Lucy Rupert

A passionate and hyperkinetic performer, Lucy trained at the University of Waterloo in the Dance and Music Depts. simultaneously gearing for careers in dance and music performance. In 2003 Lucy obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in History.

As a freelance artist in dance and theatre, Lucy has been fortunate to work with noted Canadian companies Fujiwara Dance Inventions, Chartier Danse, Anandam Dance, Sashar Zarif Dance, Little Pear Garden Collective, Puppetmongers Theatre, and Theatre Passe Muraille, and to dance in the works of William Yong, Allison Cummings and Angela Blumberg among others. She performed with Theatre Rusticle from 2001-2017. Lucy is a two-time recipient of a Chalmers Fellowship, a two-time nominee for the KM Hunter award in dance, and a finalist for the inaugural Johanna Metcalf awards of 2019.

An avid bird watcher, an astrophysics enthusiast, a conservationist and a bookworm, Lucy lives happily in west-end Toronto with her amazing husband and son.

With Nova Dance: Alaap