Robin McPhail-Dempsey
dancer

Toronto-born Robin McPhail-Dempsey is a graduate of York University (BFA-Dance), The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and The CREATE Institute. Highlights of her 25+ year dance career include seven seasons with Toronto Dance Theatre, travelling nationally and internationally as an independent performer, and working with many exceptional choreographers and artists along the way.  With extensive training and professional experience in both dance and the expressive arts, Robin is passionate about sharing her joy of movement, music and story to movers of all ages and abilities.  She has facilitated expressive art/movement based programs for many community organizations and populations including active seniors, those living with the effects of COPD, Stroke and Dementia, elementary school children in both the TDSB and TCDSB, and with MamaDances. Since 2012, Robin has worked with Dancing with Parkinson’s (DWP), leading classes as a Certified Dance for PD® Instructor and Rehearsal Director for DWP’s Intergenerational Dance Project (2016-17) and Bridging Generations Through Dance (2018-19). 

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Robin danced in move for Nuit Blanche 2009 and as part of the durational performance event interior with moving figures at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2011. durational performance.