Miss Renee credits her early and lifelong training from the Grand Matriarch of Dance, Mrs. Doris Sitter of the Doris Sitter School of Dance in Moose Jaw. At a young age, she pursued many workshops and summer schools having regular contact with many noted Canadian Teachers like Brian Foley, Sonia Chamberlain, etc. and was a regular competition/exam student. Teaching and choreographing began in high school and Renee loved it! She enjoyed finding many different ways to make things “click” for students. Choreography for numerous musical productions also found

McKenna started dancing at the age of 4 years old at Van Dance Studios in Lethbridge, where she received training in tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, lyrical, modern, and musical theatre. McKenna has completed her Grade 8 Al Gilbert tap examination and Grade 8 Royal Academy of Dance ballet examination. She danced competitively for over 12 years at competitions across Western Canada and in the United States. McKenna’s dance experience has not been limited to just studio time but also at conventions such as, Triple Threat, Jump

Miss Amara was born and raised in Lethbridge Alberta where her love for dancing began at age three. Over her career as a dance student she has completed all graded levels of RAD ballet, Al Gilbert tap and ADAPT jazz exams but her passion for dancing didn’t stop there. After traveling to Cuba, New York, Hong Kong and Australia, Amara decided she needed to share her passion and love for the art of dance with others. At that time she began the ADAPT Jazz and Tap teacher

Kelsey de Zwaan fell in love with dance during her first lesson at the age of 3. Since then, she has trained in Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap, Stage, Irish Dance and 13 styles of Ballroom dancing.Kelsey is a Certified teacher with Acrobatic Arts and Alixa Flexibility. She is also a Certified Acro Dance Adjudicator and is a proud member of Youth Protection Advocates in Dance. With over 24 years in the dance and performing arts industry, Kelsey loves continuing to expand her knowledge and

Originally from Lethbridge, AB, Madisan Cowan is a young emerging dance artist and instructor. She grew up training and competing extensively at VanDance Studio in all genres such as tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, hip hop, musical theatre, lyrical, modern and character. Madisan furthered her training in Vancouver, BC as apart of The Source Dance Company. A training and performing company under the direction of Joanne Pesusich. After a year in Vancouver, Madisan was accepted into The Randolph College for Performing Arts in Toronto, ON. A post-secondary program for

Miss Pavlova, has been with the studio for a number of years. In the past she was the soloist of the ballet in Bolshoi Academic Theatre in Minsk (Byelorussia). As a principal dancer she performed in a variety of major roles in Swan Lake(107 times), Carmen(more than 70 times), Sleeping Beauty, Carmina Burana, Nutcracker, Don Quiuxote, Spartacus, Creation of the World, Pakhita and Per Gunt. Her performing career took her to Hungary, Bulgaria, Syria, Kuwait, Egypt, Germany, Poland, Spain, Greece, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Portugal and Vietnam. Nina is a member

Miss Heather started dancing at the very young age of 3 under the tutelage of Doris Sitter.  She pursued dance with dedicated enthusiasm, completing all of her CDTA Tap and Jazz certificates as well as her Advanced RAD Ballet certificate.  Miss Heather trained in many disciplines and competed during her training, winning awards along the way. Miss Heather studied, performed, choreographed and taught dance in Lethbridge while she attended University, receiving her BA and BEd.  At Convocation, she was awarded the William Aberhart Gold Medal for Excellence in

Vanessa Boyczuk Cowan, is the Owner and Artistic Director of VanDance Studio which opened in Taber Alberta 32 seasons ago. Prior to that, she operated VanDance Studio in Saskatchewan for three years as well as teaching at the Doris Sitter School of Dance in Moose Jaw where she grew up dancing. She now operates VanDance Studio in Lethbridge and is also the Director of Gilbert Tap Exams throughout Canada. Vanessa was trained in Tap (C.D.T.A), Jazz, Ballet (R.A.D.), Highland, Ukrainian, Baton and Acro. Vanessa went on to study