BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“It’s great for all the people who wouldn’t normally go out and see something, it brings the art to the people.”

AMY KIARA RUTH

CHAIR

BIO

I explore what it means to be an embodied being, living in relationship to seasonal rhythms & tides while living & working in an urban setting.  A life-long interest in movement has led me to become a kinesiologist and somatic movement educator.

I embrace the perspective that nature is our true nature and that dance, movement, art, and sound are essential ways to experience and express this interconnectedness. I am honored to be a part of Vines – to participate in the co-creation of spaces and places where we get to learn, heal, and remember this together.

As a fourth-generation settler to Turtle Island, I am grateful to live on this unceded land.

Two dance pieces continue to echo in impression: Bill T Jones’ “Fete” and Liz Lerman’s “Small Dances About Big Ideas” are with me still.

CAROLINA BERGONZONI

VICE-CHAIR & SECRETARY

BIO
Vancouver-based Italian dance artist, yoga teacher and scholar. I hold an MA in Philosophy and an MA in Comparative Media Arts. I have been been teaching dance and Philosophy for Children (P4C) since 2008. In 2011, I graduated as a Dance Educator (Community Dance Facilitator), from then, I have been working on building communities of movers and thinkers. I am honour to be part of the Board of Vines Art Festival so that I can share my love for Arts and Nature.
Follow me online: www.carolinabergonzoni.org

JOYCE ROSARIO

TREASURER

BIO

Joyce Rosario is performing arts curator, facilitator and consultant based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver BC) and is the first generation of her Pangasinan family to be born on this territory. Joyce’s practice is guided by values of collaboration, rigour and care and over her career has gained broad exposure in interdisciplinary, experimental and community-based performance. She is a certified facilitator of the Critical Response Process and is currently a Cultural Planner at the City of Vancouver. Early in the pandemic she was a freelancer with organizations such as The Cultch, Museum of Vancouver, Canada Dance Festival, and Fascinator Management. Previously, Joyce spent over 15 years in programming and senior leadership positions in Canada, including PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, New Works and Made in BC – Dance on Tour. She studied Theatre Production/Design at UBC following her first foray in performance as a teenage participant in a ‘new genre’ public art project by Suzanne Lacy.

CHEYENNE DAWN SEARY

MEMBER AT LARGE

BIO

Cheyenne Dawn Seary is an indigenous artist of the Mi’gmaq Nation.Born and raised on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, she has aspired since her youth to create movement, dance, and to sing with diverse communities.

Having a love for dance, Cheyenne joined All Bodies Dance Project in 2015. In 2017, she performed for Vines Art Festival in an All Bodies Dance piece “Spare Parts” choreographed by Harmanie Taylor. Cheyenne is very honoured and excited to be a board member of Vines Art Festival.

ROBERT AZEVEDO

MEMBER AT LARGE

BIO
Robert Azevedo is originally from Atlantic Canada, but now lives and works in Vancouver BC. He received a BFA in Dance from SFU and works as a freelance dancer and performer. He is currently studying to become an ASL-English Sign Language Interpreter at Douglas College. Where these two interests intersect is in his passion for accessibility in performance. www.robertaze.com

TIFFANY SHIM

MEMBER AT LARGE

BIO
From Culinary Arts to emerging Dance Artist and, now Animal Health. Tiffany Shim started dancing 5 years ago with The Dance Initiative/GSG Productions Inc. studying Contemporary/Ballet, Hip Hop and, the business of how to create and promote your own show. She then continued with learning Street-Styles fundamentals with SOULdiers Company; was a part of Miscellaneous Productions theatre company as Dance Captain as well as one of the lead actors and is forever looking forward to learning much more about the arts industry with Vine Arts Festival.

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Vines Art Festival takes place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

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Pandora Fieldhouse
2325 Franklin Street
Vancouver, BC
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