Photo: Olivia Nikkanen
With performances described as “breathtaking” (Onstage), and “eloquent” (Wholenote) artist and violinist Leslie Ting has been creating groundbreaking music-driven interdisciplinary performances since 2014. Garnering multiple award nominations, Leslie’s work combines her background as a classical musician with theatre, new media, and experience as a former practicing optometrist.
In 2025, she will have been artist-in-residence at Eastern Front Theatre (Dartmouth, NS), MITU580 (NYC), and the Durham Art Gallery (ON). Collaborations have included Diane Borsato at the National Arts Centre SPHERE Festival (Ottawa), experimental publication Caddisfly Project (NYC), and Race Cards (in Two Acts), a co-production by Prime Mover Theatre Company and Selina Thompson LTD (UK).
Leslie currently leads an arts practice research project called Anchoring Accessibility and is a mentor for Why Not Theatre’s ThisGen Fellowship.