Thread (2008) / Credits

Originally from the Central African Republic, Ghislaine Doté is a dancer, choreographer, and composer. Eclectic as an interpreter, she worked with Van Grimde Corps secret, Company Flak, and the Montreal Opera appearing in the production Starmania (Plamondon/ Berger).She recently danced for Gibson Muriva, an emerging choreographer.

Ghislaine has also established herself as a solid emerging choreographer having created four pieces to date, both choreographic and musical.

In 2007, aside from being the recipient of the Gloria Mitchell Award, and was honored as laureate by the Black History Month. During that very year, she has joined Sinha Danse.

Natasha Bakht is an Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer who has trained in bharata natyam under Menaka Thakkar for over twenty years.  Natasha has been described as "a brilliant diamond" (The Dance Current, 2005)..."all honed to the bone elegance and precision" (Vancouver Sun, 2004).  Her piece Obiter Dictum was nominated for 2003 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Choreography.  Her 2007 solo performances at the Centre Pierre Péladeau were rated by La Presse among the top ten best dance shows of the year.  She is the 2008 co-recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artists Award.  Thread marks her third collaboration with choreographer Roger Sinha. 

Roger Sinha was born in England of an Armenian mother and an Indian father. In his work he explores themes of cultural dissonance and tensions created by the collision of East and West. Exploring his origins he uses tradition for a contemporary expression of his reality. Sinha's choreographic vocabulaire combines the subtleties of Indian dance, with the full body movements of modern, ballet and the martial arts.