ELEANOR VAN VEEN

Eleanor van Veen is a Contemporary dance artist, dance educator, and pilates instructor based out of Tkaronto (Treaty 13 Territory). She has performed works by Alysa Pires, The Chimera Project, Hanna Kiel, Lesley Telford, Meghann Michalsky, Metamorphosis Dance, Naishi Wang, Nicole von Arx, Roberto Campanella, Robert Glumbek, Susana Pous, and Syreeta Hector, and has worked/toured with Human Body Expression, Nostos Collectives, ProArteDanza, and Project InTandem. Reaching across North America, she has performed at Chutzpah!, Capezio Ace Awards, Edmonton Opera, Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, and The Toronto Fringe Festival. She is a 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble. She has presented her work independently and collaboratively at Nostos Collectives’ ‘let’s get physical’ 2018, Dance Ontario DanceWeekend 2021, Market Dances at Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal 2021, and Woodland Farm Artist Residency 2022.

Since graduating from The Conteur Academy, she has meticulously pursued her dance training in Tkaronto, Germany, the Netherlands, and Portugal. As a physical vessel in her own movement practice and for the visions of her collaborators, she recognizes her privilege to freely move, and she is a vigorous, expansive, precise, supple, and curious mover.  

Eleanor teaches Contemporary, Lyrical, Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Acro, Conditioning, and Pilates. Her dance practice has been shared through her teaching at West Side Movement Sessions, The Fifth, FODAR’s senior classes, Nostos Collectives, Bayview School of Ballet, Martha Hicks School of Ballet, Hoofers Performing Arts, Elite Danceworx, The Dance Institute, and more. She values fostering a space that is accessible for various body types, dance backgrounds, and learning styles; her goal is for her students to feel safe in the studio so that they can challenge their individuality, artistry, and creativity.