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Some new shots that feel more representative of me now
Thanks to @madebywilim and their working 9-9 offering, check it out!

📷Alexandra Petruck by @oriahw

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a year ago

The official music video for Gone Baby Gone is live now at my link in bio

Such a pleasure to work with @brittinthepit and co on this project, and a special thanks to @oriahw for such beautiful choreography 🫶🏾

Have a watch and let me know what you think:)

a Good Job Hi Five production (@goodjobhifive)
Starring - Oriah Wiersma (@oriahw)
Director, Producer, Creative Director, Editor - Brittany Farhat (@brittinthepit)
Director Of Photography, Lighting, Colourist - Thomas Varey (@vareysound)
Camera Assistant, Drone Operator, Props, VFX - Matthew Fong (@blastromatt)
Choreographer - Oriah Wiersma
Production Assistant - Anastasia Lantsova, Alexis Murray (@nastialantsova, @lxsmrry)
Driver - Angel Farhat
Special thank you - Ray Farhat, Chace Farhat, Fieldwork Toronto (@__fieldwork__)

Special thank you to @factorcanada for supporting the creation of this video🫀

Song written by Aysanabee, @hillkourkoutis
Instruments and vocals Aysanabee, @hillkourkoutis
Additional vocals @lalanoelmusic
Drums @milesondrums
Produced and mixed by @hillkourkoutis
Mastered @montanomastering by @oriahw

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Always A Romantic

Song by @this.is.zinnia
Film and movement by @oriahw

❤️

Recorded at @anacortesunknownstudio by Nicholas Wilbur

Mixed by @michaelmichaelfong

Mastered by @capture.studio.syracuse

Out on @anything_bagel

This recording was made possible with the generous support of @canada.council. It is one piece of a full album - Dollar Store Disco - set for release February 7, 2025 and available for pre-order through Bandcamp. by @oriahw

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Performing HAVEN today by Terrill Maguire in Ireland park. Live music and dance commemorating the refugees of the Irish famine. https://www.canadairelandfoundation.com/cif_event/haven/ Part of Doors Open Toronto. taken in Ireland Park by @oriahw

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5 months ago

Step into an immersive, site-specific dance performance conceived by Maxine Heppner, on which choreography responds to Glorious Catastrophe | Gillian Iles.

Journey through the gallery in small groups as dancers explore the delicate tensions between humans’ urbanity, wildness, and precarity in contemporary times.

Choreographer Maxine Heppner with Oriah Wiersma, Chantelle Mostacho, Junia Mason & Eric Cadesky.

📅 Saturday, June 6
🕓 Timed tickets: 5:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 6:30 pm, and 7:00 pm
📍 Koffler Gallery, 180 Shaw St., Unit 105
🎟️ Ticket $20 (includes a beverage)
👉 Link in bio "Dance Performance: feral beauties" by @oriahw

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✨✨✨Oriah Wiersma joins the circle THIS Saturday with glorious movements reminding us that love lifts us up where we belong! Hope you’ll join

✨✨✨THIS SATURDAY
coexisDance #114
Saturday April 25, Doors at 7:30. Show at 8pm
CCDT (509 Parliament)
$15 (or pwyc)

✨✨✨ @oriahw
Oriah Wiersma is a multidisciplinary dance artist and actor based in Tkaronto. With a BFA in Performance from York University, Oriah’s practice spans dance, circus, music, film, and writing. Her creative process is rooted in embodiment and somatic awareness. Described as “highly visceral” and “beautifully haunting” her work explores the dissonant beauty of the human condition.

Oriah thrives in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments, often orbiting closely with musicians and fellow artists. Some of her choreographic/stage work includes: layers her multidisciplinary solo commission for Young Lungs Dance Exchange 20th anniversary festival, the national tour of her solo isn’t this where, The Spirit Garden, R. Murray Schafer’s epic outdoor musical drama, interpreting for various choreographers, and performing live alongside bands in bars, festivals, and community parks. On screen Oriah has appeared in various national commercials and music videos: Gone Baby Gone (Aysanabee), Always a Romantic (ZINNIA), Life (Shannon O’Donovan), and Once I Knew (Ptarmigan).

Alongside her performance practice, Oriah is a trained Cranial Sacral Therapist, a path rooted in her dedication to community care. Her current research explores the nervous system, states of attention, and the fluid relationship between body, stimulus, and sensation. This work, paralleled in her art, reflects a deep curiosity of the interplay between inner and outer landscapes

@ontarioartscouncil taken in Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre by @oriahw

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6 months ago

With the new year here already I can’t believe I haven’t shared this exciting moment of 2025 yet…we won “best music video” at Forest City Film fest for Gone Baby Gone! It was pretty cool and surreal to go up with Britt’s sister and receive the award.
I collaborated on this project with a stellar team of new friends, you’re awesome @brittinthepit @blastromatt @vareysound @nastialantsova
And thank you to @_aysanabee_ for having me interpret your great tune!

I hope 2026 will be another year packed full of art and creation!

Credits:
a Good Job Hi Five production (@goodjobhifive)
Starring & Choreographer - Oriah Wiersma (@oriahw)
Director, Producer, Creative Director, Editor - Brittany Farhat (@brittinthepit)
Director Of Photography, Lighting, Colourist - Thomas Varey (@vareysound)
Camera Assistant, Drone Operator, Props, VFX - Matthew Fong (@blastromatt)
Production Assistant - Anastasia Lantsova, Alexis Murray (@nastialantsova, @lxsmrry)
Driver - Angel Farhat

Song written by Aysanabee, @hillkourkoutis
Instruments and vocals Aysanabee, @hillkourkoutis
Additional vocals @lalanoelmusic
Drums @milesondrums
Produced and mixed by @hillkourkoutis
Mastered @montanomastering by @oriahw

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10 months ago

Awhile back I had the pleasure of dancing and choreographing for @_aysanabee_ new track “Gone Baby Gone”. It was my first time working with @goodjobhifive @brittinthepit @vareysound @blastromatt and wow what a talented, fun, and inspiring team!
Link in bio 🙂

a Good Job Hi Five production (@goodjobhifive)
Starring & Choreographer - Oriah Wiersma (@oriahw)
Director, Producer, Creative Director, Editor - Brittany Farhat (@brittinthepit)
Director Of Photography, Lighting, Colourist - Thomas Varey (@vareysound)
Camera Assistant, Drone Operator, Props, VFX - Matthew Fong (@blastromatt)
Production Assistant - Anastasia Lantsova, Alexis Murray (@nastialantsova, @lxsmrry)
Driver - Angel Farhat
Special thank you - Ray Farhat, Chace Farhat, Fieldwork Toronto (@__fieldwork__) @factorcanada

Song written by Aysanabee, @hillkourkoutis
Instruments and vocals Aysanabee, @hillkourkoutis
Additional vocals @lalanoelmusic
Drums @milesondrums
Produced and mixed by @hillkourkoutis
Mastered @montanomastering by @oriahw

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a year ago

Struck by the beauty of light this time of year

“and there was a new voice,
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do—
determined to save
the only life you could save.”

‘The Journey’ by Mary Oliver

For those that want the end of the poem :) by @oriahw

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a year ago

Finally figured this tricky one out! Not perfect by any means but hey it’s all about the process by @oriahw

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by @oriahw

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a year ago

It’s not that usual for a festival to request a dancer and @wavelengthmusic is just that cool. Thanks for having us!
@this.is.zinnia
@katmac.mclevey
@imnotchrispruden
@macklongpre by @oriahw

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