Archives for July 2015

Janet started her career in movement coaching children in gymnastics, and she enjoyed it so much, after high school she chose to complete a two year diploma program in Gymnastics Coaching and Techniques at Seneca College.  Janet coached children and teens in  gymnastics for more than 20 years enjoying every minute.  Curious about the body and it’s function, Janet started a Human Kinetics program at Simon Fraser, and when her husband was transferred to Ontario they moved to Guelph and she transferred into the  Applied Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph where she received her B.A.Sc. Her love of children and teaching led to obtain Bachelor of Education in Jr/Intermediate Science from the University of Western Ontario, and she was able to teach primary physical education and eventually high school science.

While having her children she became a certified fitness instructor and taught pre/post natal fitness for many years to the Guelph community.  Her love of dance resulted in her adding dance moves to the regular fitness classes and they eventually they became pre/post natal Nia Technique classes.  Janet currently teaches Nia classes, and is now a Nia Black Belt instructor.

Recently Janet completed a 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher training program and has been teaching yoga for a little more than a year. Janet is passionate about  inspiring children and adults alike to be curious about the way their body moves, and to use their precious body to it’s fullest potential.  Moving, shaping and dancing like no one else is watching.

JULIA COSENTINO – a contemporary-jazz artist from Toronto, ON, received her BFA Honours Degree in Dance from York University in 2012. Since graduating, Julia has had the pleasure of training, collaborating, and performing with companies including Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Jasmyn Fyffe Dance, Rodney Diverlus, Guillaume Cote, Rock Bottom Movement, Frog In Hand, Newton Moraes Dance Theatre, Guetcha Guaritcha, Kylie Thompson Dance, ProArteDanza, Hit and Run Dance Productions, zdancemovement, TranscenDance Project, Seed9, On the Rocks Films and Debra Brown.

Julia spent four seasons with Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (2015-2019) in Calgary studying the art of jazz dance. This experience allowed her to foster a deeper understanding within herself, and her voice as an artist. Julia’s vision is to marry all of the things she loves most about dance: music, rhythm, physical prowess, artistry, expression, healing and human connection–to ourselves and to one another. This is at the heart of her practice, and she is grateful to be deepening her practice through research, conversation, play and discovery.

Julia has been teaching dance for many years, with many students, and across many borders. Julia deeply believes that her experiences in teaching have been equally educational for her. Each class and each student comes to her with a lesson to be learned. Additionally, having collaborated with an array of artists throughout her career, it has given her the opportunity to study leadership and the creative process from different angles.

As an educator, it is Julia’s ultimate goal that students can leave with a deeper understanding of dance, a deeper connection to their personal voice, and a set of useful tools that they can continue to cultivate and utilize in their training and performance for years to come. She hopes to inspire them to experience MUSIC, passion, freedom, joy, vulnerability, individuality, community and success through dance.

Born in Guelph, Lindsay Roe began her training at Anna Marie Oliver School of Dance and graduated Ryerson’s Theatre Dance program in 2000. Throughout the decades, she has choreographed group works in music videos for independent artists, notably Diamond Rings ‘Wait & See’ (2009), L CON ‘Form of Space’ (2017) & VERSA ‘V’ (2019).

In September 2015, a local collective of grown ups in quest of a dance instructor, rekindled her spirit when she was asked to teach them and subsequently their kids in years to follow. Both crews made annual appearances at Short&Sweet as part of Kazoo! Fest, a music & arts festival in downtown Guelph. Summer 2017, Lindsay experienced great fun as a dance counsellor at Guelph Dance’s
Arts Explosion Camp. With a footing in jazz, she blends a bedrock of pedestrian and original gestures, weaving in movements from the bodies she works with. Ecstatic and honoured, Lindsay now returns to Guelph Youth Dance as a Hip Hop teacher.