Artistic Director

Mayumi Lashbrook (she/her) is a Japanese Canadian settler who seeks to expose, challenge, and rectify systems of oppression by creating innovative, introspective and inclusive dance theatre. She sees embodiment as at the crux of world making, providing alternatives to unconscious thought and oppression. Her primary practices span performance, choreography, production and education. Mayumi graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Theatre Performance Dance program, on the Dean’s list. Mayumi is the Artistic Director of Hamilton based Aeris Körper, which has just been awarded a 2024 Creators Award in the Hamilton Arts Award. She is a mentee in Butoh and composition with renowned Japanese Canadian dance theatre artist Denise Fujiwara, as well as a company member of Fujiwara Dance Inventions. Her training in Butoh has revealed ways of creating formless dance that negates the dance step and instead exposes our humanity in movement. She is the Curator for Hamilton Arts Council’s hArt Dance Film Series, Curator and Creative Producer for Kaeja d’Dance’s Porch View Dances, and Creative Producer of dance made in canada’s The ‘D’ Word Podcast. She has choreographed for Dusk Dances, Guelph Dance, CanAsian Dance and produced a bi-city presentation of her work Enemy Lines.

Artistic Associate

LOR (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work bridges film, performance, curation and facilitation, fostering connections through creativity, authenticity and care. Her recent productions in Ontario include a film with hArts Dance Film Series and a performance with In The Soil Festival. As a facilitator and space holder, LOR weaves ritual, fundamental movement, somatic practices and free-form dance to inspire self-exploration and community care. With training from GOODBODYFEEL, The 360 Emergence, Somatic Soul Coach School and Downward Dog Yoga Centre, her offerings are rooted in trauma awareness and designed to empower individuals—especially those from marginalized communities—to access their inherent wisdom and creativity. LOR’s approach nurtures curiosity, connection and compassion, while fostering a trusting relationship with the mind, body and soul. Through embodied practices, she invites participants to explore their unique potential and contribute to collective healing and transformation.

Artistic Associate

Skye Rogers (she/her) is a dance and theatre artist based in Attiwandaronia (Hamilton, Ontario), dearly devoted to making spaces for people to feel at home. Skye is the co-Artistic Director of retrograde: dance in motion and Tapestry Theatre Collective, and is an Artistic Associate with Aeris Körper Contemporary Dance. She is an alumni of the RBC Apprentice Program with Musical Stage Co. (Choreographer, 2023-24), Brock University (Arts & Culture, 2022) and Randolph College for the Performing Arts (Triple Threat, 2019). Skye’s creative process is collaborative, embodied, and wholehearted. Her practice spans choreography, workshop facilitation, devised theatre creation, and performance. Alongside many self-produced projects, she has worked creatively with The City of St. Catharines, The City of Hamilton, Ontario Culture Days, Suitcase in Point, Frog in Hand, Stand Up Dance, Expect Theatre, shykids, Spindle Collective and Riot King, among others. You can explore more of Skye’s range of work at www.skylightcollection.com.