Allara Gooliaff
2026 Event Producer
Allara Gooliaff is a stiltdance explorer. Stilts are a medium by which she explores the ether between the earth and the sky; whereas dance is the art form on which her performance is created. Stiltdance is at once acrobatic, totally mesmerizing, and ephemeral. She likes to play with the exaggeration of an unbroken line, strong geometric shapes, and flexibility. She is motivated by musical choices. Composition length and genre often holds the legs and sets her choreographic frame, but softness and gristle comes from her stubborn will to push the boundaries of her personal physicality. She has performed and trained all over the world including Guinea, Brazil, France, Cuba, the UK and the US. Her professional background started with varsity gymnastics and the University of Calgary, continued with folkloric dance and drum training in Guinea, West Africa, and gradually moved into developing her own stiltdance repertory and acro-stilt styles through the lens of a trained dance artist. She is passionate about sharing dance, circus, and all things stilt!
Recent highlights include Discovery (theatrical stiltdance work presented by the Toronto Festival of Contemporary Circus), Oh Clare! (site-specific choreography by Brandy Leary and Erin Ball), god is A MAGPIE (site-specific work presented by Mile Zero Dance), Tall TALES (stiltdance film presented by NextGen and produced by Three Left Feet), Threads of Life: HERStory (in development with Aviva Fleising and Tatjana Cornij). This Explore & Create residency in Toronto was supported by Canada Council for the Arts. In June 2019, she was fortunate to bring stiltdance and acro-stilt to Circus Sessions (Femmes du feu – Toronto).
IG: @acrostiltawhirl and @tlfyyc
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websites: tangylimedance.ca and threeleftfeet.ca
Randall Fraser – NSC Artistic Director
CNSS 2027 Host and Producer
Stiltwalking is a part of many cultures and languages. In Edmonton, the NSC is dedicated to cultivating a community of Stiltwalkers to share the ancient art with.
In 2001, the city of Edmonton, Alberta hosted the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Games. As part of the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies for this major sporting event, Randall Fraser trained, equipped, costumed and choreographed a stilt pageant performed by a team of 50 people of eclectic backgrounds, ages and interests.
After the success of the event, he found he had a team of enthusiastic Stiltwalkers eager to continue developing their skills and performing. Together, they formed the Edmonton Stiltwalkers Society.
In the two decades since, the NSC was formed to cultivate a community of enthusiastic Stiltwalkers. Run by Fraser, the renamed National Stiltwalkers of Canada have their own studio space, Stilthalla, open for performance and Stiltwalker bookings in addition to coordinating Corporate Events and planning the Canadian National Stilt Symposium. Members of the NSC have also performed in Ottawa, the Maritimes, Victoria, Oregon, Washington, DC, and at an international circus festival in Nanjing, China.
We are incredibly grateful to our sponsors, participants and audience.
Doug “The Great” Hunt
A Personal Interview with Randall Fraser
This is an opportunity to meet a true record setter and hear about his vision and drive to reach so high and understand how he uses his skill and reputation to the benefit of so many good causes.
Doug Hunt set another new Guinness World Record for Tallest Stilts ever Mastered. On October 21, 2023 he took 14 independent steps on stilts measuring 55 feet tall. This took place at the 10th Anniversary of the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre. Doug and his team raised over $28,000.00 in support of Participation Support Services. Doug’s stilt achievement photo and details are featured in the 2025 Guinness Book of World Records.