Andrea Nann (20 September, 1966) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and artistic director. Born in Vancouver, she became interested in exploring and expressing human emotions through dance from a young age. Nann trained with several prominent Canadian dance artists, most notably

Danny Grossman Daniel Grossman (September 13, 1942 – July 29, 2023) was a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and activist.Michael Crabb ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 2023. He created the Danny Grossman Dance Company which produced his political dances. Early lif ...

Career

Andrea Nann worked with a diverse range of dance artists throughout her career, including

Peggy Baker Peggy Laurayne Baker (née Smith; born October 22, 1952) is a Canadian modern dancer, choreographer and teacher. She has been awarded the Order of Canada and she was the first person to receive the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the ...

, Tedd Robinson,

Rachel Browne Rachel Browne (born Ray Minkoff; November 6, 1934 – June 9, 2012) was a dancer, teacher and choreographer based in Winnipeg. In 1964, she founded Canada's longest running modern dance company, Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers. Browne was Arti ...

, Peter Chin, Kate Alton,

Patricia Beatty Patricia Beatty, (13 May 1936 – 20 November 2020) was a Canadian choreographer, dancer, director and teacher. Early life and education Patricia Beatty was born in Toronto. She studied modern dance at Bennington College in Bennington, Ver ...

, Terrill Maguire and Michelle Silagy. Nann completed a special honours BFA in dance at York University in 1988. In the same year, she joined Danny Grossman Dance Company. Nann toured with the company across Canada, the US and Cuba until 2003. In 2005, Nann founded the Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company in Toronto. Nann collaborated with poet and songwriter

Gord Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from ...

on Reveries (2001), Divination Duets (2009) and Beside Each Other (2010). She has also worked on film and television projects such as

Brian Johnson Brian Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980 at the age of 32, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. Johnson was one of the founding members of th ...

's Tell Me Everything (2006), Nicole Mion's That Thing Between Us (2006), and Veronica Tennant's Shadow Pleasures (2004). Nann has been awarded grants by the

Canada Council The Canada Council for the Arts (), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It is Canada's public arts funder, with a mandate to ...

Ontario Arts Council The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly funded Canadian organization in the province of Ontario whose purpose is to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. Based in Toronto, OAC was founded in 1963 by O ...

and Toronto Arts Council.

References

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