Ame Henderson

{{Short description|Canadian choreographer}}

Ame Henderson is a Canadian choreographer and performance-maker raised on Vancouver Island. Henderson received a BFA from Concordia University (Montreal) and MFA from the Amsterdam School of the Arts.{{cite web |author=Emanat |url=http://www.emanat.si/en/education/ame-henderson--public-recordings-ca--choreographies-of-encounter/ |title=Ame Henderson / Public Recordings (CA): Choreographies of Encounter |publisher=Emanat |date=15 March 2014 |accessdate=14 December 2018}}

In 2003, Henderson co-founded Public Recordings,{{cite web |author=Public Recordings |url=https://www.publicrecordings.org/people/ |title=Public Recordings: Associate Artists |publisher=Public Recordings |accessdate=14 December 2018}} an artist-led collective based in Toronto that creates works in dance, theatre, music, and publication.{{cite web |author=Public Recordings |url=https://www.publicrecordings.org/information/ |title=Public Recordings: Information |publisher=Public Recordings |accessdate=14 December 2018}} Henderson garnered praise and critical attention for her 2006 show /Dance/Songs/, created in collaboration with performers Chad Dembski, Claudia Fancello, and Matija Ferlin, with video by Daniel Arcé.{{cite web |author=Kathleen Smith, Meghan Andrews |url=https://www.thedancecurrent.com/review/review-shape-conversation |title=A review in the shape of a conversation |publisher=The Dance Current |date=10 Dec 2006 |accessdate=20 December 2018}} After premiering at The Theatre Centre in Toronto, the show toured across Canada and internationally through 2009.{{cite web |author=Public Recordings |url=https://www.publicrecordings.org/dance-songs/|title=Public Recordings: /Dance/Songs/ |publisher=Public Recordings |accessdate=20 December 2018}} Henderson's what we are saying (2013) marked another critical success.{{cite web |author=Paula Citron |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/what-is-ame-henderson-saying-with-her-dance-of-voice-and-gesture/article12100105/ |title=What is Ame Henderson saying with her dance of voice and gesture? |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=23 May 2013 |accessdate=20 December 2018}} The show premiered at The Power Plant at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre and won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards in the dance division for Outstanding Production and Best Ensemble in 2014.{{cite web |author=Jon Kaplan |url=https://nowtoronto.com/culture/stage/the-dora-mavor-moore-awards-2014/ |title=The Dora Mavor Moore Awards, 2014 |publisher=Now Magazine |date=24 June 2014 |accessdate=20 December 2018}} Working with a rotating group of performers and collaborators the show went on to tour Canada and Europe through 2016.{{cite web |author=Public Recordings |url=https://www.publicrecordings.org/what-we-are-saying/ |title=Public Recordings: what we are saying |publisher=Public Recordings |accessdate=20 December 2018}}

Henderson has frequently worked with Christopher House{{cite web |author=Banff Centre |url=https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/choreography-across-disciplines |title=Choreography Across Disciplines |publisher=Banff Centre |accessdate=14 December 2018}} and created new work at Toronto Dance Theatre, including Henderson/Castle: voyager (2014) in collaboration with singer-songwriter Jennifer Castle.{{cite web |author=Canada Dance Festival |url=http://canadadance.ca/toronto-dance-theatre-3/ |title=Toronto Dance Theatre Henderson / Castle: voyager |publisher=Canada Dance Festival |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910013425/http://canadadance.ca/toronto-dance-theatre-3/ |archive-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In 2014, Henderson was the Artist-in-residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada.{{cite web |author=Art Gallery of Ontario |url=https://ago.ca/artist-in-residence/ame-henderson |title=Artist-in-Residence - Ame Henderson |publisher=Art Gallery of Ontario |accessdate=14 December 2018}} She is also an Associate Artist with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada.{{cite web |author=National Arts Centre |url=https://nac-cna.ca/en/bio/ame-henderson |title=Ame Henderson |publisher=National Arts Centre |accessdate=14 December 2018}}