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Kathleen Rea

Body & Movement Focused 
Expressive Arts Therapist & Teacher


Kathleen Rea danced with Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, National Ballet of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). She fell in love with contact improvisation (CI) 21 years ago and has been involved in the CI community ever since. She has choreographed over 40 dance works and been nominated for 5 DORA awards. Kathleen has a learning disability that throughout her life has meant that writing takes 4 to 8 times longer than the average person. It is one of life’s great surprises and mysteries for her that despite the struggle she developed a love of writing and is a published author (“The Healing Dance” -Charles C. Thomas Publisher, as well as blog and academic writing). She has a Master’s in Expressive Arts Therapy with a minor in Psychology (Create Institute and the European Graduate School). She has a passion for functional movement and has been studying the Axis Syllabus for the past ten years. She is the director of REAson d’etre dance productions a not-for-profit contact improvisation-based dance company that produces dance-theatre productions, festivals, and weekly dance jams in Toronto. Being on the autism spectrum she also identifies as being neuro-atypical and works to educate the world about neurodiversity. Kathleen was a psychotherapist in private practice for 17 years and left her practice in 2020 to pursue work with her company REAson d'etre dance productions where she uses her studies and experience in expressive arts to create community/art-based programming that she hopes will bring vitality and joy to her community.
To see her offerings please visit
 
http://www.reasondetre.com

Credentials:
  • Expressive Arts Therapy Masters degree
  • Psychology Certificate (Ryerson University)
  • Certified in counselling and psychotherapy by the OACCPP
  • 8 years in private practice
  • Experience with agencies such as Central Toronto Youth Services
  • Former dancer with the National Ballet Company of Canada and Tiroler Landestheatre
  • 15 years experience as a dance teacher.
  • Currently a faculty member at George Brown College Dance
  • Choreographed over 30 ballets for main stage productions

Areas of expertise & experience: Body and movement focused Expressive Arts Therapy. Experience working with anxiety, stress, crisis and depression, body image issues, life-transitions, loss, the effects of trauma, post traumatic stress and a desire to become more embodied.
Arts practice: Dance

Location: Toronto

Contact:    
  • Email: kathleenrea@rogers.com
  • Website: reasondetre.com
                   
Studio:   468 Queen St. E., Suite LL01, Toronto, ON M5A 1T7
*** Entrance to our space is located few steps east of the main entrance on Queen St.,
take 2nd set of stairs going down and enter the double doors to your right click here


Mailing address:  P.O. BOX #31046, 725 College St. Toronto, ON  M5G 4A7
Tel: (416) 539-9728    admin@thecreateinstitute.org
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