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| Ashley Storms - Director | |
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Is very excited to be the Co-Director of Energy Dance Arts. Ashley has been involved in the dance community for over twenty years. She discovered her passion for dance at an early age, winning “Dancer with the Most Potential” for her first solo at the age of 6. Ashley continued to pursue and excel at all forms of dance, which culminated in winning “Female Dancer of the Year” at the American Dance Awards in her final two years of competitive dance.
Dance had also been her major in elementary school at the Claude Watson School for the Arts and in high school at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts. It wasn’t until graduation from high school that she knew that she would have dance in her life forever. Her undergraduate studies continued at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia in their prestigious Contemporary Dance Program and finished with her Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Dance at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Ashley has traveled extensively as both a dancer and as a teacher. Most recently she has been performing as a dancer and dance captain for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines on the largest two cruise ships in the world. Ashley’s energy and enthusiasm are contagious and her students have achieved excellence in all areas of dance. Ashley is thrilled to be one of the directors of Energy Dance Arts, and looks forward to using her creative expertise in choreography and in teaching dance at the long anticipated Energy Dance Arts Studio. Ashley is an active full member of the Perfoming Arts Educators of Canada |
| Billie Silvestri - Director | |
is a certified member of the Canadian Dance Teachers Association, and is also an elementary school teacher. She has been a part of the dance community for over twenty years and danced competitively across Canada. Billie is trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, contemporary, musical theater and hip hop, and has performed professionally in numerous productions. Upon graduating from Unionville High School’s dance program where she majored in both ballet and modern, Billie completed a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of education at York University. Billie continued to teach dance and choreograph during her studies. Billie has taught children of all ages and of all dance abilities across Ontario. She has been the recipient of many dance awards including the innovation in dance award, as well as multiple choreography awards for her original choreography of groups and of solos. Most of all Billie thrives on connecting with each and every one of her students. The enthusiasm Billie creates in the studio is unmatched. She truly loves to dance and her goal is to ignite passion in all of her students while having tons of fun. Billie is looking forward to a very exciting and rewarding dance season at Energy Dance Arts! Billie is an active full member of the Perfoming Arts Educators of Canada |
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