Instructors

Dominique Hutchinson, Director and Teacher

Dominique is a native of Montreal. She moves to B.C. in 1985. She is a certified teacher from the Royal Academy of Dancing in Ballet and from Studio Claire Duhamel in Montreal in Contemporary and Ballet. Her dance teachers include: Lois Smith O.C. (Ballet and choreographic work), Joseph Slater (Ballet and Ted Shawn technique), Ellen Andrews (Ballet, Claire Duhamel (Contemporary and Ballet), David Adams (Ballet) Attila Ficzere (Ballet), Isabella Morca (Flaminco) and Miss Lejokova (Ballet). In 1999 Dominique also received her White Belt in Nia with Zeta Gaudet. For more than 25 years Dominique has taught in private studios, community centres, Elementary and High School programs in B.C. and Quebec, encouraging kids and adults alike to find the dancer from within them. She has also been part of many micro dance groups as director, choreographer and dancer including; Danse-t (Quebec), Movement Art and DS Danse (B.C.) Dominique Hutchinson will be teaching Preschool Ballet, Contemporary and two levels of Acro & Dance this year. Dominique continues to give our students a love of dance through her continued commitment to the arts.

Heidi Riggs, Teacher

Heidi is a graduate of the National Ballet School in Toronto where she completed 9 years of study in classical ballet, pointe work, Flamenco and acting. She has performed with the National Ballet of Canada, The Royal Ballet and the Canadian Opera Company. She went on to study in Europe and returned to Canada to join the Albert Ballet Company. From Calgary, she joined the Canadian based tour of the The Phantom of the Opera in which she traveled internationally as the Dance Captain, working with singers, actors and dancers for the show. Heidi's base of artistic and technical integrity have lead her to uncover her creativity and self expression through Movement and Dance including achieving her White Belt in Nia with Zeta Gaudet in 2005. Heidi Riggs will be teaching Ballet and Pointe classes beginning at a primary level. Her level of creativity will be an amazing experience for our students.

Shelley Cromie, Teacher

Shelley Cromie's dance training has been with such notables as Luigi, Louis Falco, and Lynn Simonson in New York; Elenora Shelesnova in Copenhagen, Denmark; Ruth Carse in Edmonton, Alberta; Eva Von Gencsy, Earl Kraul, and Grant Strate in Vancouver, B.C.; Dr. Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally in Kelowna, B.C. As a performer Shelley was soloist with the Alberta Ballet Company, performed in such operas as La Traviata, Carmen, The Merry Widow, Romeo and Juliet, participated in the Tunisian International Folk Dance Festival in Tunisia, Africa and has performed in a variety of different settings across Canada. Shelley's teaching experience is extensive: The Canadian School of Ballet, The Anna Wyman School of Dance, The Alberta Ballet Summer Schools, L' Academie de Ballet de Saguenay, The Universities of Alberta and British Columbia, Langara College and six consecutive summers at the Centre of the Arts in Banff, Alberta. Her strong technical background in dance has been an asset to all students whether they are dancers, skaters or gymnasts.

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