Barbara Simms
Barbara Simms (she/they) is a dancer and performing artist currently based out of Tkaronto. She has a strong desire to absorb as much knowledge as possible, and to deeply understand a variance of teachings and methodologies. Her work is informed by a connection to the natural world and finding fascination within mundanity and redundancy. Her most recent work in progress, iii is a trio which utilizes sustained and drawn out movements to create an atmosphere of equal parts of ease, suspension, and tension. Her piece Endurance was presented at Choreographic Works 2020 and aimed to test the limits of her own and her peers’ physicality. Barbara is in the graduating class of 2021 at X University’s School of Performance, where she has trained in a range of dance techniques, as well as acting and music. She is excited to continue to find new ways to connect to others and to herself as a mover.