Eleonore Prokop
Eleonore Prokop is a Dora nominated, multi-disciplinary theatre artist with a professional stage career that spans four decades, with companies in Toronto, New York and throughout Ontario. She is trained as a dancer, singer and musician and studied extensively in Montreal and for seven years in New York City before returning to Toronto. She was co-director of Generic Theatre Company with whom she performed, directed, wrote, choreographed, and composed for 12 years. The company staged multiple original productions and she was nominated for a Dora Award for her solo performance in her own play, Before Eve. She is keenly interested in physical/multi-disciplinary theatre and has taught workshops with Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Canadian Opera Company, and University of Toronto’s Outreach Program for Youth. In 2008/10 she was Movement/Physical Theatre instructor at the Globe Theatre Actor’s Conservatory in Regina. In 2011 she founded Lambton Shores Theatre Works in Southwestern Ontario, a venue that offers training in performing arts and is dedicated to the production of innovative theatre. She is a certified ballet instructor and is an Associate Member of the Cecchetti Council of America.