James Gregg

*World Première

Born in Colorado and raised in Oklahoma, James Gregg is now a Los Angeles-based dancer, choreographer, and co-artistic director of the multidisciplinary dance duo known as Werewolf. A prolific creator, Gregg's work has been performed by Groundworks Dance Company, Bodytraffic, Whim W'Him, Cirque du Soleil, Danceworks Chicago, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, Ballet X, Northwest Dance Project, Springboard Danse Project Montréal, River North Dance. Gregg was the recipient of the 2015 Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award, winner of Ballet Austin's 2014 New American talent choreographic competition, a finalist in Milwaukee Ballet's 2013 Genesis Choreographic competition, and in 2011 the winner of the International Choreographic Competition at Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur.

Choreographer: James Gregg

Kirsten Wicklund

*World Première

Canadian dancer/​creator Kirsten Wicklund has been working as a demi-soloist with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp, Belgium, since 2021. Prior to that she danced with Ballet BC from 2014 – 2021 under the direction of Emily Molnar C.M., and more recently under Medhi Walerski. In recent years, she has been actively pursuing her own choreographic opportunities including with works for The Dutch National Ballet, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen's Chamber Movement Project, Ballet BC's Choreographic Lab, Ballet Kelowna, The Dance Deck Series, Arts Umbrella, Goh Ballet, Lamon Dance, Dancing on the Edge Festival, and Joshua Beamish's Move The Company.

Choreographer: Kirsten Wicklund

Wen Wei Wang

Wen Wei Wang began dancing professionally in China in 1978. He came to Canada in 1991, where he was invited to join the Judith Marcuse Dance Company, followed by positions with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Ballet BC. In 2000, Wen Wei received the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award and the Rio Tinto Alcan and Isadora Awards for Choreography. In 2003, Wen Wei formed his own company, Wen Wei Dance. Wen Wei Dance has presented his work across Canada and at the International Dance Festival in Vancouver, the Dancing on the Edge Festival, the Canada Dance Festival and the International Contemporary Dance Festival in Colombia, South America. The company has also been invited to perform at the Venice Biennale Festival in Italy, the Beijing National Performing Arts Centre and the Shanghai Grand Theatre with the Beijing Modern Dance Company in China.

Wen Wei has choreographed eleven full-length works for his Vancouver-based company, Wen Wei Dance, and created original works for Alberta Ballet, Ballet Jőrgen, Ballet BC, Ballet Kelowna, North West Dance Projects, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Arts Umbrella and Simon Fraser University. He has also choreographed the dance sections for the Vancouver Opera and the San Francisco Opera for their piece Nixon in China. In 2013, Wen Wei was awarded the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award and recently worked with the China National Centre for the Performing Arts for its production of Hamlet. Wen Wei assumed the role of Artistic Director of Ballet Edmonton in 2018.