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Miss Kate has been dancing for 29 years and has trained on scholarship at EDGE Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles and Randolph Academy of Performing Arts in Toronto. She has achieved the coveted ISTD Advanced 2 Ballet exam and has won many awards and scholarships throughout her dance career. She toured as an apprentice with director Melissa Williams and choreographers Everett Smith, Gustavo Vargas, Bradley Rapier from So You Think You Can Dance US/ Canada for Xtreme Dance Convention. She has performed alongside two time Grammy nominated Hip Hop artist Fresh I.E. and Rap Pop artist Sketch Williams for his CD release party. She was a dancer and choreographer for Un1te Dance Company for two years.

Katelyn has been teaching dance for 10 years now and wants nothing more than to inspire, educate and share her passion of dance with her students.

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Kelsey began dancing at the age of 6, training and competing in many disciplines including ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, hip hop and tap throughout the years. In 2011 she graduated from Westwood Collegiate with a Dance Major Diploma and received an arts scholarship from the St.James-Assiniboia school division for dance. Kelsey has over 10 years of experience teaching dance to students of all ages and believes in creating a strong technical foundation and understanding of one's body from a young age, that will allow dancers the ability to push the limits of their artistry as they mature. She continues to study the latest developments in dance to share with her students and has recently completed her Level 1 Stretch Solution Teacher Certification with mUvmethod. In addition to her passion for dance Kelsey also holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba and works full time as an Interior Design Consultant.

Kelsey is grateful to be a part of the Industria family and is excited to continue to share her knowledge and passion for dance for years to come.

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Jillian is thrilled to be joining the Industria team. In her career, she has had successes in both the performance and the choreography streams. Recent performance credits include: Heathers (Winnipeg Studio Theatre); Self(ish) and Letters & Words (Synaethesis Dance Theatre); Annie (Rainbow Stage); Dogfight and I Love You Because (Three Form Theatre); Aida (Edmonton Opera); Dora the Explorer and Toopy and Binoo (Koba) Recent choreography credits include: Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (District Theatre Collective); Assassins (Loose Ends Theatre); Zanna, Don’t! (Stage 16); Songs for a New World (Three Form Theatre).

At the age of 15, she co-founded a musical theatre company called Stage 16. Watch for her choreography in Winnipeg Studio Theatre’s upcoming production of American Idiot.

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Kendra (she/her) holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of Winnipeg and is a 2019 graduate of the Senior Professional Program at The School of Contemporary Dancers. Past performances include: Winnipeg Women Dancing (Stephanie Ballard and Dancers), Creando Lazos a Través de la Danza (Ilse Torres-Orzco and Roberto Mosqueda), 40 Dancer Project (Harold Rhéaume/New Blue Festival), Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra – Rite of Spring, Bach to the Future (Odette Heyn Projects), Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers Verge: Remembering Rachel Browne, Paula Blair Projects, Landscape Dancing (Stephanie Ballard and Dancers). 

Originally from Fort St. John, British Columbia, Kendra was a competitive dancer with her local studio (Studio 2 Stage Dance Academy) for over ten years, where she had the opportunity to train and compete in various styles of dance.  Training under the direction of Shauna Milne, she completed many dance examinations, including Advanced 1 Ballet (Royal Academy of Dance) and Advanced and Gold Star in Jazz and Tap (Canadian Dance Teachers Association). She also had the privilege of representing her area at the BC Provincial Arts Festival as a delegate for Ballet in 2015.  Kendra’s love for teaching developed very early on. She began assisting dance classes at the age of twelve and began teaching her own classes at the age of sixteen.    

Kendra is very excited to be able to inspire and share her passion for dance with the younger generations and is grateful to be joining the Industria team again for another season.

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Maddi danced at The School of Contemporary Dancers (SCD) in the Junior Professional Program, focusing primarily on Ballet and contemporary. She completed her Royal Academy of Dance Advanced 1 Ballet Examination.

Maddi spent one year dancing in the Professional Program at SCD, prior to graduating with a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipeg.

Maddi is looking forward to sharing her love of dance with her students at Industria Dance Centre this season!

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Naomi began dancing at 3 years old and has not looked back since. She has trained at Industria for the past 12 years in ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, modern, musical theatre, tap and hip hop. She has completed her ISTD Ballet examinations in levels 1-6. This past year she graduated from Westwood Collegiate where she was a member of their dance advanced program. Naomi is attending the University of Manitoba next year as a member of the faculty of kinesiology. She would like to further her studies into athletic therapy in the future.

After dancing at Industria for many years she is super excited for the opportunity to teach! Dancing has always been a major part of Naomi’s life and she can’t wait to share her love and passion for the art with her students!

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I’ve been dancing for 14 years at this studio! As well as dancing competitively for the last 12yrs. I’ve also took part in the dance program at Westwood Collegiate for 2 years, I’m super excited to teach this year!