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Candace Kumar

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RESUME/CV

Stage Performances

  •  BABAELAN (2025) Art Gallery of Ontario | Blessyl Buan Prod. - Collaborator, Performer 
  • KULTURA (2024)  PEIsta Kultura  | Folklorico Filipino Canada - Choreographer, Performer
  • PAMA Stories of Home (2024) Peel Art Gallery | Living Hyphen - Performer
  • Offerings at Ishpadinaa (2024) Spadina House | Nova Dance - Performer
  • Short and Sweet (2024) Tranzac | Toronto Dance Theatre - Performer
  • Art Shelter Opening Night (2024) Art Shelter | Frog in Hand - Performer
  • Asian Cultural Night (2024) STACKT MARKET | Folklorcio Filipino Canada - Performer
  • Parcours Danse CAPACOA  (2023) Conseil des arts de Montréal | Nova Dance - Performer
  • Mayor's Gala for the Arts (2023) Metro Convention Cenre | Nova Dance - Performer
  • Vancouver Indian Summer Festival (2023) Playhouse Theatre | Nova Dance - Performer
  • Progloue Performing Arts (2024) Toronto Tour | Little Pear Garden Dance - Performer
  • Svaha! In the Park (2023) Jamii Hub | Nova Dance Company - Performer
  • Lunar New Year Celebration (2023) Vaughan Mills | Little Pear Garden Dance - Performer
  • Paniniwala (2022) Art Gallery of Ontario | Kapisanan - Performer
  • Svaha (2022) Bluma Appel Theatre | Nova Dance Company - Performer
  • Night Shift (2022) Citadel + Compagnie - Choreographer, Performer
  • Desdemona in the Snow (2022) Film Production | Nautanki Creations - Performer
  • TedX Toronto (2019) Evergreen Brickworks | Datu - Performer
  • Tales of China (2017) Betty Oliphant Theatre | Little Pear Garden Dance - Performer
  • Nuit Blanche (2015) Harbourfront Centre | Anandam Dance - Performer


International Tours and Performances

  •  BAKUNAWA (2024) Oakland, California | Bolo Music Group - Performer
  • Gongsters Paradise (2021) San Francisco, California | Parangal Dance Company  - Performer
  • Inauguración del 4to FIF (2018) Cordova, Mexico | Folklorico Filipino Canada - Performer
  • Stern Grove Festival (2018) San Francisco, California | Han Han - Performer
  • Grand Performances (2018) Los Angeles | Han Han - Performer 
  • Kaisahan (2017) Anchorage, Alaska | Folklorico Filipino Canada - Performer
  •  CIOFF International Folk Festival (2012) Czech Republic, Poland | Folkloricio Filipino Canada                  - Performer

Education and training

Education

 Bachelor of Arts: International Development Studies University of Toronto | Toronto, ON | 2020 

Training

 Certificate in Yakan Pansak (2022) Himig At Galaw Ng Ninuno, Manila 

Folklorico Filipino Canada (2006-present) Toronto

Residencies

Art City Resident Artist (2024) Art City | Winnipeg 

Art and Water Residency (2023) Dockside Dance  | Toronto 

Discover Dance Resident Artist (2023) Nova Dance | Toronto 

Cabinscape Artist Fellowship (2023) Cabinscape | Toronto 

Awards, Accolades, Publications

 RBC Emerging Choreographer Grant Recipient (2024) TAPA 

Explorations Grant Recipient (2023) TO Live 

Civic Award of Recognition (2023) City of Mississauga 

Established Dance Artist Award (2023) Mississauga Arts Council  

Dance on Film Microgrant Recipient (2022) Mississauga Arts Council 

Screen Dances Series Grant Recipient (2022) Guelph Dance 


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