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KARIN HOBBY DANCE ACADEMY
London Ontario's foremost dance school. From one of the
regions most experienced teachers of dance.
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Kate Jeffery
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Kate
returns for her 3rd year bringing a broad range of dance and
performance experience. She holds her Advanced 2 in ISTD
modern and tap as well as her Advanced 1 ballet. She has
choreographed and performed in musical theatre
productions including ``Bye Bye Bertie` and in the most
recent KHDA production of Cinderella.
She worked as an assistant dance teacher at the Fleming
School of Performing Arts in Oakville and for the past
three years has been an Arts Discovery Camp instructor for
Appleby Colleges. She is
studying
in her fourth year at UWO with a double Major in
English and Media studies. She has recently returned
from academic studies in Sweden. |
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Christine McMillan
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Christine returns to KHDA for her
2nd year. She undertook dance studies in Vancouver BC
where she also completed her Masters Degree in Physical
Therapy at UBC, Prior to this, she completed her
Undergraduate studies at UWO. She taught with Karin
Hobby in London during these years. Christine's early
ballet training was with RAD examiner Yvonne Oldaker at
the Halton Hills School of Dance in Georgetown. She
holds her Grade 8 Award and Advanced Ballet. We are very
excited to have Christine and her wonderful enthusiasm
at KHDA!
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Crystal Clackett |
We welcome Crystal Clackett to KHDA this year. She holds her
Advanced I Cecchetti Ballet Certificate and has
studied Ballet Contemporary, Modern and Jazz.extensively at The
Quinte Ballet School through high School, Russian
Training in Toronto and Italy. She performed with The
Opera Ballet while in Italy. She has been accepted into
the Summer Royal Winnipeg Aspirant Program. for 2012 She
is currently teaching Junior Ballet, Tap and Jazz and
Intermediate Modern at KHDA.. |
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Allison Vale |
Allison Vale joins the staff of KHDA teaching junior
jazz. She is currently in her fourth year Psychology at
UWO and plans to study Law. She trained in Russian style
Ballet in Toronto and performed with Canadian
Ballet Theatre. In 2007 she was the recipient of the Vancliffin
Dance Scholarship for study in Genoa, Italy. Allison is
also an ACTRA member. |
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Julianne Hobby Guest Teacher 2011
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Julianne is a singer, actor and dancer. This
coming year, Julianne is to be a part of the
Stratford Festival, performing in
42nd
Street and
Pirates of Penzance.
Recently,
Julianne was seen in Opera Atelier’s
Don Giovanni
and Acis and
Galatea. Some previous performance credits include
Rosabella in The
Most Happy Fella,
Once Upon a
Mattress and
Pippin, at Theatre Sheridan and
The Nutcracker
and The Contract with the National Ballet of Canada.
Julianne is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet
School’s professional ballet program, and the Music
Theatre-Performance Program at Sheridan College.
Julianne has also trained in New York City and London,
England.
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Cameron Carver Guest Teacher 2011
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KHDA welcomed Cameron as a guest teacher who
lead a Theatre Jazz Dance Workshop at KHDA Nov 2011.
Cameron has been choreographing for just over five years
now. Having graduated from the Musical Theatre Program
at Sheridan College, he has split his time between
performing and choreographing/ directing. Some previous
performance credits include: Hairspray (Rainbow Stage),
All Shook Up (Stage West Calgary), Joseph and the
Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat (Grand Theatre), Cabaret, Pippin
and Metamorphoses (Sheridan College). Cameron started
his own dance company last year called : The Dance
Concept. They performed their first piece at the
Winchester Theatre and the show was entitled: Panopticon.
Cameron has recently been teaching workshops at Beal and
Saunders. Upcoming credits include: Freak, a new
conceptual piece which will be performed at Beal S.S.
Mid-December. Cameron will also be playing the role of
Phil in Irving Berlins White Christmas this holiday
season at the Palace Theatre with MTP. We look forward
to hosting this workshop with such a talented guest
artist! |
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