What is Moving Roots?

Moving Roots (MR) is a movement based performing arts company founded and directed by Anastasia Evsigneeva.

While focused on contemporary dance and circus arts, MR invites collaboration and co-productions with artists and groups of all disciplines. Currently based in Winnipeg, Canada, Moving Roots is a project-based mobile company that is not permanently attached to any specific location and engages artists on a project-by-project basis.

With regard to opportunities and calls for performers keep checking the website. As future projects occur more information will be posted here.

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Moving Roots mission is

  • Create & present contemporary dance and circus art works
  • Facilitate an artistic development of the Artistic and Executive Director, and the associate artist(s)
  • Develop a repertoire of works for presentation and touring
  • Create bridges and dialogues between different art forms and audiences
  • Create a welcoming environment for collaborations and work with artists of different backgrounds and marginalized groups, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ people
  • Offer learning opportunities in the community through workshops and intensives with guest teachers and/or artists of the company
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Moving Roots: Reflections is now ONLINE!

In this digital production, we present to you only four of the works out of the program that premiered live in June 2022 in Winnipeg. Three of the works complete the second half of the show and one was originally created as a film in 2020. The total length of the online version is 46 minutes. You can buy access to the link that will be available from September 15 to September 30, 2022. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for The Arts for funding this show. The money raised from the tickets will be used as part of the funding for touring the show across Canada in the future. canadacouncil.ca