2024-03-20
 
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Laura Toma

Chorégraphe, Enseignant.e, Interprète

LAURA TOMA is a contemporary dance artist of Romanian origin living in Montreal. She is a graduate of the Laban Center in London, UK and The School of Dance in Ottawa. Her additional professional training includes theatre and American style latin and ballroom dance. In August of 2012, Laura graduated from the first official Gaga Teacher Training Program in Tel Aviv, Israel and is the first certified Gaga teacher in Canada. In addition to her ongoing Gaga/people classes, she has taught for Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, and L’École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, among others. She is co-founder and co-choreographer of LA TRESSE collective alongside partners Geneviève Boulet and Erin O'Loughlin. Between 2014 and 2022, Laura was a core member of Andrea Peña and Artists, touring nationally and internationally. In 2016, she performed at the Venice Biennale of Dance for Israeli/French choreographer Emanuel Gat.

Listen to her body scans and meditations on Spotify and Apple Music, and enjoy her curated Gaga playlists available only on Spotify.