Vania Dodoo-Beals is a Dancer and Choreographer based in Toronto. Selected credits include: Disney’s The Lion King, The National Ballet of Canada, Fall for Dance North, Dance: Made in Canada, ProArteDanza and Citadel + Compagnie. Notable choreographic collaborators are Peggy Baker, Siphesile November and Carleen Zouboules. Vania is thrilled to be returning to DMIC presenting ‘Fragments of Perception. Carleen Zouboules is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. Since beginning her dance career in 2020, she had performed with Red Sky Performance, Côte Dansé, ProArteDanza, Citadel + Compagnie and Zata Omm Dance Projects. She has appeared in works by Lesley Telford, Chantelle Good, Guillaume Côte, Jera Wolfe, Anne Plamondon, Roberto Campanella and Robert Glumbeck. Carleen co-choreographed for Night Shift in 2022 and Toronto Metropolitan University with her collaborator Vania Dodoo-Beals. She has also assisted William Yong in Utopiverse for the National Ballet of Canada. Her work blends theatricality with the physicality of contemporary dance, focusing on body-to-body connection in partnering.