#CREATEDANGEROUSLY

#CreateDangerously was initiated by Meek, a Toronto based fat, mad, disabled, and queer multidisciplinary artist. It was born through the desire to embody real stories by those who've experienced them through performance art, dance, and movement based projects. These performances aim to live in the realm of the provocative, intimate, and raw stories and truths.

As a Collective, we are especially interested in hosting space and a platform of storytelling to those we seek to elevate: queer, trans, female identifying & gender diverse, mad and body diverse communities.

Founders

  • Misha "Meek" Bauer (All Pronouns)

    Founder. Often Director, Producer, co-choreographer and performer.

    Meek is a contemporary and abstract dance and movement artist who inhabits a fat body. Having been enrolled in Jazz, Tap, and Ballet during their youth at Dimensions in Dance (Kitchener, ON) and being in the Dance program at Eastwood Collegiate Institute (Kitchener, ON), Meek left the Dance world for a long time. Upon returning, they have made a pact to learn more altruistically through peers and mentors and divorce themselves from more institutional and conventional pathways.

    He approaches dance from both an embodied position and a curious position, asking what CAN he do with it’s body instead of dwelling on what they cannot currently do; exploring their body’s limitations. This method of dance and movement art allows her to connect with her body holistically and nonjudgmentally and makes dance more than an expression and artform but a tool of healing, storytelling, and teaching.

  • Nicole Decsey (She/Her)

    Nicole Decsey is a rehearsal director, performer, choreographer, artistic director, arts critic, and dance instructor based in Mississauga and Toronto with a BFA in performance dance from Toronto Metropolitan University. After receiving her BFA and participating in many dance intensives across the country Nicole developed her own grassroots dance company: Nicole Decsey Dance Projects.

    Her latest work We Lost You A Long Time Ago premiered on February 25th 2023. Aside from her work as a director and performer in events and venues such as Nuit Blanche Festival, Toronto Fringe, and On The Edge Fringe Nicole has worked as a crew member in lighting, costuming, and administrative positions. For the past 10 years Nicole has been an instructor in dance schools throughout the GTA. Nicole Decsey is also a rehearsal director for Human Body Expression, Frog in Hand, and Little Pear Garden Productions.

  • Anett Rumanóczky (It/Anett/She)

    Costume Designer, Actress, Stunts & Dramaturge In Hungary and now Canada. Also a co-producer for #CreateDangerously. Anett graduated as an actress, from the Shakespeare Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2007. After graduation Anett became a member of Mainstreet Theatre and worked as an actor for 5 years, during which time joined the costume department.

    Anett moved to Canada in 2012 and as of today is a full member of Equity UK and ACTRA. Anett has worked on countless movies and tv series as an actor, stunt and stand-in, such as The Handmaid’s Tale, Y the Last Man, Accused, and Robyn Hood to name a few. Anett has also worked on four projects with Ismailova Theatre of Dance as a dancer.

Collaborators