Fall 2011 - Everything ASH!

I am very proud to be an assistant on the 2011-2012 ASH Tour. The tour is in full gear and I recently travelled to Kansas City and Pittsburgh, two of the first cities on the Artist Simply Human tour.  I am thoroughly enjoying my time with Braham, the choreographers, assistants Lexi, Logan, Maycee, Montana, Dena'h and the mom posse! My mom is enjoying the tour as well...she takes part in Tovaris' Parents Hip Hop Class each weekend with the parents of the other ASH Assistants!!

I've posted lots of highlights below from the two workshops so be sure to check everything out. Please visit www.ashdance.com for more tour cities and news regarding their summer event "The Company". Up next is Philadelphia, PA December 27-30th with Braham, Dee, TOKYO, Wes, Christopher, Sascha, Jason, Lisette and Melanie! I hope to see some friends there...

I also had the opportunity to sit with Braham Crane and asked him why he founded ASH, the "Company" and who he would like to work with in the future:

Next month I'll be blogging about my opportunity to work with "Conteur Dance Company". Congratulations to Eryn Waltman, Choreographer, Creator and Director on her first production called "State of Mind"!! The three performances were amazing and it was great to see Conteur be supported by so many people in the dance community. A big thank you to Eryn for including me in her production!

In December, I'll be participating in the Karpov Ballet Academy performance of the Nutcracker December 20th at Markham Theatre! It's a Christmas classic and I can't wait to perform my first ballet duet. Tickets are available online through Markham Theatre if you live close by.

Thanks for checking my blog...happy dancing everyone! Can you tell I LOVE ASH!!!!

Fall 2011 Workshop & Convention Highlights

Hi Dance Friends!

The last three months have been very busy! Many conventions began their 2011-2012 tours and I was fortunate enough to attend a few conventions. I can't wait to share my dance journey since my last post!

First up was a Contemporary class with Juliette Irons at Ryerson University. I first met Juliette one year ago at IMPACT where she did my first-ever blog interview. It was a fun class and a quirky combo dancing to music by Bon Hiver + James Blake.

Next up was a Teddy Forance Master Class offered by Lindsay Ritter Dance Company at the National Ballet School. It was a very well-attended event and I was honored to dance alongside Teddy, Julia and Jeff. Check out the highlights compliments of Lindsay Ritter Dance (www.lindsayritterdance.com)



JUMP Toronto took place October 1-2nd and was the largest turnout in JUMP Toronto history with 1500+ dancers. Congratulations to JUMP on this milestone! It was a great weekend and lots of amazing dancers attended the event hosted by Gil, Katy, Mike, Bobby, Ivan, Teddy, Nick and Mia Micheals! It was my first convention as a "teen" and I was a tad nervous. But I had a fantastic time, saw friends from other studios and won one of the TeenVIP Scholarships!  The best bit of advice to dancers came from Mia who said "our bodies are earth suits and don't represent who we are as people...our dancing represents who we are as people". So work with what you've got and dance through your soul...I love that!

CDR Toronto was held October 29-30th and was hosted by Shannon Mather, Twitch, Chaz Buzan, Beau Fournier, Kha'san and Dee Casparay. The classes were amazing and the calibre in the teen room made be proud to be from Toronto! My favorite class was Chaz Buzan's....he is not only a brilliant dancer, but an amazing choreographer as well. I was selected as a "Prodigy" and am honored to have been chosen from the pool of talented dancers at the convention.

In November I attended JUMP in Greenville, SC. I saw many friends from Southern Strutt I met last summer..shout out to Jenny and Isabella! I enjoyed the classes with Katy, Teddy, Misha, Mike, Andrew, Nick, Mandy, Doug and Mia. Thank you again to JUMP for always providing dancers with such great opportunities to learn.

Below is a teaser from JUMP Greenville. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed dancing it!