Team Blog Post – Amélie Mah for Swallowing Clouds

Bio

Amélie Mah is a Chinese Canadian performer, creator, and collaborator. She began her training in Edmonton, AB in ballet, contemporary, and jazz. Amélie has trained across Canada with the Goh Ballet (BC), H/W Ballet (Alberta), and Ballet Divertimento (Quebec). Since coming to Toronto to study dance, she has expanded her training in modern, contemporary, vernacular jazz, and street styles including house and hip hop. Amélie has had the privilege to work with many choreographers, including Yvonne Ng, David Norsworthy, Raoul Wilke, Hanna Kiel, and Ryan Lee. In her own works, Amélie explores through a multidisciplinary lens how combining spoken and physical expression with her movement practice can serve to create compelling stories. Since working as a dance steward in the 2025 dance: made in/fait au canada festival, Amelie has continued working with Tiger Princess Dance Projects, serving as a performer and arts educator in various ongoing projects and arts programming. Amelie Mah is a 2025 graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University with a BFA in dance.

Blog Post

Coming into the Swallowing Clouds program, I was really curious about how Tiger Princess approached teaching creative arts. Teaching dance was much clearer to me in terms of the structure of a class, and having clear goals and progression. Facilitating a space for creation and art-making was a little out of my wheelhouse, but I was excited to learn and be part of this program. I was excited about being able to share my passion for dance and art making with others, and the methods that Tiger Princess use were intriguing to me. I really liked the idea of facilitating a space that inspires creativity, guiding creation rather than forcing it by telling people what to create or how to create it. Providing a framework and different methods of creation and then watching what everyone creates, is so satisfying to see! I have been able to dive into a multitude of methods for creation and art-making, and attending a session always leaves me itching to create something. I have learned so much since joining TPDP, and I am looking forward to my continued growth and learning with Swallowing Clouds!