Dance Mania 08
Friday, April 4 to Sunday, April 6, 2008
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here for competition results.
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here for Award winners.
Adjudicator - Margaret Stephen
 Margaret
Stephen received her dance training in Ballet, Tap and Highland dance in
Scotland and performed with The Scottish Ballet.
Margaret immigrated to Canada in 1981 with her husband and two
children and was happy to find North Battleford to be an active arts
community blessed with talent in dance, music and drama.
Margaret joined the artistic staff at The Dance Connection, North
Battleford, in 1991 as ballet Director and trains ballet students from
"Tiny Tots" to Advanced 11 levels.
Margaret regularly attends workshops and teacher's courses to stay
current with new teaching techniques and believes that dance is a life
long passion, which continues to grow.
Margaret is an award winning choreographer and dedicated teacher who
enjoys teaching students of all ages She is proud to have many students
who have achieved careers in dance, as teachers and performers, who
continue to keep in touch and return to the Dance Connection to take
classes and visit.
In addition to her position of Ballet Director at the Dance
Connection, Margaret has recently accepted the position of Practical
Teaching Supervisor with Royal Academy of Dance.
Margaret is very pleased to be a part of the Rose Valley Dance
Competition and wishes all participants and enjoyable and rewarding week
ahead.
 Adjudicator -
Kelsey Stone
Kelsey
is an independent choreographer in Saskatoon who has spent the last two
years teaching at The Performing Arts Warehouse. Since before Kelsey could
walk, she’s been dancing. Trained at La Danse, she participated in many
exams and competed in different festivals across Canada.
While
living in Calgary after graduating, Kelsey was able to train at Decidedly
Jazz Danceworks and go to school for Radio Broadcasting at SAIT.
Kelsey returned to the stage while touring with JDT (The
Big Thrill, Canadian Disco Idol), then settled in Prince Albert to
work with Broadway North Theatre Company.
She
performed and choreographed in Beauty and the Beast (Belle),
Footloose (Choreographer, Rusty),
Cinderella (Choreographer),
Cabaret (Koste, Dance Captain),
Annie (Choreographer, Grace). Kelsey also got the chance to teach at The Performing Arts
Warehouse and won a choreographer’s award at Rhythm Dance Festival in
Calgary her first year teaching.
Kelsey
was recently featured as Saskatchewan’s Emerging Choreographer at Dare
to Dance ’07. Her love for creating beautiful dances for beautiful
dancers has taken her to Saskatoon where she is currently working at La
Danse and with Fireside Singers.
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