February 10, 2018
Contemporary
with Brenna McLaud-Bichara
*Other than the start time of this session (5pm), all times are approximate. Dancers are asked to be prepared to perform up to 30 minutes prior to listed time*
5:00pm n Level One n Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
1 Raylan Telford Muse Jessica Carter Contemporary
2 Kristen Reid Will You Still Love Me VAB – Alysa Pires Modern
3 Brittany Behan Millard Give Me Something Robyn Anderson Contemporary
4 Mikayla Volkers Skin James Amzin Nahirnick Modern
5 Lily Killam Good-bye Robyn Anderson Contemporary
6 Allegra Nelson Way I Feel Dana Fry Blanco Contemporary
5:45pm n Level Two n Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
7 Maybelline Mnguni Escualo Chantelle Norris Modern
8 Lily Wallman Ne Me Quitte Pas Laura Harrow Contemporary
9 Clara Keefer Rising Sun Mike McInnes Contemporary
10 Isabella Pavelescu Inner Child Stephana Arnold Contemporary
11 Alexis Harley Aha! Chantelle Norris Modern
12 Jordan Simpson No Escape Laura Harrow Contemporary
13 Rachel Rogers Szum Chantelle Norris Contemporary
14 Amelie MacDonald Sleep Dana Fry Blanco Contemporary
15 Casey Ellis Genisis Sarah DeVito Modern
16 Madison Hovey For Her Samantha Madge Contemporary
17 Sydney Poulton Stairway Jessie Gervais Contemporary
18 Sophia Makarenko Optimist Stephana Arnold Contemporary
19 Remei Van Raamsdonk Unhinged Dana Fry Blanco Contemporary
20 Alora Killam Make It Holy Robyn Anderson Contemporary
21 Jessica Langelier Vespiro Chantelle Norris Modern
22 Ella Horton She Does Not Brave the War Sarah DeVito Modern
23 Zaya Cole Cerebral Holden Cole Contemporary
24 Colby Mackenzie I Know Breanna English Contemporary
25 Lauryn Rogers Precarious Times Kim Wallace Modern
26 Halle Ebdrup Sky Leah Correia Modern
27 Graci Asher The After You Laura Harrow Contemporary
9:00 am Level One Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
1 Mikaela Kos Moments Sarah Switzer Contemporary
2 Sophie Vysohlid Kudu Junction Astrid Sherman Contemporary Ballet
9:00 am Level Two Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
3 Emily Brandstaetter Fade to Black Chantelle Norris Modern
4 Sophia Curilli Cool Cat Stephana Arnold Contemporary
5 Chloe Meissner Lost Dana Fry Contemporary
6 Julia Findlay Paul’s Dream Stephana Arnold Contemporary
7 Shana Wolfe Eleanor Rigby Heather Dotto Contemporary
8 Emma Dewar Hollowed Chantelle Norris Contemporary
9 Lauren Middlemass Minor Swing Stephana Arnold Contemporary
10 Amy Stewart Order Livea Gill Harding Contemporary
11 Aine Miller Ave Verum Stephana Arnold Contemporary
12 Emily MacKenzie Hope Alive Dana Fry Contemporary
13 Abigail Gilchrist Accentuato Sarah DeVito Modern
14 Courtney Young No More Pain Kim Dixon Modern
15 Juliana Dellaviola River Runs Through You Jennifer Viinikka Modern
16 Giuliana Mansueti Shelter Lisa Rittenhouse Contemporary
10:30 am Level Three Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
17 Sara MacKenzie Innocence Dana Fry Contemporary
18 Rosie Lewis Hallelujah Kim Dixon Modern
19 Cecilia Shang Intertwined Dana Fry Contemporary
20 Alisha Ahmadi Self Reflection Kim Dixon Modern
21 Caitlin McKinnon Dance One Kim Dixon Contemporary
22 Azusa Kishida Dance One – Contemporary
23 Sophie Baines My Path Dana Fry Contemporary
24 Tannis McLean Your Own Way Alicia Bruce Modern
25 Malia McMullen Kalidescope Heart Dana Fry Contemporary
26 Jessica Hogg Down To The River to Pray Jennifer Viinikka Modern
