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EDUCATION_______________________________________________________
INSTRUCTION IN DANCE_____________________________________
dance umbrella
Jazz Shawna-Lee ***, Marcel ***, Julia Sauvé 1996-2008
Modern Julia Sauvé 2005-2008
Ballet Peggy Reddin, Megan Alford, Amy Kaye Mullen 2005-2008
Performance Group Julia Sauvé 2005-2007
Tap Wanda Naylor 2001-2003
Dance Sport Dynamics
Meringue Helen ***, Richard Wills 2005, 2008
Bachata Helen ***, Richard Wills 2005, 2008
Rumba Helen ***, Richard Wills 2007
Foxtrot Helen ***, Richard Wills 2007
ARTS RELATED EDUCATIONAL CLASSES_________________________
The Yoga Room
Level I-II Pam Stewart 2007-2008
WORKSHOPS & MASTER CLASSES______________________________
Alexis Cormier Contemporary 05/09 Charlottetown, PE
Keely Turner Hip Hop/Street Jazz 03/09 Charlottetown, PE
Lenny De Lapena Hip Hop 02/08
Lenny De Lapena Hip Hop 01/08
Lenny De Lapena Hip Hop 12/07
Jordan Setacci Hip Hop 11/07
Kathleen Rea Ballet 11/07
Kathleen Rea Contemporary 11/07 Halifax, NS
Jennifer Fell Jazz 11/07
******** Hip Hop 05/06
CREATIVE ACTIVITY_________________________________________
Untitled: Quick, detailed hip hop piece performed at The Talent PEI Fundraiser Show.
Hip Hop
Choreographer:
Music: "Eat You Up" BoA, "Poker Face" Lady Gaga, "Give It To Me" Madonna ft Pharrell
Dancers: Jenelle Cudmore, Lisa Beck, Ellen Christie, Bethany Chaisson, Anna Wansbrough, Gillian MacDonald
Where: The Guild
Untitled: Big attitude hip hop piece performed at The Music PEI Awards Show Gala with musicians.
Hip Hop
Choreographer:
Music: "This Island in the Summer" Eric Broadbent
Dancers: Jenelle Cudmore, Lisa Beck, Ellen Christie, Bethany Chaisson
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
I love it when you…: Romantic duet
Lyrical contemporary
Choreographer:
Music: Peter Gabriel
Dancers: Ashley Donaldson, Aaron Hastelow
Where: The Mack
Rock Bottom: Sappy jazz
Jazz
Choreographer:
Music: Irma Thomas
Dancer:
Where: The Mack
The Confederation Centre of the Arts
TrypTych Dance: A project mixing multimedia video projecting onto the dancers and the backdrop.
Choreographer:
Dancers:
Concept & Producer: Thaddeus Thomas
Video: Thaddeus Thomas
Music: ****
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Impulse: A Choreographer Showcase: I produced this show to allow local choreographers and dancers to have their art put to the stage. I performed in four of my own pieces of choreography with selected dancers, and I was a dancer in five pieces from other choreographers.
Where: The Guild
Jam Tomorrow: A twenty-minute piece to portray the migration of island youth who go out west to work in the oil fields, and then inevitably return to their island home.
Choreographer: Megan Alford
Music: The Museum Pieces; Pat Deighan; Two Hours Traffic; Jill Barber; Ian Tamblyn; Wintersleep; Joel Plaskett
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Megan Alford, Christine Cassidy, Ellen Christie, Karen Cudmore, Nicole Doiron, Ashley Donaldson, Aaron Hastelow, Marla Thompson
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
PERFORMANCE CREDITS_____________________________________
Coupling (A Working Title): A piece featuring girls dressed as guys partner dancing with other girls. A work to study characteristics of movement of the opposite gender.
Hip Hop, Jazz
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé, Anna Lacroix, Jordan Setacci with additional choreography by the dancers
Music: Timbaland featuring K. Hilson and D.O.E.
