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Shannon Stewardson

Ryan Berketa

Sarah Brewer
Clowes

Belinda Sobie

Julie Stewart

Chelsea Young

Shannon
Stewardson, Director

Tri-City Dance Centre is under the direction of Shannon Stewardson. Shannon spent her early years of training in the Vancouver area, studying Royal Academy of Dance Ballet (Primary through Advanced) Jazz, Musical Theatre and Voice. She went on to study with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, York University Dance Department in Toronto, and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. Shannon also has experience in the Vagonava and Cecchetti styles of Ballet, Martha Graham Modern, Benesh Notation, and Educational Psychology. She holds the Royal Academy of Dance Teaching Certificate, in which she received a mark of Distinction, and the Royal Academy of Dance Teaching Diploma specializing in Anatomy and Dance History. Shannon is also a Ballet member of the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Dance Teachers Association.

She has been teaching locally for the past 15 years. Shannon's students have been accepted to and/or performed with:

  • Alberta Ballet
  • Ballet B.C.
  • Ballet Magnificat
  • The Banff Centre for the Arts
  • Les Grands Ballets Canadians
  • Hartford Ballet
  • Illinois Ballet
  • Louisville Ballet
  • The National Ballet of Canada
  • North Carolina Dance Theatre
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre
  • Orlando Ballet Theatre
  • Pacific Northwest Ballet School
  • Princess Cruise Lines
  • Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
  • The Royal Winnipeg Ballet
  • Tokyo Disney
  • Washington Ballet