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In this week’s episode, I sit down with Gino Berti. Gino Berti is a choreographer who’s accomplishments include choreographing the world premiers of the Legends Series, remounting numerous productions of the original Broadway choreography of CATS, including Toronto’s latest revival at the Panasonic, as well as being Resident Dance Captain and Fight Captain to many Mega Musicals such as Aida, Beauty and the Beast (where he was sent to Broadway to train Dance Captains for their future productions), Miss Saigon, Brigadoon, Guys & Dolls, Evolution of Jazz, Forum, Mame, and The T.O. Hot Shoe Show. In our conversation today we discuss his experiences performing in Toronto in the “Mega Musical Era” and how theatre in Toronto has changed since that time, his progression from performer to dance captain to eventually choreographer, as well as some of the issues he is seeing in the current Canadian theatre climate and how we need to go about developing more informed theatre audiences. We also discuss his long relati