Aszure makes dances
and continues to be an innovator of form, having contributed to an evolution of highly specialized dance and theater companies worldwide.
As a Canadian-American choreographer, she has collaborated with performers and institutions including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cyndi Lauper, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, San Francisco Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, Nederlands Dans Theater, Teatro alla Scala, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, among others. She’s a Bessie Award Honoree and has received accolades including Canada’s distinguished Arts & Letters Award, joining the likes of Karen Kain, Oscar Peterson, Eugene Levy, Christopher Plummer, and Margaret Atwood.
She founded Aszure Barton & Artists in the early 2000s in order to create an autonomous, interdisciplnary collaborative platform for process-centered creation. Currently, she is embarking on a new creative partnership with trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire.