Kunal Ranchod

Ranchod is a choreographer and graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University and L'École supérieure de ballet du Québec.  His works have seen the likes of international stages including: Canada, United States, India and Japan. He has choreographed various works for The National Ballet of Canada, The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Radio Canada, The National Film Board of Canada, The Luminato Festival, Ballet Kelowna, Ballet Ouest de Montréal and most recently Toronto Metropolitan University. In 2017 Ranchod launched his own company, Compagnie Kunal Ranchod. The company has been fortunate to receive residencies and grants through Danse a la Carte, L'École supérieure de ballet du Québec, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Les Grands Ballet Canadiens and Canada Council for the Arts. A note from Ranchod:

Choreographically, I create innovative narrative works that showcase technical brilliance, a beautiful line and balanced imagery. My choreographic footprint is undoubtedly balletic in nature however I continually strive to use the conventions of ballet in an inventive and avant-garde manner. My south-Asian cultural background certainly influences my choreographic identity and provides me with a secondary grouping of movement vocabulary. I appreciate a dancer’s organic movement and take pleasure in collaborating to create well-structured works that stimulate the audience, the dancers and the choreographer simultaneously.