A Finer Team, You Will Not Find.
CHRIS BINET
Public Relations/Company Growth
Chris Binet has helped bring brands to life through public relations, event production and marketing communications for over 15 years with his team at Blend PR. He has a Bachelor of Design in Communications and Marketing from Toronto's Ryerson University. His professional PR and events background spans the whole gambit of the industry, encompassing fashion, food and beverage, entertainment, lifestyle and of course specializing in Health, Beauty and Fitness. He is passionate, dedicated and brings insight, clarity, and creativity to all our clients on every project.
MICHELLE WALLIS
Event Manager
Bio Coming Soon
OMAR FORREST
Event Management and Promotion
Bio Coming Soon
NICKO GIANNAKOS
Artistic Director/Owner
Nicko is a Teacher, Choreographer and the Owner of Niche Canada: Events & Entertainment. He is a graduate of Quebec's École Supérieure de Ballet and has been performing professionally for over 20yrs with nearly every major theatre company in the country including the Vancouver Opera, Mirvish Productions and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he performed for three seasons. A native Montrealer, Nicko began teaching ballet at 17 years old. During the years in her employment, he was mentored by Miranda Esmond-white, the New York Times bestselling author of Aging Backwards and now celebrated host of Classical Stretch on PBS. Although often too busy to teach a regular class, he continues to teach dance and music theatre drop-in classes, workshops and summer intensives at studios, arts high schools and Universities across the country.
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Nicko moved to Toronto to perform in the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings on stage at the Princess of Whales Theatre and signed with the Talenhouse Agency shortly thereafter. Between contracts, he worked promotional and catering jobs for companies such as Core Event Staffing, The Butler Did it, ReefMoxie Promotional Staffing and Momentum Toronto. A quick study, Nicko graduated to team Leader in no time and eventually was supervising activations for major clients such as Rogers Wireless and Warner Brothers Canada. Not to mention freelance staffing and Event Planning for local businesses such as JDX Creative and Blend PR.
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As a Choreographer, Nicko has created numerous industrial and corporate shows under the umbrella of his first business venture: Glitz Event Entertainment. He has also choreographed for CBC/Radio Canada and helped to create a handful of musicals for Toronto based producers, Edge of the Sky, including Blood Buds, Wanna Be: The Spice Girls Tribute Band and most recently, Be Kind, Rewind for the Toronto Fringe Festival.
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