Founder & Artistic Director: LEAH TOTTEN

Leah Totten is a choreographer, educator, creative director, and producer with over seventeen years of experience across commercial performance, live production, and artist development.

She is the Founder and Artistic Director of MOVMNT Collective, a Toronto-based mentorship and performance company advancing emerging professional dancers and choreographers through artistic creation and career development. Over the years, she has conceived and produced eleven full-length productions, creating immersive, concept-driven stage works that bridge commercial vocabulary and theatrical storytelling.

Her commercial work includes five years as Resident Choreographer and Co-Creative Director for Mini Pop Kids, where she choreographed three North American concert tours, performances at Amazon headquarters, and numerous music videos amassing millions of views. She has also choreographed for Pharrell Williams’ Untitled project and performed alongside artists including Kiesza. Leah served as a Commercial Dance Professor at Centennial College for seven years and holds a postgraduate certificate in Arts Management, working with organizations Fall For Dance North, Ballet Jorgen and TOLive in various production and administrative roles.

In addition to her stage and screen work, she has led creative direction for major corporate and philanthropic events, including Canada’s largest gala in support of the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada.

She has taught and created with hundreds of dancers and studios across North America and Europe, experience that informs her work as a mentor and career strategist for artists internationally.Leah encourages her students to move with purpose, cultivate passion behind their craft, and develop the confidence to pave their own path within the industry.