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• Connie Parsons, AISTD. ACDTA
• Erika Wilansky
• Andrea Young A.R.A.D.
• Leslie Hammond
• Ashley Penney
• David Yoon
Connie Parsons, AISTD. ACDTA
Owner/Artistic Director
Fully qualified and professionally trained dance instructor.
Associate member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.
| Associate Diploma Cecchetti Ballet
Associate Tap
Associate Modern Theatre |
Associate member of the Canadian Dance Teachers Association. Associate Ballroom(Latin American)
Certificates from the National Ballet School of Canada for completing teacher training seminars.
Certificates from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School for completing the seminar "The Art of Teaching."
Courses in Child Development and Psychology from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Advanced 2 Modern Theatre
Advanced 2 Tap
Advanced 1 Cecchetti Ballet
Intermediate National Dance
Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Newfoundland and Labrador (2000)
Connie stays up to date on the latest trends in dance in able to provide classes in current as well as classic styles. She believes strongly in continued learning and regularly attends courses to update class curriculum and inspire new ideas.
She has trained with some of the top dance pedagogues from around the world and is always eager to learn more.
Connie has taken additional courses in Jazz, Hip Hop, and Tap in Toronto, and New York. She regularly attends the Cecchetti Ballet National Conference, and most recently, travelled to Europe during August 2008 to attend the ISTD Modern and Tap summer school hosted by The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (London, England)
Connie Parsons has enjoyed a fun-filled performance career which has included guest appearances dancing live in concert with Great Big Sea, and The Irish Descendants as well as performances in various local musicals.
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Erika Wilansky
Hip Hop/Jazz/Latin Jazz
Erika Wilansky began her dancing career 23 years ago in Montreal at the age of three. She studied Modern dance, Jazz, and Hip Hop as part of her regular school curriculum, and went on to further her dance knowledge with training in Latin dance and Breakdancing. She has been teaching Jazz, Modern and Hip-Hop for the past ten years. While attending high school in Newfoundland, Erika developed a very successful extra-curricular dance program at her school and choreographed for Annex Promotions. In Montreal, Erika taught children’s dance classes at The Young Actors Workshop as well as classes at the local Community Centre. She has returned to Newfoundland to further her post-graduate education while teaching Latin Jazz, Hip-Hop and Jazz and Burlesque classes at Connie Parsons School of Dance.
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Andrea Young A.R.A.D.
Ballet/Pointe/Pilates
Ms. Young is originally from the U.K. but now resides in St. John's, NL with her family. She has vast experience in the world of dance having taught and performed worldwide. She attained her teaching qualifications from the Royal Academy of Dance in London, England in 1994 after and extensive performance career with the London City Ballet Company. She attended London Contemporary Dance School and graduated from London Studio Centre in 1989. She has performed in various shows and music videos for many big stars including Freddie Mercury, Diana Ross and Elton John! Andrea is a lovely person and most importantly she is "really good with kids". She herself is the mother of four children.
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Leslie Hammond
Leslie Hammond has been a part of Connie Parsons School of Dance since the age of four. Now, at the age of 20, she has progressed from a dedicated student, to a conscientious teaching assistant, and finally a valuable and talented teacher at our school. Leslie has been trained through the ISTD examination program here at CPSOD and in May 2006 graduated through the required levels in Tap having obtained her Advanced II diploma. Leslie excels in many areas of dance having studied ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and Hip Hop. Leslie started as a teaching assistant at CPSOD in 2003 and discovered a keen interest in teaching children and teaching dance. She has invested a considerable amount of time into her dance education. Leslie attended the Teacher Training Program at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in July 2006 and continues to train for her Associate teaching position with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. During the summer 2007, Leslie was a guest teacher for a Summer Dance Intensive at Cambridge Theatre Dance School in Ontario. Leslie has also been an avid performer for many years and was a featured dancer in many local musicals and shows including ‘Our Diva’s do Christmas’ (2005,2006). She is thrilled to be a part of the teaching staff at CPSOD again this season.
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Ashley Penney
We are very excited and proud to introduce Ashley Penney as a full time teacher at our studio this season. She was a guest teacher during our 2007-08 dance season when Erika was on maternity leave and did such an amazing job teaching that we welcomed her back! Ashley is a talented choreographer, having taken the Mount Pearl Show Choir to critical acclaim in Japan. She is fun and funky and totally enthusiastic about teaching at CPSOD.
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David Yoon
Seoul, Korea native David Yoon has been dancing since 2003. He contributed to co-found Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier breakin’ group, East Rock Crew (ERC) through which he is still an official member. Along with the other members of ERC, David has choreographed, performed and competed in numerous Atlantic and National events; some of which include “Kings Of The East 2005”, the St. John’s “Festival of New Dance” in 2006, and the “Annual Busker Fest.” in summer of 2008. Having trained with and attended workshops by some of the world’s best dance crews and b-boys, David had acquired incredible ability as a dancer, necessary to be an inspiring instructor. Ever since guest-teaching classes at Connie Parsons School Of Dance in 2007-2008, David has been eager to share his talent and passion for dance with other b-boy and b-girl enthusiasts once again. We are honored, once again, to have David teach at CPSOD during the 2008-09 dance season.
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