JULIA SASSO

Dancer Julia Sasso has choreographed extensively for the concert stage as well as for feature film, theatre and television. Her choreography has been commissioned and presented throughout North America and abroad. Her contribution to theatre and dancemaking in Toronto has been acknowledged with eight Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations. Sasso has created choreography for all of Canada's professional contemporary dance conservatories and since 1995 has created numerous pieces for the School of Toronto Dance Theatre's Professional Training Program.

Sasso is a faculty member of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre's Professional Training Program and York University's Department of Dance.

Sasso is a member of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, Canadian Dance Assembly, DTRC, Dance Ontario, Toronto Arts Coalition and Society of Dance History Scholars. She served as co-chair of the Dancers for Life Organizing Committee.