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Penticton School
of Dance is proud to see many
of our students actively pursuing professional careers around the world
on broadway, film, tv, cruiseships or with professional dance companies
as leading soloists.
After receiving her dance
training from Penticton School of Dance, Krystal enrolled for post
secondary education at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts in
Toronto, where she majored in musical theatre. Krystal then went on to
become an original cast member in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of
“Bombay Dreams” on Broadway and she also became part of the world
premiere cast of “The Lord of the Rings” musical in Toronto soon after.
The former ‘Miss Penticton’ has found herself performing alongside
artists such as Alicia Keys and Jann Arden, and she has appeared on
television shows such as “Good Morning America”, “Live with Regis and
Kelly”, “Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade”, "Canada AM", and Toronto’s
“Fashion Cares 2005: Bollywood Cowboy”.
Born in Penticton, BC, Jennifer Welsman received her dance training at the Penticton School of Dance before joining the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Professional Division, in 1993. Prior to graduating with ‘Distinction’ in 1998 she was awarded the prestigious Prince Edward Award and was flown to England to receive the award from the Prince himself. She was invited to join the RWB immediately following graduation for the 1998/1999 season, and was promoted to second soloist in 2002. Welsman’s repertoire includes the leading roles in Nutcracker (Yordanova/Menon), Swan Lake (after Petipa) and The Sleeping Beauty (after Petipa). She has also performed featured roles in Giselle (Wright), Romeo and Juliet (van Dantzig), Allegro Brillante (Balanchine), Serenade (Balanchine), Concerto Barocco (Balanchine), Dracula (Godden), Miroirs (Godden), Symphony in D (Kylián), Butterfly (Nixon), Carmina Burana (Wainrot), Le Jazz Hot (Lemay) and Rodeo (de Mille). She has also had roles created for her in Mark Godden’s The Magic Flute and Val Caniparoli’s A Cinderella Story. When not dancing with the RWB, Welsman has been invited to appear as a soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra ‘Sunday with the Family’ concert series and Jennifer also plays the roll of ‘China Doll’ on the Gemini award winning children’s program ‘The Toy Castle’.
After receiving her dance training from
Penticton School of Dance Bonnie
went on to pursue her dance career with the Richmond Academy of Dance,
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and The National Ballet School of
Canada. She has partaken in the Banff Centre for the Arts summer
programs in both the training program & festival dance and she has
danced with Ballet Jörgen Canada for 4 consecutive seasons before
joining the Alberta Ballet as a guest artist. After leaving Penticton School of Dance where she studied 1990 - 2000 Julia Zennstrom went on to graduate from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre in 2003. There she performed in the works of Christopher House, Julia Sasso, Danny Grossman, Sharon Moore and Michael Trent. She then completed the MainDance Bridging Program where she had the opportunity to work with Karen Jamieson, Linda Rabin, Martha Carter, Shauna Elton, Santa Aloi and Mortal Coil. She recently apprenticed and participated in the creation of the new solo “Genuine Risk” with Day Helesic (Movent). Julia recently premiered a new solo choreographed by Desirée Dunbar at the 2007 Vancouver International Dance Festival.
Before graduating from Penticton
School of Dance Richard Philion was accepted into the prestigious
National Ballet of Canada as a youngster throughout his training years
at our studio. After working with some of the biggest names in the
industry at the National, Richard returned to our studio in his late
teens to become a graduate of Penticton School of Dance. Richard
has received countless awards & scholarships throughout his years of
dance and he quickly went on to sign a contract with Carnival
Cruiselines where he was able to perform, teach and travel the world
under a 9-month contract.
A true triple-threat performer, Nadya started her dance training at
Penticton School of Dance in 1995 and had the opportunity to
participate in many prestigious summer programs such as Alberta Ballet’s
Professional Summer Program, the Banff Center’s Dance Training Program,
and En Pointe (with teachers from Alberta Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg
Ballet). Nadya has represented the Penticton Kiwanis, the Kelowna
Kiwanis, and the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts at the BC
Festival of the Arts Provincial Championships in the disciplines of
classical dance, stage dance, musical theatre and classical voice
receiving 2 runner-up titles at these events. Nadya was also named the
“Grand Champion Soloist” at the Regional “Great Canadian Dance
Challenge” in Lake Country in 2007.
Jennifer received her dance training from Penticton School of Dance and was crowned Miss Summerland Princess all before graduating from our studio. After returning from Toronto, ON after her graduation from Penticton School of Dance Jennifer is thrilled to be back in the Okanagan as an instructor at the new & trendy dance studio “Oranj” in Kelowna, BC where she teaches ballet, street jazz, lyrical and jazz funk. Jennifer is also a very talented model who can be seen in various dance photos on our studio’s website. Great to have you back in the Okanagan Jenn!
Tatiana (Semenoff) Nahorniak Tatiana has been a highly
sought-after ballet instructor in Calgary, Alberta since graduating
from, both Penticton School of Dance and the University of Calgary
(dance program). Tatiana has received her certification from the Royal
Academy of Dance’s teacher training program and she has been teaching
ballet in Calgary for several years. |
Nadya
Corscadden
