HDC BIPOC Emerging Artist Scholarship Winners 2024

Congratulations to Sarah Hin Ching Yu and Jai Yi (Judy) Luo, this year's Healthy Dancer Canada BIPOC Emerging Artist Scholarship Winners 2024! Thank you to all of this year's applicants, who are receiving Healthy Dancer Canada memberships.

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Dancer: Sarah Hin Ching U. Photographer: Chloe Lam

Sarah Hin Ching U 余衍晴 (she/her) is a Chinese-Canadian dance artist/choreographer, trained and influenced by a multitude of styles including contemporary, ballet, breaking and hiphop. My main intentions in my creations are  1. Explore and promote the cross-pollination between contemporary dance and street dance. 2. Investigate the integration of new media tools such as AI editing and Augmented Reality application in performance-making, pushing the boundaries of choreography beyond physical movement.
 
My work has been presented by Dancing on the Edge (Vancouver), National Arts Centre, Capsule: Video series (Ottawa), The Dance Centre (Vancouver), NewWorks (Vancouver), REvolver(Vancouver), DanceWorks (Toronto), Skampede (Victoria), Free Flow Dance Theatre (Saskatoon), Good Women Dance(Edmonton) among others.  In 2022, I received the Professional Performing Artist Award from British Columbia Arts Council and have recently received Professional Development award to train under bboy Savage Rock in the art of breaking. I been awarded residencies at Circuit est (Montreal), Dance Arts Institute (Toronto), Impulse Theatre (Victoria), City of Port Coquitlam, ArtStarts (Vancouver), and Plastic Orchid Factory. Other notable performing credits include Dancing on the Edge 2019 with Danse Carpe Diem/Emmanuel Jouthe (Montreal) and Nuit Blanche 2021 with Jackie Latendresse (Saskatoon). I graduated Simon Fraser University in 2021 with a BFA in dance and kinesiology. Website: https://www.sarah-u.com/.

Thank you to Allegro Performance + Wellness for supporting this recipient!

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Dancer: Jia Yi (Judy) Luo. Photographer: Gregg Jann Autillo

Jia Yi (Judy) Luo is a Chinese-Canadian dance artist based out of Toronto, Ontario. She voyages towards people, patterns, puzzles and play with her trusty blue suitcase. Building on faith and the gift of grace, physical movement and dumpling parties are her chosen mediums to meet and bridge communities. Judy is a former member of touring company Rambert 2 (London, UK). She holds her BFA in Performance Dance from Toronto Metropolitan University and is a laureate of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Developing Artist Grant. Known for her stage presence and versatility, her commercial credits include Nike, SportChek, Tim Hortons, Hallmark Channel, Jessie Reyez and Feist. Judy collaborates alongside Anne Plamondon (Montreal), Liam Francis (UK), and Nova Bhattacharya (Toronto). Switching between the hats of performer, rehearsal director and educator, she marvels at the body's intelligence and delights in sharing this fascination with others. Follow along her creative endeavours on her Substack publication, "mindthemoves." Website/blog https://judyluo.substack.com/.

Thank you to TAB Fitness for supporting this recipient!

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