Ruth is a certified teacher of the Axis Syllabus™ and graduate of Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne de Montreal. She has studied and performed in many different countries, which has given her an understanding and appreciation for dance culture from around the world.
Her keen interest in world dance and music led her to further her study with world dance groups, specifically West African, Cuban and Japanese. She spent two years in Japan studying Noh at the Kyoto Arts Center, Taiko drumming with Takatora Daiko and Butoh with Min Tanaka at The Body Weather Farm. Ruth studied in the UK at The Laban Centre and co-founded the ALL DANCE PROJECT performing and teaching dance in diverse community settings and schools in the UK, France, Belgium and Canada. From 2003, Ruth has focused her study on the Axis Syllabus™ under Frey Faust and performing with Ardent Body Communications Dance Collective.
She has worked for Canadian choreographers: Sara Bild, Florence Figols, Dave St. Pierre, Mariko Tanabe… Since 2005 she has been a member of the Belgian dance and voice company, L’Inattendue Compagnie and is performing in the upcoming production, “L’art de la fougue”. Ruth is a regular teacher at Morningstar Center for Healing and the Arts.
