Alisa Walton (born January 15, 1970) is a Canadian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

best known for her work as Marigold on TVOntario's ''

Polka Dot Shorts ''Polka Dot Shorts'' is a Canadian children's television series produced by TVOntario, which has been broadcast around the world. It was created, produced, and edited by Jed MacKay. Approximately 180 episodes were produced from 1993 to 2001, all ...

'' from 1993 to 2001, and as Socks the Monkey on the series' '' Elliot Moose'' on TVOntario and

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. Walton is also an accomplished dancer & mime artist. As a youth she trained with the

Royal Winnipeg Ballet School The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. History It was founded in 1939 as the "Winnipeg Ballet Club" by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally (who also fou ...

and the Celia Franca School of Dance in

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. She is a certified

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instructor, and a photographer. She is also the artistic director of Crow's Feet Physical Theatre, a Toronto-based company of Dance and Circus Artists over the age of 40.

Selected credits

*''

'' — MarigoldPolka dot shorts. Tasty tales [videorecording] / TV Ontario ; directed by Michael McNamara. --
", ''Orangeville Public Library'', listing accessed 2008-12-12. *'' Elliot Moose'' — Soxielle "Socks" Monkey *''Cirque Sublime Zero-Gravity Circus'' — Ringmaster/stilt dancer/clown

References

External links

Pilates studio website

Photography portfolio

Crow's Feet Physical Theatre blog
1970 births Living people Canadian television actresses People from Trois-Rivières Actresses from Quebec {{Canada-screen-actor-stub