Features Overview

Trina Josdal is a professional tap dancer, choreographer, teacher, and producer from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where her teacher, Barb Jackman, sparked her lifelong love of tap dance.

Her journey took her to New York City for extensive training and introduced her to many influential voices in the tap world. Her artistic path has been particularly shaped by the mentorship of legendary tap artists Brenda Bufalino and Jane Goldberg, alongside opportunities to learn from Dianne Walker, Derick Grant, Max Pollak, Heather Cornell, and Randy Skinner. Her professional career has taken her around the world, including touring Europe with Magic of the Dance and Asia with 42nd Street, experiencing tap dance across different cultures, stages, and audiences.

Now based in Toronto, Trina co-founded Vintage Taps, and has spent the past decade creating, performing, and sharing tap dance alongside this incredible group of women. She also continues to build the Toronto tap community through her work with Swansea School of Dance.

As a teacher, Trina brings her international performance experience, deep respect for tap’s history, and infectious love of rhythm and musicality to every class. She is passionate about sharing tap dance wherever her journey takes her and helping dancers of all levels find their own connection to the art form.

Amy Lintunen is a Toronto-based dance artist who tells stories through movement, rhythm, and spoken word. Originally from Thunder Bay, she co-owned a dance studio with her sister for over ten years before studying at Off Jazz in France and later relocating to Toronto.

She is the co-founder of Vintage Taps, a dynamic sisterhood of performers dedicated to honoring tap history while creating playful new works. Their original show, The Laundry List, was named one of the top 10 cultural moments of 2019 by the Globe and Mail. With Vintage Taps, Amy has co-produced original shows and community events with legends Jane Goldberg and Brenda Bufalino, and was invited as a guest artist at the Toronto International Tap Dance Festival with the Brenda Bufalino Residency project.

As artistic director of Sisu Dance Projects, she creates work centered on social justice and leads rhythm-based workshops through The Rhythm Lab. Her training includes the American Tap Dance Foundation’s Tap Teacher Training Program, where she studied with Brenda Bufalino and Barbara Duffy, alongside intensive studies with Heather Cornell and Max Pollak.

A passionate educator, Amy is dedicated to helping students find their voice through the language of tap while remaining deeply connected to its cultural legacy.

Geneviève (Gen) Fullerton is a Toronto-based dancer, educator, choreographer, actor, and composer. She began dancing at the age of 4 and taking piano lessons at age 5, eventually competing in both disciplines and earning several awards as well as certifications (RCM, RAD, BATD, TDC, PAA). She is also a graduate from the Randolph College for the Performing Arts. Gen has been, and still is, a member of various tap dance companies and professional collectives (What’s On? Tap!, Toronto Rhythm Initiative, Bringing Tap Back, Sisu Dance Projects) as well as a founding member of Vintage Taps - in whose theatrical productions she plays the character “Zelda”. Furthermore, she is a founding educator of the Tap Dance Centre syllabus and became an examiner in June 2019.
With over 20 years of training and experience in dance education and performance, with a specific focus on tap dance, Gen aims to share her passion with others by inspiring joy and creativity. When she isn’t teaching or performing, she loves to spend time furthering her own training by attending master classes and working with community leaders and mentors, namelyHeather Cornell and Dianne Walker.
Gen’s choreography has been featured in various productions, competitions, and even at the World Dance Championships (Team Canada - IDO) in Germany. She is also a proud faculty member at Metro Movement and Joy of Dance, and is returning for a second semester as an educator in the Musical Theatre BFA program at Sheridan College – all of this places her in a unique position to further experiment with theater tap as well as bring more of a rhythm tap influence to the musical theatre scene.