move: the company
Choreographer, Interpretive Artist
Born in Vancouver, BC, Simone received her training at the Carisbrooke School of Dance, the Vancouver Academy of Dance, the Goh Ballet Academy and Toronto’s National Ballet School. Simone began dancing professionally in 1989, first with the National Ballet of Canada then with Desrosiers Dance Theatre, two summers with The Banff Centre's Professional Dance Program, and is currently in her twelfth season with Ballet BC. Simone's choreographic explorations began in 1997 and she has received numerous commissions including those from Ballet Kelowna, the Turning Point Ensemble, Dancers Dancing, and a short dance film, Chimère,for BRAVO! TV. Simone recently created Studies of Cash, a work inspired by the songs of Johnny Cash for EDAM, as well as, Realm of Her Eclipse for Ballet BC. Simone was the inaugural recipient of the Performing Arts Commission at the 2004 Vancouver Arts Awards and won the prestigious 2006 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award for which she created the work, Winter Journey, at the Banff Centre. Simone was recently awarded a Fellowship Initiative Grant by the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, to develop new choreography on the dancers of Ballet BC.
Active Works with MOVE: the company: Sold Doubt
Choreographer of The Cell, Relache and Firebird for MOVE: the company
Photo: David Cooper