Meredith Kalaman is a two time Chrystal Dance Prize recipient, dancer, choreographer and teacher. She has choreographed pieces about; giraffes, girl guiding, exploring constellations, superheroes, skeletons, past entertainers and female identity.  Meredith trained with Ballet BC in Vancouver before embarking on her independent career dancing and performing in Canada, Europe and Australia. Past presentation highlights include Coastal Currents and Island Fringe performing in Jessica Lowe's work, Enchantress, working with theatre dramaturg Raina von Waldenburg, Dancing on the Edge in Vancouver and creating and collaborating with Mocean Dance. Her full length work Femme Fatales toured to Victoria, Edmonton and was presented at Uferstudios in Berlin in 2017. Along with her own creative projects Meredith is interested in shifting the context of how ballet relates to our 21st century bodies and inviting bodies to be in dynamic movement through education, sharing of knowledge and community engaged practices. Meredith also produces an immersive speakeasy event called The Underground in Halifax.