Belinda McGuire (Dancer, Choreographer, Producer), from Toronto, has worked with several prominent Canadian artists such as Peggy Baker, David Earle and Carol Anderson, and has performed throughout Canada and Singapore/Malaysia as a member of the Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre (under the direction of Deborah Lundmark).   In 2006 she graduated from the Juilliard School (under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes), where she had the pleasure of performing the works of Ronald K. Brown, Jacqueline Buglisi, Adam Hougland, José Limòn, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor and Doug Varone.

As a choreographer, Belinda is looking forward to creating a new work at The Yard this summer, through the Bessie Schönberg Residency. Her work has been presented at the Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa), Toronto and in New York City in DUMBO and on the stages of the Peter J Sharpe Theater and Alice Tully Hall. Her pursuit of choreography through film was recognized and assisted through the Dance Films Association’s 2007 Susan Braun Award.

As a performing artist, Belinda currently performs with Gallim Dance and is is involved in her own production initiatives. She has also enjoyed working with Doug Varone and Dancers, DOORKNOB Company and The Canadian Children's Dance Theatre.  She is increasingly aware of the scope of art that exists and art that is presently in the throes of creation and seeks to take part in, or at least witness, its realization.  In this spirit, she currently choreographs and is involved in two commissions of solo works by choreographers Kate Alton (Toronto) and Idan Sharabi (Israel/The Netherlands).

Belinda has taught dance in Canada and the U.S.A. and finds the experience greatly rewarding.

Other interests (however infrequently indulged) include Argentine tango, languages, knitting, painting (flowers mostly), cooking, a newfound fascination with coffee, music from the medieval to renaissance to baroque period and doing things she has never trained in or tried before.