Biography: Edmond Kilpatrick

Ballet

Originally from Leduc, Alberta Edmond’s ballet training began at the Edmonton School of Ballet and is a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

His ballet career has also included time with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens,The Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Ballet Jorgen. For six years Edmond’s focus turned to modern dance working for many local companies such as the Judith Marcuse Dance Co., Kinesis Dance, Lola MacLaughlan Dance Co., Jumpstart, Plan B. and Ontario’s Dancetheatre David Earle.

In 9 seasons with Ballet BC Edmond has created the roles of Daved in “Carmina Burana”, Mitch in “A Streetcar Named Desire”, the title role in “Orpheus” and Oberon in “The Faerie Queen” all ballets by John Alleyne. Other notable Ballet BC roles include Don Jose in “Carmen”, “The Winter Room”, “a/way Inside”, “9 Sinatra Songs” and the Muscleman in “Petrouchka”.

As a choreographer Edmond has presented a number of works including most recently “Haunted” at the Chutzpah festival, choreogrphy in the film “E Vuoto per Amore”, “Loveletters” in Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo. “Love in an Elevator” and “Crime Scene” at Dances for a Small Stage and the Dancing on the Edge Festival, and “Man” for Plan B Productions. He has also been commissioned to create works on the Ballet BC Mentor program, Arts Umbrella Junior Co. and the Visions Dance Co..

Along with his career as a dancer Edmond has developed a program designed to introduce and train boys to dance. It is currently a part of the Arts Umbrella dance program and has 30 boys participating.

From 1998-2000 Edmond founded and directed the Edmond Kilpatrick Dance Ensemble producing dance programs presented in Vancouver and its lower mainland and Victoria. He was also a member of the BC Arts Council jury from 2000-2003.