Logan Whyte

Logan Whyte

Logan Whyte is a queer, Latinx dancer and choreographer. He started dancing at an early at BOLDT Dance Studio in his hometown of Brockville, Ontario. In 2019, he was accepted into the Dance Program at Toronto Metropolitan University. He underwent rigorous training in ballet, contemporary, Graham technique, Limon technique, Cuban modern techniques, concert jazz, various street styles, West African styles, and gaga. He worked alongside both Toronto-based and international guest choreographers, such as duo Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schreiber, Shamel Pitts, Stephanie Lake of Stephanie Lake Company, Hannah Kiel, and Jesse Obremski of Gibney Company. Additionally, he worked in collaboration with Fall for Dance North, TO Live, Rock Bottom Movement, and Stephanie Lake Company. His hard work and dedication to his studies earned him the Orly Watkins Award in 2021 and the Lipson Endowment Award for an Emerging Choreographer in 2023. In 2023, he completed the program and earned a BFA in Dance with Distinction.

Logan completed training with ProArteDanza, worked with Dance: Made in Canada as a Dance Steward, performed in their 2023 Festival, and worked with The Citadel + Compagnie on the Dora Award winning remount of James Kudelka’s “The Man in Black”. He is currently working with the Lamondance Company under the artistic direction of Davi Rodrigues where he worked with Vancouver-based artists such as Margarida Macieira, Calder White, Generous Mess, Christina Bucci, and Isak Enquist. Logan has been touring his solo work “Until it Breaks me Down” across Canada for the past 3 years, appearing in Healthy Dancer’s Canada, Night/Shift presented by Fall for Dance North and The Citadel, and the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Logan is an electronic composer and songwriter focusing on both electronic soundscapes and experimental hyper-pop blends under the alias LOGN. Logan has a passion for bringing light to topics such as mental health and the queer experience in his art practices. His mission is to use his platform as an artist to educate the world of the struggles and barriers of living with mental illness and being queer.