Louise Moyes (St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador) creates docudances: multidisciplinary dance shows, working with the rhythms of voices and life stories as her musical score. Combining her work as dancer, storyteller, filmmaker, and sociologist, Louise has explored her neighbourhood and living with street based survival sex and drug trade (Long’s Hill Walk 2018-2024), similarities between Québécois and Newfoundlanders, walking the dog, and the life of Franco-Acadian NL musician Florence Leprieur.
She loves creating in community. Louise is currently working with dancer/ choreographer / human rights champion Kim White and diverse artists to create an inclusive arts festival in St. John’s.
Her Docudance company is celebrating over 30 years of creating. Louise has been awarded the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton award for Innovation in Dance by the Canada Council for the Arts.