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  Teachers
  Heather Davis, L.I.S.T.D. Cecchetti, Advance 2 Cecchetti, received her Cecchetti training at the Vancouver Ballet School under the direction of Kay Armstrong. Miss Davis is a graduate of Simon Fraser University, B.C., and the School of the Hartford Ballet in Connecticut, U.S.A. She has taught at recreation centres in B.C., at the Vancouver Ballet School, at the Hartford School, and at several institutions in the Oshawa-Whitby area since September, 1980.
   
  Michele Watson is a graduate of York University's four-year dance programme (B.A. Hon.). Her early dance training was in Cheltenham, England, and continued with Gail Dorfman in Whitby. Since graduating from York, Michele has taught at the Edmonton School of Ballet and with Angela Marsman in Richmond, B.C. Ms. Watson has taught at the Studio since 1990.
   
  Carolyn Small has been a student at the Davis Studio of Dance since 1982. Carolyn has passed Cecchetti exams, including Advance 1 and is working towards her associate degree. Carolyn has been teaching at the Studio since 1999.
   
 

Lorraine Aston is an independent modern dancer and dance teacher. A graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre's professional training program (2003), Lorraine has studied with some of Canada's most celebrated contemporary dancers. Lorraine has performed at fFIDA, series 8:08, At the Wrecking Ball and the White Room Project and worked for Studio Festi, Darryl Tracy, UnknownStrange Dance Company, Jon Osborn and Susan Kendal. Lorraine has been teaching Graham-based Modern dance classes at the Davis Studio of Dance since 2003.

     
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Kenny Simmons. Trained in classical piano to grade six conservatory [RCM], Kenny's musical interests widened to include jazz piano as well as drumming and
percussion. A self-taught drum kit player, he has played in funk, blues, punk, and rock bands. Kenny became interested in West African percussion over ten years ago. He has taken part in a number of drum workshops in that style, and travelled to Ghana to study under a percussion master for several months. Kenny is a member of a percussion troupe and plays for the Davis Studio of Dance. He incorporates djembe and conga drums and other percussion using West African rhythms and style into an 'accompanist for dance' style.
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