Martin Austin

Martin Austin is a graduate student at the University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies, and the Digital Projects Assistant in the BMO Lab. His research aims to increase equity for Western dancers through empirical inquiry, activist organization, and theoretical reimagination. He also drinks a lot of cold brew and loves reality television.

Reviews May 23, 2022

REVIEW: welcome, we’ve been waiting at Toronto Dance Theatre

By Martin Austin

As far as homecomings are concerned, welcome, we’ve been waiting is a slam dunk — sexy, funny, and gay as hell.

Features May 2, 2022

At the Confluence of Many Worlds: In Conversation with Crypto’s Guillaume Côté

By Martin Austin

“I’m not afraid of combining things that don’t always go together logically,” says Crypto creator Guillaume Côté.

A multiple exposure photograph of dancer and theatre artist Martin Austin. Layered in various dance positions, the greyscale figures are shadowed in shades of reds, blue and green.

Artist Perspective April 19, 2022

What Dance Can Learn From Theatre

By Martin Austin

There is a way to use theatrical methods to push dance practice forward, to create the change that must occur for workplace misconduct to subside.