Miyeko Ferguson is a Tkaronto / Toronto based dance artist. She graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Performance Dance program. She has worked with choreographers such as Laurence Lemieux, James Kudelka, Peggy Baker, Naishi Wang, Jera Wolfe, Kate Hilliard, Jennifer Nichols, Julia Aplin, and Vicki St. Denys. She has performed with Compagnie de la Citadelle, Canadian Opera Company and toured across North America with Red Sky Performance’s production, Trace. Miyeko was an ensemble performer in Mayumi Lashbrook's, Enemy Lines; a personal reflection piece on the incarceration of Japanese Canadians during WWII. Miyeko has performed in works presented at Jacob’s Pillow, Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, Canadian Stage, DanceHouse and the National Arts Centre. She has been nominated for 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for her performances in 2020 and 2022. Miyeko has assisted Jera Wolfe on multiple projects including his production, Arise set on Canada’s National Ballet School as well as his recent commission with Stratford Festival’s Wendy and Peter Pan. Film credits include Seven Veils by Atom Egoyan which premiered at TIFF 2023 and SWEAT by The Bicycle Opera Project which premiered at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2023.
