Brian Webb has developed a national reputation as a contemporary dancer, choreographer and artistic leader. He has brought an international array of contemporary dance companies to Edmonton, Alberta through the Brian Webb Dance Company (BWDC) which he founded 45 years ago. In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he has presented Attakalari and Chandra Lekha, as well as Indo-Canadian dance artists, Usha Gupta and Lata Pada (Sampradaya). Amongst many other honours, Brian won Edmonton’s prestigious Artistic Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Brian has received the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medal for his volunteer work in the community.

In 2023 Brian collaborated with Gary James Joynes and Brad Necyk on a new performance work, Joshua Tree, that had its premiere performance in Bangalore, India at Attakkalari, Centre for the Performing Arts and New Technologies. It was then performed in Edmonton with performers Lin Snelling, Piet Defraeye and Deepak Paramashivan. The work features performance with live electronic music and virtual reality projection.

In November 2025, Brian will be inducted into the Dance Collections Danse Hall of Fame.

Beth Graham is an Edmonton-based playwright and actor. Her plays and collaborations have been produced across the country and internationally. She has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Award as well as the Carol Bolt Award and has received the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Alberta Literary Award twice. Beth’s plays and co-creations include: The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, Weasel, Pretty Goblins, The Drowning Girls (co-creator), and Dora Maar: the wicked one (co-creator). Her newest play, Mermaid Legs, was recently published by Playwrights Canada Press. As an actor, Beth has performed on stages across Canada and toured internationally. She is currently the writer-in-residence at Grant MacEwan.