Cameron Fraser-Monroe (he/him) is a member of the Tla’amin First Nation. At three years old, he started Ukrainian dancing in Vernon, BC. He was privileged to receive several years of training and performance with World Champion Hoop Dancer Dallas Arcand and studied Grass Dance with Elder Mollie Bono.
Since graduating from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School on the RWB Alumni Scholarship, he has performed with many companies, including Dancers of Damelahamid at Kia Mau Festival in New Zealand and the International Cervantino Festival, at Jacob’s Pillow Festival, with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet at the National Arts Centre, and with the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada.
As a choreographer, Cameron has received commissions from the National Ballet of Canada, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Fall for Dance Festival NYC, Ballet Kelowna, the Winnipeg Summer Dance Collective, Whim W’Him Seattle, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Toronto, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Aspirants, Artist’s Climate Collective, Transformation Cabaret at the Cultch, and both PULSE and Indigenous Day Live! on APTN, among others. He continues to practice and present hoop dance.
He trained at Toronto Actors Studio and voiced the lead in Level Up with Kevin Loring. He has a principal role in the limited series Bones of Crows on CBC and APTN, and in the feature film of the same title, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
For the past six years, Mr. Fraser-Monroe has served as Artistic Director of the Winnipeg Summer Dance Collective, making dance more accessible in downtown Winnipeg. During the 24/25 season, Cameron is the Associate Artist at Ballet Kelowna and the Indigenous Artist in Residence at the National Theatre School of Canada.
