wide appeal to both dance-related and
popular audiences has garnered Debbie
Wilson the “Best Local Choreographer”
award in the Toronto-based NOW
Magazine’s readers’ poll for 2000, 2001
and 2003. OMO has shown an impressive
annual increase in audience attendance, and
is one of Toronto’s most prolifi ccompanies.
The performance Planetarium Multimedia
Project was presented to Toronto, Skopje,
Heraclea, Ohrid, Ankara, Chicago, Geneva,
and during the commemoration of the 60th
anniversary of the United Nations.