Jack Campbell (b. 2002) is a violinist and composer. He creates and collaborates in France, The UK, Germany, Switzerland, the USA, and across Canada. His compositional projects build bridges between contemporary classical music and visual arts, dance, and theatre. Campbell works as a soloist, chamber musician, improvisor, and recording artist for LP, video, radio, and sound installation.

- “Campbell is a young master of the arts demonstrating prodigal talents and making waves across the classical music scene” -London Daily News
- “At 21, Jack Campbell shakes up classical music across six countries.” -Indie Boulevard
- “Jack Campbell revives tradition with a modern twist.” -FAME Magazine 

Alexis Fletcher: I am a dance artist, creator and producer based in Vancouver, Canada. After dancing with Ballet BC for 14 years I then became a guest artist and Artist in Residence with the Company before moving fully into my independent career in 2020.

Myself and my husband, Sylvain Senez, are the founders and Artistic Directors of Belle Spirale Dance Projects. The Company is a 2023/24 recipient of The Chrystal Dance Prize and holds the position of Artist in Residence at Chutzpah! Festival. It has been generously supported by Dance Victoria, Ballet BC, Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, Presentation House Theatre, New Works, Vernon Performing Arts Centre, The Gordon Smith Foundation, Dancing on the Edge, InFrinGing Festival, Shadbolt Centre and Dance: Made in/fait au Canada. As a freelancer, I have most recently performed with Re:Naissance Opera, zoe | juniper, and Wen Wei Dance.

Belle Spirale is a platform for the work of many artists; through our collaborative processes we produce our own creations as well as commission original works by both emerging and established choreographers. We collaborate with exceptional dance artists and designers from the local, national and international independent community for all of these projects in order to continue building our diverse repertoire of poetic, relevant and engaging contemporary dance works. We believe in a hands-on and heart-centred approach to art making that supports the development of both our own creations as well as the work of other like-minded creative spirits. 

Belle Spirale also produces The Dance Deck, an outdoor, site-specific and multidisciplinary performance space and series at Sylvain’s and my home in East Vancouver. This platform is dedicated solely to the work of other artists in our community.

I am fascinated by how exploring the movement potential of the human body becomes a way of accessing the inner landscapes of our spirits and psyches, and this is the primary motivation behind my physical practice and choreographic interests. I believe that dance is a unique vehicle with which to share, research, and discuss our humanity, and a powerful and distinct tool for communication and connection.

I acknowledge, with gratitude, my privilege to be working and creating on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples.

Justin Rapaport (he/him) is a freelance dance artist, choreographer and stager who enjoys collaborating and creating with like-minded artists and individuals. Most recently, he has worked with Kidd Pivot, Anne Plamondon and PARA.MAR Dance Theater. Justin is a former member of Ballet BC, where he had the opportunity to perform various solos and lead roles by choreographers such as Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal. Justin received his formal training at New World School of the Arts, followed by The Juilliard School, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Justin has delved into the choreographic realm throughout his career, starting with Peter London Global Dance Company in 2014 and has gone on to create numerous collaborations for the company. He has gone on to create with HD Theatre, Boykin Dance Projects, Dance Deck Dix and Ballet BC. Most notably in 2021, Justin created Passing By at Ballet BC, in collaboration with Evan Rapaport and Rae Srivastiva, which was selected as a finalist of the 14th Copenhagen International Choreography Competition, and awarded the Danish Dance Theater Award by Pontus Lidburg. Justin had the opportunity to set Passing By on Dansk Danseteater and present the work at the Copenhagen Summer Dance Festival in July 2023.  

While growing in Miami, Justin was a trained violinist for 10 years, in addition to his rigorous dance training, but had to put it to the side as dance became his full-time focus after high school. He stills fiddles around with it from time to time.  Outside of dance, Justin loves being outdoors biking or at the beach, and the occasional decadent donut.

Andreas Kahre is an interdisciplinary artist whose work combines images, sound and text in a variety of configurations. With a background in visual art, film and music, he has created installations, sound art, and performance projects in collaboration with theatre, dance and media artists across Canada. He is the artistic director of the Gabriola Institute of Contemporary Art, and currently teaches sound at FIC at Simon Fraser University. 

Rebecca Margolick's dance works have been presented in Turkey, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Mexico, Israel, and across the U.S. and Canada. She was named one of Dance Magazines Top 25 to Watch, and has received fellowships and residencies from Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab, The Banff Centre, Centro de las Arts San Luis Potosí, Derida Stage, La Galerie Choreographique, and more. Her solo works have won multiple audience and jury awards in Canada and Europe. 

She has created original works for Oregon Ballet Theater, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, LITVAK Dance, Arts Umbrella, Ballet B.C.’s Annex, Ailey BFA Program, Michiyaya, and DancePORT Derida. 

Rebecca dances with Andrea Peña & Artists in Montreal. She was a company member of Sidra Bell Dance New York from 2012-2016, and has freelanced with many choreographers over the past 10 years. She graduated from New York University and trained at Arts Umbrella. She is an Artistic Associate of BC Movement Arts Society - a non-profit society based in the remote village of Sointula, British Columbia.
@margolick | rebeccamargolick.com

Although better known as an arts journalist, Alexander Varty maintains a parallel practice as a performing musician. A founding member of the Gabriola Microsynth Orchestra (GMO), he’s had an interest in electronic music since buying a Roland SH-1000 sometime in the Paleolithic era, but he can also be seen playing electric and acoustic guitars with artists as diverse as John Oswald, Randy Bachman, bill bissett and Art Bergmann. Alex’s most recent studio project was Pacifica Koral Reef, a recording of Wadada Leo Smith’s music made with fellow guitarist Henry Kaiser and the composer himself on trumpet.