Gina Lori Riley

A Producer, Creative Director, and Choreographer from Windsor Ontario, Canada, Gina Lori Riley received her B.Sc. in Dance-Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo, her B.Ed. from the University of Windsor, and her M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. She founded Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises in 1979, and has directed, created, and choreographed over fifty major original stage productions. Gina is Professor Emerita from the University of Windsor retiring from teaching, mentoring and coaching in the School of Dramatic Art, where she specialized in movement for the actor, Commedia dell' Arte, period movement, mask and staging events. Her film projects include writing, producing, directing, and choreographing, I Am Here, (2024), Commedia Fantasia (2002) which won the Worldfest Houston Gold Remi Award in Dance, Drama, Music; and One of Those Nights (1978).