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Carolyn Campbell, Bethany Chaisson, Lilli Guay, Keely Turner, Jenny Cudmore, Anna Lacroix, Christine Cassidy, Emma Turner, Jillian Drake, Julia Sauvé
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Modern
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé
Music: October Project
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Carolyn Campbell, Katie MacDonald, Aaron Hastelow, Keely Turner, Natalie Sullivan, Jenny Cudmore, Marla Thompson, Anna Lacroix
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Rock Bottom: Sappy jazz
Jazz
Choreographer:
Music: Irma Thomas
Dancer:
Where: The Mack
The Confederation Centre of the Arts
It’s A Wrap: Emotional Hip Hop
Hip Hop
Choreographer: Keely Turner
Music: Mary J. Blige and The Ying Yang Twins
Dancers: Breakout Dance Company (
Where:
The Mack
The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Dangerous: Hip Hop with Break dancing freezes
Hip Hop
Choreographer: Keely Turner
Music: Wyclef Jean
Dancers: Breakout Dance Company (
Where: The Benevolent Irish Society
The Mack
TrypTych Dance: A project mixing multimedia video projecting onto the dancers and the backdrop.
Choreographer:
Dancers:
Concept & Producer: Thaddeus Turner
Video: Thaddeus Turner
Music: ****
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Apologise: Modern group piece
Choreographer: Ashley Donaldson
Music: ******
Dancers: Breakout Dance Company (Savannah Belsher - soloist, Ashley Donaldson – soloist, Bethany Chaisson, Ellen Christie, Jenny Cudmore, Keely Turner, Christina Yammine)
Where:
Shake Break Bounce: A blend of Modern, Jazz, Break dancing and Hip Hop group piece.
Choreographers: Keely Turner & Ashley Donaldson
Music: The Chemical Brothers
Dancers: Breakout Dance Company (Savannah Belsher, Megan Alford, Bethany Chaisson, Ellen Christie, Jenny Cudmore, Ashley Donaldson, Keely Turner, Christina Yammine)
Where:
The Guild
Capitol Theatre
Show Me The Money: Hip Hop (featuring Break dancing) group piece with the use of umbrellas as props.
Choreographer: Keely Turner
Music: Petey Pablo
Dancers: Breakout Dance Company (
Where:
The Guild
Capitol Theatre
The Benevolent Irish Society
Pulse: Jungle-themed group piece featuring many genres such as African, Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Hip Hop, and Jazz.
Choreographer: Keely Turner
Music: Nick Campbell
Dancers: Breakout Dance Company (Savannah Belsher, Megan Alford, Bethany Chaisson, Ellen Christie, Jenny Cudmore, Ashley Donaldson, Keely Turner, Christina Yammine)
Where: The Guild
Molly’s Dolly Dream: Hip Hop group piece
Choreographer:
Music: Gwen Stefani
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Megan Alford, Lisa Beck, Quincy Beck, Bethany Chaisson, Jenny Cudmore, Ashley Donaldson, Mariève MacGregor, Keely Turner
Where: The Guild
Eternal Chains: Modern duet with “pedestrians” in behind main dancers. Use of briefcases as props.
Choreographer: Keely Turner
Music: 8mm
Dancers: Breakout Dance Company (Savannah Belsher, Megan Alford, Bethany Chaisson, Ellen Christie, Jenny Cudmore, Ashley Donaldson - soloist, Keely Turner - soloist, Christina Yammine)
Where: The Guild
Yajna: Modern/Jazz duet
Choreographer:
Dancers:
Music: Felix Laband
Where: The Guild
In Flight
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé
Music: Alkaemy & Professor Trance and the Energisers
Costume Design & Production: Christine Smith
Dancers:
Where: The Guild
Atlantic Dance Festival Cap-Pélé, NB 2006
Beauty In The Breakdown
Choreographer:
Music: Frou Frou
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Megan Alford, Lisa Beck, Karen Cudmore, Ashley Donaldson, Jodi Hawkins, Janna Thomson
Where: The Guild
The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Viva Voce
Choreographer: Megan Alford
Music: Kate Bush
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Charlotte Boisclair, Brittany Boothroyd, Kira Maros, Shiloh McBurney, Laurel Myers, Meg Preston, Christine Rahman, Brianna Richardson, Alyssa Wheatley
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Dear Kitty: Based on The Diary of Anne Frank.
