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Opus Dance Collective
Created and founded by sought-after choreographer Ashley Schofield, Opus Dance Collective is a contemporary dance company from southern Ontario, Canada. Their focus is to create visually captivating choreographic work for industry events, corporate companies, organizations, and productions of their own. Although the core dancers of Opus Dance Collective can agree that their first official performance was in July of 2015, many of the dancers have been training with Ashley for a number of years.
Ideation Creative Space
A multi-purpose space for those looking to create work in a professional environment; it is open to dancers, photographers, videographers, yogis and art enthusiasts alike. This rare rental space also houses public workshops, choreography, private dance coaching & dance companies. The beautiful studio room also has an abundance of natural light, along with various lighting options to suit your needs.
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Ashley Schofield is a passionate, motivated choreographer and teacher from Toronto, ON and has danced and performed for over twenty years. Miss Schofield trained across North America with notable teachers and choreographers.
Ashley is the founder and choreographer for Opus Dance Collective, a contemporary company housing pre-professional and professional dancers. Her company debuted her work at the Capezio ACE Awards in both NYC and Los Angeles in front of an influential audience and panel of judges. They have since continued to train and perform across Canada and the US. Ashley's choreography and company can be seen on NBC's World of Dance Season 2, as her Opus dancers battled it out amongst the top dancers in the world. She also had the honour of being selected to present a piece of choreography at the APAP 2019 Conference in NYC. Thus far, Ashley and Opus Dance Collective are proud to have presented two full-length shows in Toronto - Volume 1: FORE/word (2018) and Volume 2: The Introduction (2019).
Ashley has been recognized for her creative concepts, artistry and choreography at both national and international levels of competition. Her competitive choreography has been displayed across Canada and the US at the YAGP Finals in NYC, in the Dance Awards, charitable events and fundraisers, fashion shows, promotional teams representing both retail and media companies, along with numerous studio regional and national competitions.
Miss Schofield attended, by audition, the National Choreographer's Intensive at Utah Valley University. While in attendance, she had the opportunity to work, study and create under the guidance of nationally recognized professional, Nelly van Bommel. Ashley is a certified ADAPT & PBT teacher.
Ashley enjoys taking part in many annual Toronto industry events including the Choreographer's Ball, Hit The Floor All-Star Showcase, and 60x60 Toronto — she was also honoured to create work for competitors on this season's World Performers Canada National Dance Team.