Stéphanie Visconti

Stéphanie Visconti (she/her/elle) is a triple threat based in Toronto and a proud Franco-Ontarian artist. She is particularly passionate about the potential that movement has to tell stories that transcend language, unite people from different walks of life, and heal those who come in contact with it.

Stéphanie trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC where she completed the Musical Theatre Conservatory Program with honours, and worked across the US for the following year soaking up a unique theatrical skillset. Since returning home, Stéphanie is grateful to have worked in 5 provinces and 2 territories in Canada, and wishes to someday reach all 13!

Some of her favourite Canadian theatre credits include understudying Mary Poppins at the beautiful Thousand Islands Playhouse, being a part of the Canadian Opera Company’s monumental productions of Don Giovanni, Roméo et Juliette, the Barber of Seville & Rigoletto, performing in Kiss Me Kate & Rock of Ages at Drayton Entertainment, playing the Apache Dancer in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Tweed & Co., sharing the classic Canadian story Anne of Green Gables in the shoes of various characters at the Charlottetown Festival, joining the North American Premier of Bend It Like Beckham the Musical in Toronto, as well as portraying Judy Garland in Anatomy of a Dancer for which she won the 2018 Toronto Broadway World Fringe Festival Breakout Female Artist Award.

Stéphanie is honoured to have had opportunities to work in French-Canadian spaces and hopes to continue to tell stories in her native tongue. Some of her francophone accolades include touring Canada with the French-Canadian music & comedy trio “Les Chiclettes” as Vivie in Sérieux? Bravo!, performing in the digital play Les Zinspiré.e.s Flambant 9: Soirée des filles as Amélie through the Théâtre Français de Toronto, originating the role of Élise in Le Roi Poubelle, which had its first performance at the 2022 Feuilles Vives Festival, as well as choreographing and playing in Marie-Claire Marcotte’s short film Goût d’un mensonge.

During the still of the pandemic, Stéphanie studied jazz/tap dance history, musicality for dance, kinesics, somatic & movement therapy, as well as creative writing & art history through Toronto Metropolitan University, where she was connected with Zak Nemorin (Uprooted Documentary) on her final project. She loves to partake in opportunities that unite her passion for such subjects. For instance, one of her most treasured creative experiences was working on David Suzuki’s Why We Dance: Nature of Things documentary with CBC where she helped uncover what makes human dance practices so unique and fundamental to our species.

Stéphanie has made strides in recent years to expand her career into creative roles, notably as a choreographer/movement director.  She recently wrote, choreographed, and starred in Tiny Dancer, a heartfelt short film currently playing in film festivals across North America. Stéphanie has been mentored by Lisa Stevens, recently serving as her assistant on Netflix’s Fear Street: Prom Queen. She also got to be associate choreographer on EveryBODY on Stage’s Webby Award-winning project Cell Block Tango: Reimagined. In her spare time, Stéphanie continues to push the boundaries of movement-based storytelling through her teaching practices at City Dance Corps and the Underground Dance Centre in Toronto.