This year’s recipient of the George Luscombe Mentorship Award is Michael Caldwell. This award recognizes an individual for “mentorship in performing arts” and is awarded every two (2) years.
Michael Caldwell (he/him) is an artistic director, curator, producer, choreographer, dancer/actor, and arts advocate, based in Toronto. Currently, Caldwell serves as Artistic Director at SummerWorks, and as a Co-Curator for Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia. He is a Guest Curator at Genderhouse Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, among other national and international contexts, acts as a consultant with various arts organizations, and is a mentor to many emerging artists/curators in the Canadian arts community. He has performed and collaborated with over 55 of Canada’s esteemed performance creators and companies, working internationally and performing across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, over the last 20-plus years. His performances have earned him two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for outstanding performance in dance.