Clara Chemtov is a Montreal-raised and Toronto-based dance artist and sound designer with a passion for spunky and theatrical creation. Since completing their BFA in Dance at York University, they have been exploring themes of queerness, humanity, and relationships through an absurdist lens. Their most recent works have been centred around “otherness”, researching dehumanization through movement and character work. Clara has been fortunate to work with notable choreographers including Alyssa Martin, Syreeta Hector, Jane-Alison McKinney, and Kyra Jean Green. When they aren’t busy creating, they can be found reading fantasy novels, drinking bubble tea, and inventing new soups.

Connect with Clara online at clarachemtov.com and on Instagram at @clarachemtov!

Alyssa Scocco is a Toronto-born dance artist, choreographer, and educator with extensive training in classical ballet and contemporary dance. She began her training at Danzarts Toronto before studying for three years at Canada’s National Ballet School. She later trained at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts while performing with ACE Dance Theatre’s Junior Company, where she danced for four years. In the summer of 2023, she joined Ballet Jörgen’s Junior Company. During her competitive training, Alyssa was named 2nd Runner-Up in Contemporary and placed in the Top 12 in Classical Ballet at Youth America Grand Prix Toronto.
Alyssa is currently a dancer and choreographer with the University of Toronto Varsity Dance Team, where she continues to develop her choreographic voice alongside her performance practice. Her choreographic interests centre on emotional specificity and narrative, drawing on the precision and physicality of her ballet training while exploring the freedom and individuality of contemporary movement.
As a teacher, Alyssa is interested in the space between discipline and passion. She values rigorous technical training not as an end in itself, but as a foundation that allows dancers to make more intentional, expressive, and individual artistic choices. Through teaching and choreography, she hopes to create environments that challenge dancers while encouraging agency and a genuinely curious approach to movement.

Christina Litt Belch is a contemporary dance artist, choreographer, composer, teacher, and arts administrator based in Toronto. She has trained at various renowned schools such as Alberta Ballet School and Dance Arts Institute (formerly known as The School of Toronto Dance Theatre). Christina holds an Honours BFA in Dance from York University and has been a collaborator with companies such as Pulga Dance, Kaeja d’Dance, and hART dance.

As a choreographer, she has presented her work at the Festival de Danse Contemporaine de Sherbrooke, Hamilton Fringe Festival, Frog in Hand Seasonal Activities, Riverdale Share Concert, Silt: Freshwater, ArtLabs by East End Arts, and has been a rehearsal director for Pulga Muchochoma. She has also worked as a composer/performer for dance:made in canada - inTO focus, Battery Dance Festival, SQx Dance, Expect Theatre’s Beats + Intentions, Dust and Soul Dance Projects, and SummerWorks Performance Festival.

Christina is the creator of Litt Dance Collective, which aims to meld musical and choreographic research while exploring elements of comedy. As an arts educator, she teaches piano lessons and is the ballet/creative movement instructor at the Citadel Dance Program. Through her passion for community dance, Christina also teaches seniors at Dancing with Parkinson’s. She is known for her positivity and zest for life and strives to focus on mind and body wellness in all her practices, while exploring the connectivity of music, movement, and language, and their impact on one another.

Mac Mccallum-Mallory is a multi-disciplinary, movement based artist. He is a burlesque performer, puppeteer, performance artist, dancer, playwright and producer.
He co-created and performed FAST. FASHION. at The Paprika Festival in 2024 and then at The Rhubarb Festival in 2025. He began producing Trans Strip Night in 2025 which he regularly performs at, a cabaret-style strip night for transgender performers. He has performed for Clay and Paper Theatre as a Summer Company Apprentice and as a puppeteer for their Night of Dread and Winter Solstice events. In 2024 he performed in Rock Bottom Movement's DINO for Guelph Dance Festival and in Monica Dottor's Janice Almighty.
He has connected with artists from GeneratorTO, Clay and Paper Theatre, Toes for Dance, GarageTO, Citadel+Compagnie and Rock Bottom Movement. He is inspired by trans experience, erotic movement, performance art, the grotesque, and anything to do with anatomy and the body.
He holds a BFA from York University in Theatre, specializing in Playwriting and Performance Creation.

Shelby Nilsen (she/her) is a multidisciplinary dancer, performer, movement artist, and choreographer. Based in Toronto and born and raised on Vancouver Island, B.C., Shelby’s movement practice is shaped by her passion for the intersection of interpersonal relationships, physical expression, athletic dedication, and accessing catharsis.

Shelby earned her BFA from the Performance Dance Program, with distinction, from Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as a minor in psychology. With a foundation rooted in versatility, Shelby’s training encompasses everything from contemporary and ballet, to vernacular jazz, modern, and improvisation, along with street styles, heels, and West African.

She has had the privilege of working with choreographers such as Hanna Kiel, Ryan Lee, Susie Burpee, David Norsworthy, Raoul Pillay/Wilke, Colleen Snell, Esie Mensah, and Francesca Chudnoff. Shelby has trained across Canada with Modus Operandi (BC), DJD (AB), and RUBBERBAND (QC). She has also performed with a diverse array of companies across the GTA such as Frog In Hand, and Kode Red.

Just a few of her performance credits include NIGHT/SHIFT at the Citadel Compagnie, Canada’s Walk of Fame 2023, and choreographing, dancing, and acting in OTRA VEZ, the official music video for artist ESCO (ft. BEBEBOY).