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Heather Davis, Licentiate Cecchetti Society of Canada, 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Brittany Duggan is an independent contemporary dance artist based in Toronto. Originally from Whistler, BC, Brittany studied modern and contemporary dance at York University (2005-2009), studying abroad in England for one year where she practised release techniques and contact improvisation. Currently, Brittany creates her own dance work, teaches and is a news writer and assistant to the editor at The Dance Current magazine. This past year Brittany has worked with Darcey Callison on a Bravo!FACT film, with Peggy Baker for her Nuit Blanche installation "move" and with Susan Kendal on their solo, "mountain girl".
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Accompanists |
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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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