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé
Music: John Williams
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Lisa Beck, Jelisa Bradley, Christine Cassidy, Bethany Chaisson, Nicole Doiron, Rebecca Doyle, Aaron Hastelow, Gillian MacDonald, Anna Wansborough, Carolyn Campbell
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Something Old/Something New
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé with additional choreography by dancers
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Costume Design & Production: Christine Smith
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Lisa Beck, Kelly Cooper, Carolyn Campbell, Lindsay Campbell, Kati Carragher, Bethany Chaisson, Ellen Christie, Jenny Cudmore, Karen Cudmore, Anna Lacroix, Katie MacDonald, Kira Maros, Natalie Sullivan, Marla Thompson, Janna Thomson, Keely Turner, Rachel Sauvé, Megan Alford
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
“Misdemeanor” Says So!
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé with additional choreography by Anna Lacroix and dancers
Music: Missy Elliot, C. Harris, et al.
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Lisa Beck, Kelly Cooper, Emily Campbell, Carolyn, Campbell, Lindsay Campbell, Bethany Chaisson, Ellen Christie, Jenny Cudmore, Karen Cudmore, Nicole Doiron, Jillian Drake, Chelsea Gaudet, Samantha Gavard, Lilli Guay, Aaron Hastelow, Anna Lacroix, Michelle Legel, Emma Turner, Keely Turner, Rachel Sauvé, Christine Cassidy, Megan Alford, Kati Carragher, Janna Thomson
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Jam Tomorrow: A twenty-minute piece to portray the migration of island youth who go out west to work in the oil fields, and then inevitably return to their island home.
Choreographer: Megan Alford
Music: The Museum Pieces; Pat Deighan; Two Hours Traffic; Jill Barber; Ian Tamblyn; Wintersleep; Joel Plaskett
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Megan Alford, Christine Cassidy, Ellen Christie, Karen Cudmore, Nicole Doiron, Ashley Donaldson, Aaron Hastelow, Marla Thompson
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Rise & Shine Princess, The World Is Waiting
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé
Music: Kostia, David Arkenstone
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Bethany Chaisson, Nicole Doiron, April Cook, Laura Chapin, Karen Cudmore, Ashley Donaldson, Keely Turner, Janna Thomson, Carolyn Campbell, Kati Carragher, Kira Maros, Katie MacDonald, Diana Tutty, Natalie Sullivan, Ellen Christie, Kelly Cooper, Marla Thompson, Lindsay Campbell, Lisa Beck, Jenny Cudmore, Joy Phillips, Megan Alford, Rachel Sauvé, Diana Love, Celia Koughan
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Holla! Holla!
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé
Music: Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, C. Hugo
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Esther Kemp, Joy Phillips, Jenny Cudmore, Anna Lacroix, Kelly Cooper, Carolyn Campbell, Katie MacDonald, Janna Thomson, Nicole Doiron, Bethany Chaisson, April Cook, Kati Carragher, Natalie Sullivan, Marla Thompson, Ellen Christie, Karen Cudmore, Lisa Beck, Keely Turner, Lindsay Campbell, Rachel Sauvé
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Balloons Gone Bad!
Choreographer: Peggy Reddin
Music: René Dupéré
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Brittany Boothroyd, Meg Preston, Katharine Baird, Haley Doherty, Kari Blanchard, Alyssa Wheatley, Aaron Hastelow, Kelsey McQuaid, Laurel Myers, Kimika Taniguchi, Kira Maros, Alyson MacIsaac, Tessa Mossey, Brianna Richardson, Rebecca d-Eon
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Air Song
Choreographer: Julia Sauvé
Music: Reg Ballagh & Julia Sauvé
Dancers: Savannah Belsher, Bethany Chaisson, Jelisa Bradley, Emma Turner, Kayla Shaw, Ellen Christie, Jillian Drake, Lisa Beck, Jenny Cudmore, Rebecca Doyle, April Cook, Marla Thompson, Nicole Doiron, Paige Delaney, Chelsea Gaudet, Karen Cudmore, Keely Turner, Ashley Donaldson
Where: The Confederation Centre of the Arts
Left Only With Love
Choreographer: Megan Alford
Music: Smog
Dancers:
Where: Atlantic Dance Festival Cap-Pélé, NB 2006
Untitled: A duet performed to a poem being read along with a heart beat.
