OWNER/DIRECTOR

Christine is a fully certified dance teacher under: Acrobatic Arts (M2), Alixa Flexibility (M2), Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers (ADAPT Jazz & Tap), Cecchetti Canada (Associate CC-CICB), The British Association of Teachers of Dancing (Associate BATD: Ballet & Stage. Member BATD: Modern & Acrobatics), a graduate from Dance Masters of America's Teacher's Training School at S.U.N.Y Buffalo USA, Centre for the Arts (DMA Ballet, Jazz, Tap & Acrobatics), and is an active member of Dance Masters of Canada, Chapter #38.

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As a dance educator, Christine taught at the secondary level within the Durham Separate District School Board from 2002-2007 (St. Mary C.S.S., Notre Dame C.S.S, and Father Leo J. Austin C.S.S), where she was notably recognized for developing exceptionally strong dance curriculums and dance teams while teaching within the studio milieu (Durham Region, North York and Vaughan). 

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With now over 25 years of teaching experience, Christine's students have been the recipients of many honourable awards in Canada, winning numerous scholarships, top marks in solo, duet and group categories, including the highest mark of the competition as well as Face of Fever and Let's Get Loud. Many of Christine's students have continued dancing professionally in music videos, commercials, movies, theme parks, theatre, television, cheerleading teams, cruise ships, Canadian Salsa Team, World Performers Canada Inc. (Dance World Cup- Prague & Spain, Europe) and Mexico (Five Star Dance Company-The Barcelo Maya Beach Resort), and have also modeled for: Hamilton's Theatrical Supply and Jazzamattazz (print- dance costume catalogues).

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Christine's passion for education is on-going annually attending many workshops, conventions and conferences in the industry to ensure that all her students are taught the latest style and techniques in dance including:

• Cecchetti Canada: Major & Grades Workshop 2010 - 2025 (Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto, ON)

• DMC - Dance Masters of Canada Chapter #38, Fall Convention 2023 & 2024 (Hamilton, ON)

• Toronto Teacher Expo 2022, 2023 & 2024 (Toronto, ON) 

• Cecchetti Council of America: International Ballet Teacher Conference 2024 (Hope College, Holland, Michigan USA)

• CDX - Canadian Dance EXPO 2022, 2023 & 2024 (Toronto/Hamilton, ON)

• Rebecca Davies: Flexibility & Turns 2022 (Protégé Dance Company)

• Cecchetti Canada: National Ballet Teacher Conference 2019 (British Columbia, ON)

• Rebecca Davies: Radar Technique and Krista Miller's Teacher Classes - Jump Start Dance Intensive 2018 (Toronto, ON)

• The Dance Project (Vaughan, ON)

• Northern Movement Inc. Acro (Mississauga, ON)

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Christine's "eye-for-detail" is second-to-none: makes for her student's polished technique and crowd-pleasing choreography. In addition, Christine is especially known for her exceptional teaching in acro, a specialty skill required at many auditions and a stand-out from competition-to-competition, year-after-year.