Peter Quanz (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian choreographer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
[2] He became interested in choreography as a child[3] after his parents, both school teachers, enrolled him in ballet classes at the Academy of Dance in Waterloo, Ontario.
Two years later, in March 2005, Quanz premiered his first full-length ballet, Charlie's Cruise, for Ballett Chemnitz, which drew positive reviews.
Quanz returned to his classical roots for the creation of Le Papillon, for the National Ballet of Cuba.
In 2016, Quanz collaborated with Toronto choreographer Lucy Rupert to create dead reckoning, a three-part dance piece inspired by Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition.
[6] That year he was also the choreographer of the dance-drama The Red Crane, a production of the Wuxi Song and Dance Theatre from China, which also features Tristan Dobrowney of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.