Choreographer: Judith Shreyer
Music: Judith Shreyer
Dancers:
Where: Atlantic Dance Festival Cap-Pélé, NB 2006
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS____________________________________
Event Co-ordinator
Fringe Urban Festival Fashion Shows Charlottetown, PEI 02/2009-05/2009
Choreographer
Island Gymnastics Academy Charlottetown, PEI 10/2008-1/2009
§ Choreographed artistic floor routines for several gymnastics students.
§ Included all required elements for competion.
Co-owner/Editor in Chief
Panache PEI Prince Edward Island 07/2008-Present
§ Co-owner of Panache PEI - a production and publication company which creates the magazine 'Panache' and local festivals and events.
§ Chair meetings for the quarterly publication 'Panache', assign article topics to writers, edit the articles, edit the completed flats before sending them to print, sell advertisements within the magazine, and distribute the publication Island-wide.
Dance Instructor
Sobers
§ Instructor of Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern, Ballet, Creative Movement, and elements of African and Latin styles.
§ Teaching composition and improvisational skills, and various levels of technique to students of ages 4 to adult.
Dancer & Performer
Breakout Dance Company
§ Travelled with the company to perform in
Singer
Saxafras
§ Perform lead and backup vocals.
§ Recorded lead and backup vocals for our debut CD.
§ Nominated for 2007 PEI Music Awards in New Artist of the Year and Folk Band of the Year categories.
“Impulse: A Choreography Showcase”
§ Coordinator of a showcase for local choreographers and dancers.
§ Choreographed and performed four dance pieces in Modern, Jazz, and Hip Hop.
§ Responsible for arranging rehearsals, marketing and advertising, costume design and production, organization of the running order of pieces, arranging volunteers for crew, and rental of extra lighting equipment.
“The
§ Played the role of ‘Serena’ who is a dance, artist, and passionate animal rights activist.
§ Co-choreographed and performed a modern duet.
§ Involved in set design and production, costume design and production, and props production.
§ Was the Key Makeup Artist for the theatre makeup.
§ Instructor of Dance, Voice, Acting, and Improvisation for all levels of children aged 3-17.
§ Registrar for the school, promoted & advertised for the school, handled paperwork, stuffed & mailed registration forms, answered & returned phone calls from clients, organised class lists & documented payments.
§ Member of a group that wrote, produced, marketed & performed motivational plays for elementary & high school students across
§ Musical Theatre Instructor at the school’s March Break Drama Camp.
§ Designed & constructed costumes for the school’s production of “Frytls”.
Co-owner/Editor in Chief
Panache PEI Prince Edward Island 07/2008-Present
§ Co-owner of Panache PEI - a production and publication company which creates the magazine 'Panache' and local festivals and events.
§ Chair meetings for the quarterly publication 'Panache', assign article topics to writers, edit the articles, edit the completed flats before sending them to print, sell advertisements within the magazine, and distribute the publication Island-wide.
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY_____________________________________
Sales Associate
The Root Cellar
§ Provide customer service and knowledge of health food and supplements.
§ Handle cash, credit card, & Interac sales.
§ Design window & in-store displays, general cleaning & tidying.
Freelance Typist & Editor
Red Clay Productions
§ Assist with the organisation, design and creation of websites and reference CDs.
Key Holder
Le Château
§ Provided customer service and knowledge of products
§ Handled cash, credit card, & Interac sales. Opened shop & completed end of day sales summary & balancing; organised float & deposits
Assistant Manager
The Old General Store
§ Trained new employees on cash & customer service.
§ Handled cash, credit card, & Interac sales. Opened shop & completed end of day sales summary & balancing; organised float & deposits.
§ Designed window & in-store displays, general cleaning & tidying.
§ Provided customer service & tourist information.
§ Coordinator of a seven-hour music festival to celebrate high school graduation.
§ Responsible for booking nine bands, ticket sale & distribution, rental of tent, staging, sound & light equipment, concession stands & security.
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§ Co-owner of Panache PEI - a production and publication company which creates the magazine 'Panache' and local festivals and events.
§ Chair meetings for the quarterly publication 'Panache', assign article topics to writers, edit the articles, edit the completed flats before sending them to print, sell advertisements within the magazine, and distribute the publication Island-wide.
§ Helped to coordinate 6 fashion shows over a 3-day weekend in May 2009.
§ Organised and taught runway training sessions for female and male models.
§ Contacted fashion designers, hairstylists, makeup artists, and models.