Pulga Muchochoma,
Ensemble Singer/Dancer & Fight Captain

Pulga Muchochoma is a dancer, choreographer, musician, actor, and director born in Quelimane, Mozambique. His dance career and training began in Quelimane with Montes Namuli Dance Company. In August of 2006, Pulga came to Toronto with the company for the International AIDS Conference. With Montes Namuli/Shakespeare Link Canada, he performed in several shows in venues in Toronto and Mozambique. When Montes Namuli returned to Mozambique, Pulga stayed in Toronto to study at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. He worked with Toronto Dance Theatre under Artistic Director Christopher House from 2009-2020. During his time with TDT, he had the pleasure of working and collaborating with local and international choreographers such as Christopher House, Veronica Tennant, Danny Grossman, Patricia Beaty, Heidi Strauss, Jeanine Durning, and many more. Pulga participated in the 2015 opening ceremony of the Toronto Pan Am Games with Cirque du Soleil and NBS. With Stratford Festival, he has performed in “Death and the King’s Horseman” and was movement director for “Wedding Band”. Pulga directed a play in Montreal called “Diggers” and was the assistant director and choreographer for the “Fairview” at CanStage. Additionally, he was in the musical “Treemonisha” by Scott Joplin. He has been nominated for 7 Dora awards with TDT and 2 for his own works. In 2015 Pulga founded Pulga Dance, where he teaches and creates independent works based in Toronto and the GTA.