Staff and Representatives

Brenda Gorlick

Manitoba Representative
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The DTRC’s regional representative for Manitoba, Brenda Gorlick, has been involved in the performing arts world for over 30 years. As a performer, she has acted, sung and danced her way across Canada, the U.S. and parts of Europe, including work with the Stratford Festival and the Banff Centre of Fine Arts. She served as Dance Crew Liaison for the Miramax film Shall We Dance. As choreographer, she has created work for opera, ballet, theatrical stage, screen and stadium and continues to multi-task with new and innovative projects.

Currently, Brenda is Guest Professor with the University of Winnipeg’s Department of Drama and Film, senior instructor of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School's Musical Theatre Program and a much sought-after adjudicator/clinician on the dance circuit. She has been a participant in the Artists in the Schools program, sponsored by the Manitoba Arts Council for over 15 years. In 2004, she launched Brenda Gorlick ’s YoungStars, a youth musical theatre company which trains and produces musical theatre performers.

Besides working for the DTRC, Brenda serves on the PAGS Committee for Canadian Actors' Equity and is a council member for ACTRA Manitoba.