Broken Rhythm Dance Company

Have you ever experienced math phobia and wanted to dance about it? Broken Rhythms has arrived to serve up some delicious dancing π with a twist (and a few turns). 1,000 Pieces of π is the first act of its kind in that it investigates the mind-body connection by utilizing the constraints of the never-ending and never-repeating sequence of the number π (3.14) to create a full and yet ‘irrational’ dance show.

Choreographer: Dyana Sonik-Henderson
Executive/Artistic Director of Broken Rhythms Victoria Dance Company
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Dyana Sonik-Henderson (She/They) was born at home on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron peoples. She is a choreographer, dance instructor, Executive/Artistic Director of Broken Rhythms and style creator of Rhythmical Contemporary. Dyana is a staple in the local dance community with weekly classes at the iconic Raino Dance studio, Victoria Academy of Ballet, Canadian College of Performing Arts and is a popular guest instructor at many studios across Canada. She has been nationally recognized for her choreography, community work and artistic direction with nine Pick of the Fringe awards, nominations for the inaugural Pro Arts Regional award, awarded the LOLA Project International, and was presented with the title of B.C Cultural ambassador. Dyana has been commissioned to set choreography on local and national companies, received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council and the CRD, and has been invited to lecture at universities about creativity, dance and gender performance. Her productions and choreography have been performed nationally, including Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and toured all across B.C. She has studied and performed widely, including at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (London, England), Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (Calgary), and One Immigrant Productions (Toronto). She is continuously collaborating with artists across the disciplines, while simultaneously working with her company on creative projects with her touring shows being named as one of Toronto Star’s “can’t miss shows”. Dyana continues to engage in contemporary multi-disciplinary areas of study and performance, most recently completing her Master's thesis in Sociology at the University of Victoria with a focus on movement and bodies through the lens of gender, race, history, and ballet/contemporary dance works.