Linnea Gwiazda

Linnea (she/her) is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, director, choreographer and performer. Raised in Victoria BC, Canada, Linnea earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver BC) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, awarded with distinction, from Concordia University (Montréal QC) where she majored in Contemporary Dance. She has studied with artists such as Michael Montanaro, k.g .Guttman, Ken Roy, Ginelle Chagnon, Nelson Henricks, Isabelle Poirier and Rob Kitsos.

Linnea has performed and presented work both across Canada and internationally in venues such as Kunstkraftwerk (Leipzig, Germany), The Cultch (Vancouver, BC), Phi Centre (Montreal, QC), TANGENTE (Montreal, QC), Arts Court (Ottawa, ON) and Metro Studio Theatre (Victoria, BC). Her research focuses on embodied memory, personal archives, story, motherhood, the physical body and the senses. Though the relationships developed between the choreographic themes of subject, time and space, she examines the impacts that people, places and events have on individuals throughout their lives and the traces that remain.  

Additionally, Linnea has worked as a producer, arts administrator, teaching & research assistant, movement coach, dramaturge, curator and stage-manager. She is the director, and co-producer of the award-winning show AWKWARD HUG, written and performed by Cory Thibert with dramaturgy by TJ Dawe. With Cory, she is also the co-artistic director of O Albatross.

Of Polish and British ancestry, Linnea is currently based in Victoria BC, the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən People, now known as the Songhees and Xʷsepsəm Nations, who have stewarded the lands and waters since time immemorial. She is the mom to two young children who continually inspire her with their creativity, curiosity and sense of play. She is currently pursuing business education to inform her contributions to arts and culture

See a video compilation of Linnea’s choreographic work HERE.

To contact Linnea, please email her at gwiazda.linnea@gmail.com