Experiment Group #7

Team Members

John Battye

John is a dramaturg, storyteller, and digital media theory enthusiast. He is a recent recipient of the Doctorate of Performance Studies at the University of Alberta. Years before the pandemic locked us all in our homes, he was a member of Old Stories in New Ways, a multi-national research creation project drawing together artists and researchers from Kenya and Canada in person and online to create theatre meant to facilitate social change. John is passionate about community-led, popular theatre in divided communities and former sites of conflict. He dissertation, Exploring Digitally-Mediated Theatre Through Intermediaturgy serves as a jumping off point to discovering news ways to infuse theatre with emergent, exciting technology. Recently, he has been teaching theatre in Edmonton at MacEwan University, the University of Alberta, and Concordia University of Montreal.  When he can put on his performer hat, John teaches and performs at Grindstone Theatre of Edmonton.  

Twitter: twitter.com/littlejbat

Instagram: instagram.com/john.battye.5/

Tiktok: tiktok.com/@johnbattye

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Peter Sarty

Peter is an actor, writer, composer and sound designer based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax.  As an actor, Peter has worked with theatre companies across the Maritimes; including: Zuppa Theatre, Eastern Front Theatre, Ships Company Theatre and Neptune Theatre. Peter is also a member of Hello City! An award winning improv troupe. As a sound designer and composer, Peter has collaborated with howtoplaywithzachfaie, Friends First Pro. Eastern Front Theatre, and Ships Company Theatre.  In the Spring of 2021, Peter wrote and recorded the music, dialogue and sound designer for his original sci-fi musical: Journey to the Zone. Since then, JTZ has had workshop presentations at both the Mayworks Festival and Eastern Front Theatre’s Stages Festival as both an audio and visual piece. The piece is currently heading into its 3rd phase of development. 

Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/peter-sarty-music-maker

Gabriela Jovian-Mazon

Gabriela’s passion for dance started at home following her mother’s footsteps with Mexican folklore. That fire has led her to now dance professionally with the musical Scooby-Doo Live on tour, with Montreal companies like 100 Lux and Ample Man Danse as well as on screen for commercials, music videos and TV shows. 

Gabriela first trained in jazz, ballet, contemporary and musical theatre. When she moved to Montréal to study engineering, she discovered street dance and transitioned towards hip-hop, house, break and now specializes in whacking. She loves to battle and was a finalist at the most recent Creative Boost battle at Place des Arts. Her work as a choreographer is characterized as quirky, theatrical and funky and is proof of her diversified training. In 2020, she choregraphed for “MOON” an outdoor digital art installation for the safe active circuits of Montreal. In 2021, she presented her first short dance film "Playtime" for Bouge d'Ici and co-choregraphed "Seul.e.s Ensemble: Club Edition” as part of the Montreal Fringe Festival. Gabriela is an original, versatile and theatrical emerging artist, and she is excited to continue discovering the world of creation.

Website: gabrielajm.wixsite.com/portfolio

Instagram: instagram.com/greatgabyj/

Facebook: facebook.com/greatgabyj