Judith Garay, a native of British Columbia, has been the Artistic Director of dancersdancing since its formation in 1999. She is a graduate of the London School of Contemporary Dance, a former Principal Dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and currently holds a faculty position at Simon Fraser University in the School for the Contemporary Arts. Judith began choreographing regularly in 1979 and has created more than forty dances which have been presented in Canada, the US, and Holland. As Artistic Director of dancersdancing she has commissioned works and acquired existing works from emerging and senior choreographers. Her choreography has toured in British Columbia with dancersdancing to many communities that have not seen professional dance in more than a decade. She has created and/or reconstructed her choreography for dancersdancing including Entangled Extensions (2000), Reckless Cascade (1999), Place of Dreams (2001), Interface (1999), Quicksilver (2002), Ice (2003), Frost (2004), TWO (2004), Trio of Duets (2005), ONE, The Catwalk (2006), TWO,The Late Edition (2007), Extra, Extra (2007), Untitled Solo (2007), Sunshowers (2008), and Geography of Bliss (2008).

Desirée Dunbar is a performer, creator and instructor of contemporary modern dance. Since graduating from the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University and the Apprenticeship program at MainDance she has worked closely with choreographers Judith Garay (Dancers Dancing), Jennifer Mascall (Mascall Dance) and Kathryn Ricketts (Plan B). Her choreography has been produced by Dancing on the Edge and Late Night Kiss. Her commitment to introducing dance to people of various ages, backgrounds and experience has spurred her to create various educational projects including stART dance and LAFF 2001, Lillooet Artists for the Future. She has had the opportunity to teach modern dance at Simon Fraser University, Arts Umbrella and The Goh Ballet Academy. Desirée has danced with Dancers Dancing since its inception in 1999.

Christopher Duban has performed with Dancers Dancing since 1999, and has performed with Winnipeg's Ruth Cansfield Dance. He has worked with many choreographers including David Earle, Anthony Morgan, Lee Eisler, and Wen Wei Wang. He currently choreographs for Modus Dance where he is in an Artistic Directorial mentorship under Katherine Labelle. Since graduating from Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton and earning his B.F.A. at Simon Fraser University, he has performed across Canada as well as in Mexico and the U.S.A.

Vanessa received her early dance training in Toronto from Canadian Children's Dance Theatre, PBJ Dance Projects and the Etobicoke School for the Arts. In 2006 she earned her BFA in Dance from Simon Fraser University. As a member of Dancers Dancing she has had the opportunity to perform in works by Judith Garay, Santeé Smith, Rob Kitsos, Simone Orlando, Anthony Morgan and Serge Bennathan. She has performed independently in works by Justine Chambers, Lisa Hö stman, The Parahumans, Marla Eist and Co. Erasga (apprenticeship). Her choreography has been presented at Dances For A Small Stage, Blim and MACC Studio Theatre. Vanessa is also a founding member of The Contingency Plan collective with Jane Osborne and Leigha Wald.

Kiri Figueiredo is from Toronto, Ontario where she began her training at Rosedale Heights School of the Arts. She is a recent graduate of Ryerson University's BFA dance performance program where she studied under the direction of Nadia Potts. Both at Ryerson and independently, she has performed in works by Heidi Strauss, DA Hoskins, Roger Sinha, Marlee Cargill and Vicki St. Denys. Most recently, she performed in Nuit Blanche 2007 with Kaeja d'Dance. Kiri also joined Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie in their U.S. Tour, performing James Kudelka's masterworks, In Paradisum and 15 Heterosexual Duets. As an emerging choreographer, she has presented her work at Ryerson's Choreographic Works, The New Voices Festival, The Toronto International Dance Festival and The Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival.

Bevin's first exposure to Contemporary dance was a Graham class with Judith Garay in 2003, an experience that has allowed a passion for Contemporary art to spill into all aspects of her life. A recent graduate of the Dance Program at Simon Fraser University, Bevin received a degree in Dance and English Literature. Performing in the works of many inspiring artists such as Colin Connor, Day Helesic, and Robert Kitsos has directed Bevin to pursue movement with an infatuation for the abstract.

A native of British Columbia, Peter trained in ballet in New Zealand. He has danced with Ballet Kelowna and Move: the Company before joining Dancers Dancing.