Katya Kuznetsova is a Toronto-based dance artist with a focus on nurturing human connection and building communities through dance. Katya spent her twenties in Anchorage, Alaska and enjoyed an active career as a performer, choreographer and educator while on faculty at the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is a co-founder of Ritmovida Dance Partnership - a first of its kind Salsa dance company focused on building community through dance in Alaska. Since moving to Toronto, Canada in 2009 and earning a Master of Fine Arts in Dance Dramaturgy and Choreography, Katya has worked as an independent artist, educator and cultural producer. She founded the Dance Together Project in 2017 as a platform to create positive dance experiences for adult learners, as well as inter-generational dance programs in public spaces like public libraries, parks and city streets. She is the co-founder and co-producer of the annual Dance Together Festival,which transforms city neighbourhoods through large scale dance floor murals and community dance programming that celebrate positive and accessible dance experiences.