ZACHARY SETO

My highest truth…

My name is Zachary. I believe in taking action with a twist, hence Zactiontwist. I am committed to living my prayer of creation with the Creator at the center of my heart and life.

From a very young age, I gave myself permission to dream and bring my visions to life. I am devoted to sharing stories by honouring and uplifting sacred sounds expressed through the canvas of the human body. The gifts of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness remain the strongest flame of inspiration within my creations.

Dance offers me the opportunity to stay curious and bring together so many of life's conversations that I care about, to play, experiment, and discover with. I am fascinated by incorporating the element of entertainment along with an invitation to go deeper into the mystery of life.

In my eyes, movement is a lifetime. A language. A universal method of translating expression from the human heart, between our existence and alternate realities. A form of storytelling that encapsulates what we have grown to become in this lifetime. Intricate energy that speaks to the soul of the world, having the ability to unite generations. Every experience in this life is one that we dance. A performance we play out. A story we choose to tell.

Zachary Seto is a Canadian dancer and choreographer. Influenced by the earth and the stories that humanity is currently living out on this planet, he connects his he(art) to the wounds of the world. His work offers unconventional invitations as portals to rituals of restoration. He curates global soundscapes, sourcing inspiration from the raw nature of rhythm and how it pulses through the human body.

Most recently, Zachary was commissioned by Ballet BC Annex to create A Dance with Destiny for the 2024/25 season—a world premiere that toured across British Columbia alongside works by Medhi Walerski and Micaela Taylor. His choreography has also premiered internationally, including at New York’s Battery Dance Festival, and across Canada with Dance Ontario as a recipient of their Creative Partnership Program.

Zachary is the recipient of the Obremski/Works 2026 VISION Fellowship, Frank Augustyn Award (2023), the Mississauga Arts Council Dance on Film Grant (2021), and the Dance Ontario Jacque Foesier Youth Award (2020). As a performer, he has danced works by Bill T. Jones, Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown, Roderick George, Olivier Coëffard, Jennifer Archibald, and Colin Connor. He is a former member of The Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre and is currently a student at SUNY Purchase College’s Conservatory of Dance.