Kevin tookey biography
Season 5 (us)!
Coquitlam dancer bows out with 4OUR
Coquitlam dancer and choreographer Kevin Tookey is one of four performers in Joe Laughlin’s world premiere of 4OUR that opens next week in Vancouver.
Tookey, who has danced with Laughlin’s company, Joe Ink, for the past six years, portrays various generations of himself: from child and teen to father and grandfather.
It’s a non-linear piece about family and memories; however, it has no specific narrative.
Kevin tookey biography
In Tookey’s words, “it leaves a lot to the imagination.”
Like his character, Tookey is evolving, too. He is currently in transition though he has not made the official announcement to his peers yet. 4OUR will be, in fact, his final performance, closing a storied career that has taken him around the world and back.
Tookey started dancing at five with his mom, Shelley Tookey, who has owned Shelley’s Dance Company in Edmonton for 47 years (his sisters, Stacey and Kelci, are both professional dancers and his dad, Wayne, is also par