Biography

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Cameron Fraser-Monroe is a choreographer and director, and a member of the Tla'amin First Nation. He was privileged to study with World Champion Hoop Dancer Dallas Arcand, with Elder Mollie Bono in Grass Dance, and with Zirka Ukrainian Dancers.

Cameron has performed with many companies including Dancers of Damelahamid, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada.  He has also been featured at Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, Fall for Dance North, Kia Mau Festival in New Zealand, and Jacob’s Pillow Festival.

As a choreographer, Cameron has received commissions from the National Ballet of Canada, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Fall for Dance Festival NYC, Ballet Kelowna, Whim W’Him Seattle, Winnipeg Summer Dance Collective, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Aspirants, Artist's Climate Collective, Transformation Cabaret at the Cultch and both PULSE and Indigenous Day Live! on APTN.

He has taught across Turtle Island, most recently as a Guest Lecturer at Bard College Centre for Indigenous Studies in New York.  He has also taught grass dance to the New Pathways Indigenous students at the National Theatre School, and run dance workshops at James Thomson Elementary in qathet.

Cameron trained at Toronto Actors Studio and voiced the lead in Level Up with Kevin Loring.  He has a principal role in the limited series Bones of Crows on CBC and APTN, and in the feature film of the same title which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).  He is the Indigenous Artist in Residence at the National Theatre School of Canada through 2026.

For the past six years, Cameron has served as Artistic Director of the Winnipeg Summer Dance Collective, making dance more accessible in downtown Winnipeg. In 2022, he joined Ballet Kelowna as their first Associate Artist.  During the 2023-24 Season, Cameron is the Choreographer in Residence at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, their first in 20 years.

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