Staff and Board
Meet the Team
The Dance Centre Staff
Executive Director:
Mirna Zagar
E: executivedirector[at]thedancecentre.ca
Associate Programming Director:
Raquel Alvaro
T: 604.606.6405
E: programming[at]thedancecentre.ca
Associate Producer:
Linda Blankstein
T: 604.606.6423
E: associate[at]thedancecentre.ca
Membership Coordinator:
Kaia Shukin
T: 604.606.6416
E: members[at]thedancecentre.ca
Outreach Coordinator:
Yurie Kaneko
T: 604.606.6420
E: outreach[at]thedancecentre.ca
Director of Marketing:
Heather Bray
T: 604.606.6412
E: marketing[at]thedancecentre.ca
Digital Marketing Coordinator:
Lindsay Curtis
E: communications[at]thedancecentre.ca
Development Manager:
Catherine Butler
T: 604.606.6407
E: development[at]thedancecentre.ca
Venue and Services Manager:
Christopher David Gauthier
T: 604.606.6413
E: admin[at]thedancecentre.ca
Comptroller:
Elyn Dobbs
T: 604.606.6415
E: accountant[at]@thedancecentre.ca
Dance Central Editor:
Shanny Rann
E: editor[at]thedancecentre.ca
Technical Director:
Andrea Joy Rideout
T: 604.606.6418
E: techdirector[at]thedancecentre.ca
Visitor Services Associates:
T: 604.606.6400
E: studiorentals[at]thedancecentre.ca
Meet Mirna Zagar
Executive Director
Mirna Zagar’s career in dance spans over 40 years. Originally from Zagreb, Croatia, she was an active member of the Croatian dance scene for over two decades during which time she contributed substantially to its developments. First a dancer then artistic director for the Zagreb Dance Company, in 1981 she founded Dance Week Festival (Tjedan Suvremenog Plesa) which is today one of Europe’s leading international dance festivals.
The Dance Centre
Board Members
Yvonne Chartrand
Mique’l Dangeli
Mirjana Galovich
Linda Gordon – Chair
Selim Hasan – Vice-Chair
Anndraya Luui
Sujit Vaidya
Wen Wei Wang
Mark Weston – Treasurer
The Dance Foundation
Board Members
Andrea Benzel – Vice-Chair
Linda Blankstein – Chair
Shaadi Faris
Samantha Luo
Anndraya Luui – Secretary
Dallas McMurtrie
Janice Wells – Treasurer