On the unceded traditional Coast Salish territory Alex Tam is a Vancouver-based dance and new media artist. Tam started as an actor for commercial, film and theatre. At the age of fifteen, he discovered that dance could challenge him with immense possibilities for athletic expression. Tam began formal training in Cecchetti Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Acrobatics and Musical Theatre. Later, he received a pre-professional dance education at Arts Umbrella under the direction of Artimis Gordon. In 2015, Tam graduated from Modus Operandi’s four-year contemporary dance training program, co-founded and directed by David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen. Alex has apprenticed for Shay Kuebler, Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, MACHiNENOiSY and Farley Johansson. Over the years, he has had the great privilege to perform works by: Wen Wei Dance, Aeriosa, Hong Kong Exile, Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, Crystal Pite, Company 605, Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, Mascall Dance, Deanna Peters, Science Friction, Joe Laughlin, Kinesis Dance, Serge Bennathan, Karissa Barry and Donald Sales. He has toured and performed both independently and collectively at international dance festivals in Canada, United States of America, South America and Taiwan. He has also been on the Dean’s Honour Roll while studying Fine Arts at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Under the mentorship of Remy Siu and the support of BCAC, Alex continued to define his practice with technology and new media. Tam credits his family for their incredible support.
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