27 Tori Newsom Eye of the Storm Chrissy Kennedy Modern
28 Hikari Shigeno Pandora Kerry Lynn Turner Contemporary
29 Natassja Marc Dance One Kathy Lang Contemporary
February 11, 2013
CONTEMPORARY
with Brenna McLaud
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
February 10, 2018
Contemporary
with Brenna McLaud-Bichara
*Other than the start time of this session (5pm), all times are approximate. Dancers are asked to be prepared to perform up to 30 minutes prior to listed time*
7:45pm n Level Three n Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE 28 Valeria Perez Soon the space will be too small VAB – Angela Mousseau Modern
29 Makenzie Svenson Already Gone Michael McInnes Contemporary
30 Hannah Durkan Cuckoo Sarah Switzer Modern
31 Emma Martino Choices Stephana Arnold Contemporary
32 Madison Lagan Inside Out Oksana Hayduk Modern
33 Ella Olesen Narcissism Sarah Devito Contemporary
34 Julia Sloan Farther VAB – Angela Mousseau Contemporary
35 Ashlie Forbes Revealed Chantelle Norris Modern
36 Evelynn Yan Bitter Earth Laura Harrow Contemporary
37 Paula Cobo Botello Fool VAB – Alysa Pires Modern
38 Meaghan Plumridge Confession Sarah DeVito Modern
39 Cynthia Ding-Chen Everything Ariel Fuoco Contemporary
9:00 am Level One Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
1 Mikaela Kos Moments Sarah Switzer Contemporary
2 Sophie Vysohlid Kudu Junction Astrid Sherman Contemporary Ballet
9:00 am Level Two Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
3 Emily Brandstaetter Fade to Black Chantelle Norris Modern
4 Sophia Curilli Cool Cat Stephana Arnold Contemporary
5 Chloe Meissner Lost Dana Fry Contemporary
6 Julia Findlay Paul’s Dream Stephana Arnold Contemporary
7 Shana Wolfe Eleanor Rigby Heather Dotto Contemporary
8 Emma Dewar Hollowed Chantelle Norris Contemporary
9 Lauren Middlemass Minor Swing Stephana Arnold Contemporary
10 Amy Stewart Order Livea Gill Harding Contemporary
11 Aine Miller Ave Verum Stephana Arnold Contemporary
12 Emily MacKenzie Hope Alive Dana Fry Contemporary
13 Abigail Gilchrist Accentuato Sarah DeVito Modern
14 Courtney Young No More Pain Kim Dixon Modern
15 Juliana Dellaviola River Runs Through You Jennifer Viinikka Modern
16 Giuliana Mansueti Shelter Lisa Rittenhouse Contemporary
10:30 am Level Three Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
17 Sara MacKenzie Innocence Dana Fry Contemporary
18 Rosie Lewis Hallelujah Kim Dixon Modern
19 Cecilia Shang Intertwined Dana Fry Contemporary
20 Alisha Ahmadi Self Reflection Kim Dixon Modern
21 Caitlin McKinnon Dance One Kim Dixon Contemporary
22 Azusa Kishida Dance One – Contemporary
23 Sophie Baines My Path Dana Fry Contemporary
24 Tannis McLean Your Own Way Alicia Bruce Modern
25 Malia McMullen Kalidescope Heart Dana Fry Contemporary
26 Jessica Hogg Down To The River to Pray Jennifer Viinikka Modern
27 Tori Newsom Eye of the Storm Chrissy Kennedy Modern
28 Hikari Shigeno Pandora Kerry Lynn Turner Contemporary
29 Natassja Marc Dance One Kathy Lang Contemporary
February 11, 2013
CONTEMPORARY
with Brenna McLaud
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
February 11, 2018
Contemporary
with Brenna McLaud-Bichara
*Other than the start time of this session (10:30am), all times are approximate. Dancers are asked to be prepared to perform up to 30 minutes prior to listed time*
10:30am n Level One n Dance 2
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE 40 Allegra Nelson Time Weaver Dana Fry Blanco Modern
