Working Together, Apart

Eleanor Gillies-Nielsen student at Dalhousie University's Fountain School of Performing Arts. Eleanor has been involved in the theatre world from a very young age as a dancer. Her focus moved to costumes, with interest in designing and making costumes and wearable art. Since starting the Costume Studies program, she has been a costume assistant in Whale Song Theatre’s production of Assassins in the summer of 2019. The same year she and Agustine Correa Scarpa began developing the idea for Breaking the Lens and has continued to explore her skills as the project has evolved.

Eleanor Gillies-Nielsen

Coming from a theater background, Janna has always had an interest in performing arts. Currently, Janna is studying Cinema and Media Studies at Dalhousie University, and hopes to use her studying to promote the world of Canadian Horror films. This project involves all things Janna loves in film which creativity, deep thought and interpretation of film.

Some of Janna's credits can be found on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7265413/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Janna MacDonald

Regan is an actress, director, singer, and writer. She recently graduated from Dalhousie University’s theatre program with honours, and intends to work in the film industry. Regan is not the biggest horror movie fan, but enjoys the psychological aspect and examining the roles women play.

Agustine Correa Scarpa is a Costume Studies student from Dalhousie's Fountain School of Performing Arts. From an early age, she has been fascinated with the art of costume design. In 2019, Agustine developed the idea for Breaking the Lens with fellow Costume Studies peer, Eleanor Gillies-Nielsen. This is an incredible opportunity to collaboratively explore femininity in film, and Agustine is grateful to continue developing her skills through this project.

Agustine Scarpa

Kirsten is thrilled to be a part of this multi-disciplinary examination of women in horror. She is currently studying acting at the Fountain School of the Performing Arts at Dalhousie University. Kirsten is incredibly grateful to be collaborating on this project alongside such a talented and supportive group of people. Her other theatre credits include: Ephemera (Fountain School of the Performing Arts): Legally Blonde (Calgary Fringe); Chicago (Dalhousie Theatre Society); Jesus Christ Superstar, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Annie (Central Memorial High-school). In her spare time, Kirsten enjoys dancing, singing and, drawing.

Kirsten Claussner

Chloë Nguyen-Drury is a writer, editor, and designer studying Cinema/Media Studies and Sociology at Dalhousie University. From film to graphic design, she's fascinated by anything at the intersection of art, media, and technology. She's an editor at Genius, a music website, where she founded the Indie Monday initiative to promote independent and alternative musicians. Chloë loves the idea of reference, remix, and reinterpretation across various mediums, including video editing, advertising, and product design. She's thrilled to work with other young creatives on this project and is looking forward to future collaboration.

Karyn McCallum- faculty: set, costume and projection design
Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University

What is my role? I certainly can’t take any credit for the innovation and creativity that this fabulous team has collectively produced. I prod, I consult, I suggest, I ask questions. I highly support the talent and future of this team amongst the many next-generation theatre artists that I have the privilege to work with in my role as a teacher.

Karyn McCallum

Taylor MacGillivray (1996-) is a composer and performer based out of K’jipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia. She has had her compositions performed by Symphony Nova Scotia, the Unassisted Fold, and the Maritime Brass Quintet. In 2020 she graduated from the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University with a BMus, concentrating in composition. As a performer, she plays the saxophone and focuses on improvising in its many forms. She has performed at the Open Waters Festival as well as many of Dalhousie University’s concerts.

Taylor MacGillivray

Laurie began her career studying Acting and Technical Theatre and Design at the Fountain School of Performing Arts. Since graduation, she has been involved with a number of productions, including He'd Be Your Mother's Father's Cousin, The Shoplifters and Sexy Laundry for Theatre Baddeck (Stage Manager) and In a World Created by a Drunken God at Neptune Theatre (Apprentice Stage Manager). Laurie is ecstatic to have the chance to develop her skills in Scenic Design while working with like-minded, passionate artists on this collaborative piece.

Regan Bennett

Chloë Nguyen-Drury

Laurie Fleet

Fallen Matthews is an Afro L’nu scholar entering her third year in the interdisciplinary doctorate (IDPhD) program at Dalhousie University. Her research concentrations are cinema and media studies [via the Fountain School of Performance Arts], history, psychoanalytic film theory, in addition to gender studies. When she isn’t raving about her syllabi, she enjoys creative writing. You can find a comprehensive list of her publications and infrequent blog entries on her website: www.fallenkittie.com