Raoul Wilke

Raoul Wilke, a multifaceted two-time Dora Award–winning artist, is the co-founder of The Moon Runners dance crew and dance faculty at Toronto Metropolitan University.

As an emerging Black artist, his accolades extend across different communities, opening doors for new collaborations.

He was a model for Seika Boye’s “This Living Dancer” in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario and battled for Team Canada in China for an event called KOD.

Over the summer of 2023, he produced his own production, commissioned by dance immersion, which recently received two Doras; one for Best Music Composition and the other for Best Production. He also received a Johanna under the mentorship of Natasha Powell.

As a leader in the street dance community in Canada, he has mentored various companies and dance schools over the years on the importance of historical context within the vernacular street forms and the value of themselves.

He has learned under the mentorship of Moncell Durden, Chester Whitmore, Travis Knight, Lisa Latouche and many more inspiring artists, including those who define themselves as educators and hold doctorates in this field.

As a student of dance, he continues to live by the quote: “See the music, hear the dance,” by Balanchine.

This year, he can be seen teaching both locally and internationally alongside the same people that had once mentored him, bridging the generational gap and adding the nuance that a youthful approach brings to deeply rooted work.