41 Lily Killam Frontier Candace Ammerman Modern
42 Mikayla Volkers Meet Me in the Maze Livea Gill Harding Contemporary
43 Brittany Behan Millard Flying High Candace Ammerman Modern
44 Kristen Reid Yours truly VAB – KerryLynn Turner Contemporary
45 Raylan Telford Shedding Skin Livea Gill Harding Interpretive
11:15am n Level Two n Dance 2
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
46 Graci Asher Escape Holden Cole Modern
47 Halle Ebdrup TBA Leah Correia Contemporary
48 Lauryn Rogers Transfixed Samantha Madge Contemporary
49 Colby Mackenzie Walking Through Krystin Clarke Modern
50 Zaya Cole All The World Is Green Sarah DeVito Modern
51 Ella Horton And then, still Sarah Switzer Modern
52 Jessica Langelier Aetherium Geraldine Potter Interpretive
53 Alora Killam They Told Her Candace Ammerman Modern
54 Remei Van Raamsdonk Metamorphosis Angela Mousseau Modern
55 Sophia Makarenko Letters Kim Dixon Contemporary
56 Sydney Poulton Pitch & Shape Livea Gill Harding Interpretive
57 Madison Hovey Constant Sarah Switzer Modern
58 Casey Ellis The Art of Apathy Sarah DeVito Modern
59 Amelie MacDonald Fly Angela Mousseau Modern
60 Rachel Rogers Thunderstruck Kim Wallace Modern
61 Jordan Simpson Prison of Decision Sarah DeVito Modern
62 Alexis Harley Dreamscape Samantha Madge Contemporary
63 Isabella Pavelescu No Greater Loss Kim Dixon Contemporary
64 Clara Keefer Voices Carolyn Schmidt Contemporary
65 Lily Wallman Journey Olivia Fox Modern
66 Maybelline Mnguni Fiamme Chantelle Norris Modern
9:00 am Level One Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
1 Mikaela Kos Moments Sarah Switzer Contemporary
2 Sophie Vysohlid Kudu Junction Astrid Sherman Contemporary Ballet
9:00 am Level Two Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
3 Emily Brandstaetter Fade to Black Chantelle Norris Modern
4 Sophia Curilli Cool Cat Stephana Arnold Contemporary
5 Chloe Meissner Lost Dana Fry Contemporary
6 Julia Findlay Paul’s Dream Stephana Arnold Contemporary
7 Shana Wolfe Eleanor Rigby Heather Dotto Contemporary
8 Emma Dewar Hollowed Chantelle Norris Contemporary
9 Lauren Middlemass Minor Swing Stephana Arnold Contemporary
10 Amy Stewart Order Livea Gill Harding Contemporary
11 Aine Miller Ave Verum Stephana Arnold Contemporary
12 Emily MacKenzie Hope Alive Dana Fry Contemporary
13 Abigail Gilchrist Accentuato Sarah DeVito Modern
14 Courtney Young No More Pain Kim Dixon Modern
15 Juliana Dellaviola River Runs Through You Jennifer Viinikka Modern
16 Giuliana Mansueti Shelter Lisa Rittenhouse Contemporary
10:30 am Level Three Dance 1
PERFORMER TITLE PREPARED BY STYLE
17 Sara MacKenzie Innocence Dana Fry Contemporary
18 Rosie Lewis Hallelujah Kim Dixon Modern
19 Cecilia Shang Intertwined Dana Fry Contemporary
20 Alisha Ahmadi Self Reflection Kim Dixon Modern
21 Caitlin McKinnon Dance One Kim Dixon Contemporary
22 Azusa Kishida Dance One – Contemporary
23 Sophie Baines My Path Dana Fry Contemporary
24 Tannis McLean Your Own Way Alicia Bruce Modern
25 Malia McMullen Kalidescope Heart Dana Fry Contemporary
26 Jessica Hogg Down To The River to Pray Jennifer Viinikka Modern
27 Tori Newsom Eye of the Storm Chrissy Kennedy Modern
28 Hikari Shigeno Pandora Kerry Lynn Turner Contemporary
29 Natassja Marc Dance One Kathy Lang Contemporary
February 11, 2013
CONTEMPORARY
with Brenna McLaud
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
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OUR ADJUDICATORS 2014 !
