About David Raymond:

David Raymond was born and raised in Penticton, BC and started taking tap classes at the age four. His many great teachers and mentors helped him develop a foundation rooted in urban, classical and popular dance. While starting out in Vancouver as a tap dancer, he continued to explore other types of dance, forming a collective called Over the Influence with four street dancers who trained and performed together. David’s hunger for new movement and approaches soon led to exploring alternative applications of his foundational forms and his choreographic voice.

In 2004 David first collaborated with Tiffany for a series of solo researches and after a year of continued collaboration they shared a two year creative residency in Antwerp to continue their creative partnership and develop their individual movement language. During this time David also began to take interest in video and explore ways in which he could capture and support dance with it. He also created works for a variety of post secondary institutions, studied with numerous international educators and guest instructed at Rotterdamse Danssacademie. David’s work draws upon our fear and curiosity for the things happening in and around us. As well as making dance, he shoots and designs video work for theatre and installation. Outside of his work with Tiffany and Out Innerspace, David is excited to be currently dancing and contributing with The 605 Collective and Wen Wei Dance. David has worked with many other companies and artists including, the response., Dana Gingras, Simone Orlando, Beijing Modern Dance, The Vancouver Opera and Move: The Company.

His dancing has taken him to Brazil, China, France, Belgium, Italy, The Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Bosnia and the US. In 2011 David was the recipient of the Isadora award for performance.