Rebecca Margolick is a Canadian-American dancer and choreographer whose work has been presented in thirteen countries: Turkey, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Bulgaria, Israel, Costa Rica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and across the U.S.A. and Canada. Named one of Dance Magazine’s “Top 25 to Watch” in 2021. Her solo work has won awards from Festival Quartiers Danses 2021 and 2023 (Montreal), SOLOCOREOGRAFICO 2023 (Germany) and Best Choreography at Teatri Riflessi 2025 (Sicily).
Rebecca has been awarded numerous fellowships and residencies, including from the Banff Centre, Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab, The Dance Centre, La Galerie Chorégraphique, Centro de las Artes San Luis Potosí, Dance Deck, LABA NYC, BC Movement Arts Society, and Derida Stage in Sofia, Bulgaria, as part of Movement Research’s GPS Fund.
Her choreography has been commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre, La Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Arts Umbrella, LITVAK Dance, Ballet BC Annex, The Ailey School, Michiyaya, and DancePORT Derida. She was also selected as one of the choreographers for NW Dance Project’s 2025 MOVE program.
In 2024, she premiered two duet co-creations, one in NYC with Tushrik Fredericks, and one in Vancouver with Livona Ellis. In 2025, she premiered her multidisciplinary co-creation with Hannah Epperson at PS21: Chatham, NY.
In the Fall of 2026, her work will tour to Montreal, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. She will premiere her new solo work in November 2026 for the EDAM Choreographic Series in Vancouver B.C.
Her work has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Trust for Mutual Understanding, American Dance Abroad, Danse Mirage Foundation, and the Canadian Embassies in Costa Rica and Mexico.
As a performer, Rebecca recently performed in Sloth Canon, a co-production by Company 605 and T.H.E Dance Company. She is currently dancing with Jason Martin/Entity in Montreal. In 2024, she joined Andrea Peña & Artists for the creation of UAQUE and recently assisted her new creation on Balé da Cidade de São Paulo in Brazil.
She has also worked with artists including UNA Productions (2014 to 2023), Annie Rigney, Belinda McGuire, Kayla Farrish, Allen Kaeja, Patricia Norowol, Jérôme Bel (The Show Must Go On), Derrick Belcham, Emily Terndrup, Maya Orchin, Shay Kuebler, and Barak Marshall, among others. From 2012 to 2016, she was a dancer with Sidra Bell Dance New York.
Rebecca serves as Artistic Associate of BC Movement Arts Society, a non-profit based in the remote village of Sointula, British Columbia. She is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance and trained at Arts Umbrella.
