Classes

Hello, welcome!

I always like to meet anyone interested in joining GGD extensively to see if we're a fit: in whichever capacity as performers onstage, design team, business, or backstage.

If you are a performer, the following skills are primarily what I look for at your audition. And yes, I’m a dance nerd.

  • Physical awareness

  • Stillness + Neutrality e.g. Alexander Technique

  • Strength + Stamina for lifting + carrying

  • Balance

  • Physical Theatre e.g. including elements of spoken word, character, or narrative

If this sounds like you or you’re interested in working behind the scenes, contact me to meet up and talk over tea…

PERFORMERS TESTIMONIALS

What were you looking for when you came to me and did you find it working together? How did I help you?

  • "The journey towards, around, within, up and down Mountain Meets Cloud has been an inspiring, challenging, thought-provoking, and rewarding experience. We have travelled with and held space for this show for over 3 years and it has been quite the adventure. I am so grateful for the opportunity to dance with such an amazing group of women along with our fearless, wildly imaginative, creative and inspiring leader/director, Trish Belsham. I look forward, with great anticipation, to performing in this production this June."

    Carlee Cindric

  • "I have been fortunate to work with Director/Owner, Trish Belsham and her fabulous group of dancers for over three years now. The experience is unique and a beautiful expression of art in a collective sisterhood. The Mountain Meets Cloud production is far beyond any expectations I ever had regarding what performing consists of. Trish's process is multi-layered; she takes your individual presence & what you embody as a dancer and creates from the core. The power of the characters are nurtured, becoming strong with the support of many exquisite woman. Watching what comes together is simply beautiful."

    Amanda Flower

  • "Just like the changing tides in the ocean, Mountain Meets Cloud has been faced with ups and downs. Rehearsals began in 2019 and when our performance was brought to a halt in 2020, we took the time to nourish and regroup. It has been a gift to be part of this process both physically/remotely after I left Whistler in 2021 and am so grateful our fearless leader Trish never gave up on her vision to bring it all to life. It is an honour to present this long-anticipated show with an amazing cast."

    Sarah-Dawn Robichaud

  • "MMC has helped me connect to and understand how relationships in our lives are reflected in the natural world around us. The dance between external opposing elements and within ourselves are revealed in this quintessential storyline. MMC is both raw and elegant, ss are we all."

    Angela Waldie

  • "Seriously, wow: I am learning so much about the creative process for performing arts. Trish has welcomed me in as a new member of the group and is really supporting me to express emotion through a character and to evolve my own creativity to truly relate to, and contribute to, the stories of the show. Thanks, Trish. I'm enjoying learning from you!"

    Raylene Rehill

  • "Gruff Goat Dance has been a healer for my mind and spirit. Here, I found a community of women who support each other where I can express myself and be myself fully."

    Elena Aranguren

  • "Being part of Mountain Meets Cloud has been a year-long process in perseverance and the creative process. Like all worthwhile pursuits, it hasn't always been easy or comfortable. But through it, I've discovered aspects of myself as an artist I never knew existed, and I find myself excited to continue the journey."

    Laura Ramsden

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