About

My name is Angela. I'm a dance artist, actress, and performance technician. I graduated with a BFA Special Honours in Dance (Choreography/Performance). I've also filmed multiple commercials for brand names like Canadian Tire, HelloFresh, Panda Express, Yankee Candle, and the CAA. Behind the scenes, I'm a stage manager, theatre technician, and occasional lighting designer (though I would LOVE to do more!). I am also honoured to have served as a Dance Juror for the Dora Mavor Moore Awards 2022/23 season.

In 2020, I underwent ACL reconstruction surgery for my knee after tearing it fully during a dance audition. It took me two years to recover, and even now my knee is not the same -- and never will be.

However, I am a better dancer now than I was before the surgery, and in 2023 I went on my first solo international trip to a dance retreat in Portugal that transformed my life. It was there that I realized I am not done with dance, and dance is not done with me.

In the past few years, I've traversed the globe (solo!) to attend dance festivals, workshops, intensives, and retreats -- anything to get me moving and seeing the world. I've hit highs, and I've hit utter lows. Lonely Girl, Lonely World (aka. Lonely Pirouette) was thus borne out of a desire to share my love of dance and travel through a medium I've always enjoyed, writing. It's also a platform for me to address the harsh realities of the dance industry and what it means to be a dancer.

On this blog, you'll find stories of love and life, trauma, and, of course, dance. We are all ever-evolving beings, and my hope is that these words bring us a little closer to each other... Dance brings us a little closer to each other.