! HEATHER LAURA GRAY - Jazz
Heather Laura Gray began her training at L’Ecole Superieur de Dance du Quebec, The Goh Ballet and trained independently in voice, acting and many other dance disciplines. She has performed on stage and screen as an actor, dancer and singer. Her journey has led her to produce, direct and choreograph stage shows as well as perform and choreograph for contemporary dance companies. She is currently dancing for the response. Dance Company (Amber Funk Barton) and Dancers Dancing (Judith Garray). Throughout the
year Heather enjoys adjudicating as well as teaching contemporary master classes across North America. Recently, Heather was a choreographer on the set of the Fox series “The Killing” and the new Canadian feature film “Random Acts of Romance” as well as 10 episodes of Tree House's "Bobs and Lolo". Her work has been shown at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, The Dance Centre (Vancouver), The Vogue Theatre and Soundbites Festival in New York City. Heather is a member of ACTRA, UBCP, The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, The Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Selected Performance Credits: Martha Carter's!"Speaking in Ligeti", The Moment of Forgetting (Restless Productions, Claire French);
Dances for a Small Stage 25 & 15, Amber Funk Barton’s the response Dance Company (The Art of Stealing, Workspace I and Risk);
Claire French’s “Outside Out” at the 2009 PULSE, House of La Douche (Jo Jo Zolina); "The Score” (CBC Musical, Crystal Pite); “The Lizzy Mcguire Movie“ (Kelly Konno/Marty Kudelka); “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” T.O.; “Disney Cruise
Lines”(singer/dancer);“Dead Like Me” (TV), “The Legends of Earthsea” (Miniseries). www.heatherlauragray.com
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LINDSAY STERK - Tap
An accomplished dancer, singer and actor, Lindsay has performed and taught throughout Canada. As an adjudicator he has worked with the N.I.Festival of Performing Arts, Pacific West Festival, Danceworks Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts.
Teaching credits include Harbour Dance Centre, Van Tap Dance Society, Capilano College and several other West Coast studios. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music (Voice Performance) and Diploma in Theatre Arts. He has studied tap with Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Roxane Butterfly, Lane Alexander, Cindy Kerr, Ray Hesselink, Germaine Salsberg, Jim Hibbard and Lisa Hopkins.
Lindsay’s musical theatre credits include roles with the Arts Club, Showcase Festival, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Gateway Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Pangaea Arts, Modern Baroque Opera, Ophidian, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Stage West and the Charlottetown Festival. Most recent performances include “Hero” tapper in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars and is a regular soloist for tap events featuring Canadian artists. Choreography credits include Shrek, A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Legally Blonde, Oliver, and Beauty and the Beast.
Lindsay is owner and Artistic Director of Pantuso Dance in Courtenay BC.
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FIONA SMITH - Ballet
Fiona Smith A.R.A.D., R.A.D, TC, NBS, Dip. – Associate Director of the Junior School
A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Miss. Fiona has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver. Her formal training began at the Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King. Returning to Canada, Miss. Fiona continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Miss Fiona returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001 and brings her international experience and love of ballet to her current position as the Assistant Director to the Junior School.
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CLAIRE FRENCH - Contemporary
Claire French is Vancouver-based, UK-born. She is co-artistic director of the dance and music company Restless Productions (alongside composer James Maxwell). www.restlessproductions.comFrench started dancing at the age of three and has not stopped yet. Since 1994, French has been an independent choreographer, teacher and collaborator working across Europe, the UK, and Canada. Recent projects and roles include Crowd Director/ Choreographer for the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Alberta, Choreographer and Collaborator for a large-scale interdisciplinary installation performance with Mocean Dance and Sarah Bonnemaison, Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, a collaboration with animator and visual artist Allison Hrabluik, Choreographer for graduating students of Lincoln University UK and Associate Producer of Dance in Vancouver 2013. French holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University (1999) and a BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter-Arts from Leeds University College Bretton Hall UK (1994). In Vancouver she has taught dance and composition at Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, CADA/ BC, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, UBC, and many private studios.
French has presented many works for a variety of Vancouver platforms including 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Torch Relay
Celebrations, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Global Dance Connections, Dance in Vancouver, Dances for a Small a Stage, and 2013 World Dance Alliance Festival. French is the founder and director of Project CPR (Choreographic Practice and Research) an
annual program for emerging choreographers and dancers.
