Dylan Vandemaele (He/Him) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Hamilton. He is a graduate of Glendale Secondary’s performing arts program where he began his training and found his passion as an artist early on. Since graduating, Dylan has gone on to train at Defining Movement Dance and specializes in street styles such as hip-hop, commercial choreography, funk styles (popping/locking) and more. Dylan has worked with various companies such as The Hamilton Fringe, The CEBL, Theatre Aquarius, Defining Movement Dance, Rooks Theatre, and more within Hamilton’s scene of arts as a performer and producer. His work on “The 4 Grandmasters of Street Dance”, a hip-hop play he wrote and directed, won the best in family fringe 2022 category. In 2021 Dylan was one of the recipients for the Shirley Elford Commision prize and presented a short dance film for the Hamilton arts awards in 2022. Dylan currently works in the Greater Hamilton Area and surrounding cities as a dance teacher, actor, photographer, videographer, and is co-founder of 'Republic Dance Company' a Hamilton based semi-professional competitive street dance crew that has gone on to compete at Hit The Floor Dance Competition, Dylan is Represented by Edna talent Management.