About

Maggie Forgeron

MA, RSMT/E, SSW (student), TTPPD-Cert. (NBS), RYT 200

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Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, I graduated from the National Ballet School with a personal achievement award. I have danced professionally with The National Ballet of Canada, Ballet British Columbia and Kevin O’Day Ballett Nationaltheater Mannheim. Personal highlights onstage include performing works by James Kudelka, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Crystal Pite, Medhi Walerski, Aszure Barton, Kevin O’Day, Dominique Dumais, Jorma Elo, Jacapo Godani, Jose Navas, John Alleyne, Emily Molnar, Twyla Tharp and Donald Sales. It was an honour for me to contribute, through dance, to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.

While dancing for Ballet BC, I collaborated on a solo project with Margie Gillis called “Moon on White Crow” that was presented at several dance venues throughout Vancouver. The piece was eventually performed at the National Arts Centre, during the Governor General’s Awards, in recognition of Margie and her lifetime of achievement. I was chosen to participate in a project for which the purpose was the preservation of Margie’s legacy.

A certified Kripalu Yoga instructor, and member of the Toronto Axis Syllabus community, I am an advocate of leading edge movement research and peer exchange. I am a graduate of a body-based expressive arts approach at the Tamalpa Institute that explores the possibility for renewed health and expanding the parameters of knowledge of the discipline of dance. I completed my Master’s in Expressive Arts Therapy with a minor in psychology at the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland, receiving the honours with distinction award. I also obtained my certificate of completion for the professional training in trauma-focused care with Dr. Gabor Maté and am currently a clinical intern at ATTCH (Attachment & Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing) Niagara.

A graduate of the teacher training program for professional dancers at Canada’s National Ballet School, I am always delighted to have an opportunity to nurture people, as they encounter the subject of art, each other and themselves.

“Great art can flourish where human beings are cherished. The appropriate outcome will emerge from a positive and affirming journey together.”

Maggie Forgeron

Dancer: Maggie Forgeron
Photographer: David Cooper