karin hOBBY

Royal Ballet School trained Karin Hobby has many years experience in the dance education field. Her passion for dance is inherent in her teaching, and inspires her students of all ages. She opened the doors of the highly regarded Karin Hobby Dance Academy in 2009, attracting a high caliber teaching faculty. She previously taught in the Western University Dance Program for 17 years as well as at other major London studios.

She received her teacher training at the prestigious Royal Ballet School in London, England and is a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD Teaching Diploma - Distinction) and an Associate with The Cecchetti Society of Ballet (UK and Canada) and an Associate Diploma with the BATD.

Karin is also a licensed physiotherapist with her Masters of Science degree. She has lectured in the under-graduate and graduate program in Physical Therapy at UWO in the field of rheumatology and has published and presented in the area of dance injuries. Most recently she has worked to achieve Certification in Bone Fit Training through Osteoporosis Canada. She has also independently developed the Physiotherapy programs in Rheumatology and Pain at St Joseph's Healthcare London. She has tutored the RAD Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies for the Healthy Dancer Module for the past 7 years. Although not all dance injuries are preventable we can strive to reduce the incidence and the impact.

She has attended numerous National Ballet of Canada teacher workshops, studied the Vagonova (Russian) method of training and all levels of the Bonnie Popodopolaus 3, 4 and 5 year old courses through the National Ballet School, Toronto. Additionally she has studied teaching in Vancouver (Richmond Academy), Winnipeg (RWB), New York and Seattle (Pacific Northwest Ballet), and is continuously engaged with the most recent dance events and teacher seminars.

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