Past Guest Artists
The Academy extends a very special thank you to the following exceptional guest pedagogues and dancers who shared their talents and gifts with us so generously. The wonderful moments in the studio with you will be remembered forever.
Karin Averty, Paris Opera Ballet
Stephanie Amurao, Berne Ballet, Batsheva, LA Dance Project
Karissa Barry, Mascall Dance, Wen Wei Dance, Ballet Edmonton
Josh Beamish, MOVE: the company
Mercedes Bernardez, New York, Ballet Jorgen, Quinte Ballet, National Ballet of Canada
Brad Brannen, Ballet BC
Nicole Caron, Principal Dancer with Alberta Ballet
Joe Chapman, Queensland Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Australian Ballet
Guillaume Cote, Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate with National Ballet of Canada
Katherine Cowie, Rubberbandman Project; BJMD; Nederlands Dans Theater
Constantine Darling, NYC Ballet; Alvin Ailey Dance Company; Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal
Sarah Formosa, Alonzo King LINES, TWObigsteps, the response, Film & TV
Amy Gardner, So You Think You Can Dance Canada Finalist
Charla Genn, Cape Town Ballet
Alexei Geronimo, Bad Boys of Dance, Film & TV
Cody Green, Broadway’s Moving Out & Come Fly With Me & Westside Story
Michael Guimond, International Ballroom Judge; So You Think You Can Dance Judge
Alex Gullason, Film, TV, comedy duo The Dangerous Janes
Amy Hamilton, Revivals Dance Company; Royal Caribbean Productions
Jacob Hastey, Director of Silhouette Dance School; Toy Guns Dance Theatre
Anna Marie Holmes, Former Artistic Director of Boston Ballet
Jeff Hyslop, Canada’s Premiere Star of Stage & Screen
Michael James, Jacob's Pillow; The Repertory Dance Theatre of Utah
Jonathan Kane, American Dance Artist; University of Calgary Instructor
Edmond Kilpatrick, Ballet BC
Valery Kokorev, Moscow City Ballet
Kevin Michael Cripps, Capilano University Musical Director
Jason Linsley, Ballet West
Deborah Manning, Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Svetlana Masaniova, Moscow City Ballet
Scott Maybank, Ballet BC
Marlise McCormick, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal; Le Cirque de Soleil
Heather Myers, Alberta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theatre
Heather Ogden, Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada
Simone Orlando, Award Winning Choreographer; Ballet BC
Andre Paradis, Debbie Reynolds Studio; Dancer and Actor, Los Angeles
Nadia Potts, The National Ballet of Canada
Summer Rhatigan, San Francisco Conservatory
Sayer Roberts, Various Broadway Musicals
Emmerich Schmollgruber, Theater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach
Denise Schultz, CapeTown Ballet, South Africa, Performing Arts Council of the Transvall; Boston Ballet
Denis Simpson, Canada’s Sweetheart of Stage & Screen; Polka Dot Door; The Nylons
Stephen Smith, On Stage and On Camera
Edmund Stripe, Choreographic Associate Ballet Master at Alberta Ballet
David St. Charles, Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Janet Tait, Senior Ballet Mistress at Alberta Ballet
Veronica Tennant C.C. FRSC D.Litt, LL.D (h.c), The National Ballet of Canada
Nadia Thompson, Boston Ballet
Ronn Tice, Master Ballet Teacher Minnesota Dance Theatre
Susan Toumine, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Andre Tyson, Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Diane Van Schoor, Royal Ballet School, London, England
Jillian Vanstone, Principal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada
John Wilkins, Olympic Ballet
Miroslaw Zydowicz, Ballet BC