MARC BEREZOWSKI’s passion with dance and with all the arts, in addition to his interest in education, has been a constant for 30 years, having been a dancer in several companies and a partner in outreach activities with, among others, Liz Lerman, Simon Fraser University, Arizona State University and the Arizona Commission for the Arts. He received his BFA from Simon Fraser University and his MFA from Arizona State University, which led to a three-year visiting assistant professor position in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Department at Arizona State University West. Lately, his interest in dance and education has led him to be enrolled in the Arts Education PhD program at Simon Fraser University. Education at this advanced level has given Berezowski additional dance performance theory knowledge as it applies in context to Dance Education and Dance in Education. His research orbits around the culture of teaching dance and dance subjects from a post-formal lens. He has enjoyed teaching the EDUC 330 pedagogy class at Simon Fraser University, which was specifically developed to nurture and give confidence and competence to teachers and teachers in training when they teach the dance stream curriculum in the Public school system.
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Pimon Martell
Argentine tango found me in the Summer of 2006. This art form was filling a need since I left the Theatre in my home Thailand. From that day on I took weekly classes from local instructor Francis (El Centro) over 6 months, attended 3-4 workshops a year with Susana Miller (Argentina), Alicia Pons (Argentina), Robert Hauk (Portland) Pimon has been to Buenos Aires to participate in the Milongueando 2010. She also took many classes with local instructors. She continues learning Tango in different styles & technique from a lot of instructors from around the world. As a follower she believes: to learn every style will help her adapt her to many different leaders. As a leader, when Music is right, she can bring happiness to another friend & herself. After she took many workshop with Semiral, she started assisting the classes and got inspired to teach. With Semiral's support Pimon was ready and started teaching tango in October 2012. While feeling happy to contribute other dancer's skills, teaching also helps me improve my skills and keeps my passion for TANGO growing even more.
VIRGINIA DUIVENVOORDEN
Virginia Duivenvoorden has performed from coast to coast and in Europe. She is an alumni member of the Karen Jamieson Dance Company and was guest artist with the Dancers of Damelahamid. She attended Arts Umbrella, SFU and completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at the European Dance Development Centre part of the ArtEz University of the Arts in Arnhem, The Netherlands. In Arnhem, her process developed and gained momentum amongst an international community of dancers, artists and master teachers. Virginia's journey has been enriched through sharing it with husband Frank and their two children.
Virginia invites participants, collaborators and audience to discover the passion in all of us to apply our signature style in creative, collaborative and fun projects that celebrate and connect communities. Virginia’s interdisciplinary approach has been forged in the heat of managing multiple projects from start to finish. She gratefully had the opportunity to work with Dr Tod Pelly helping patients with chiropractic care and education. She was also trained as a laser therapist. Her creative muscle was really stretched while working for Marimekko Design House in Vancouver. Singing at Valley Church deepened her musical and spiritual journey. Sewing, lettering, design, prayer, paper, writing and fabric are all aspects of her practice that weave through the dance. Virginia enjoys teaching and inviting her students to co create with artistic work that is dynamic, creative and adaptable to a variety of settings. The design of each class is generating the results of her broad body of knowledge regarding physical conditioning, body awareness and tension relief. Some of the recurrent themes in her work include transformation, contrasts, conflict resolution, resurrection and universal love.
MMus, BMus, DCS
Founder/Artistic and Music Director
Dominique Has worked across the United States and Canada as a Musical Director/Accompanist/Coach and Arranger. She has worked in both Musical Theatre and Opera.
Dominique holds a Master’s Degree in Musical Direction for Musical Theatre/Lyric Opera from Arizona State University, a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Theory, from McGill University, and a Diploma of Collegiale Studies in Piano Performance from Marianopolis College in Montreal. She has been playing the piano since the age of 4 and at the age of 16 left high school in Ontario after she was awarded a scholarship at Marianopolis College in Montreal to study music and continue her private piano studies with Luba Zuk at McGill University. Consequently she was accepted at McGill University in Music Theory where she continued piano studies with Luba Zukand Esther Master, there she also studied Jazz voice with Ranee Lee and Jazz piano with André White. She was then awarded a full scholarship at Arizona State University to complete her Masters degree in Musical Direction for Musical Theatre. She also continued her piano studies with Jan Thomson at ASU. During her graduate studies she worked as the Lyric Opera Department’s resident accompanist, accompanying and playing in the orchestra pit, for Operas and Musicals, as well as being Accompanist to the department’s Musical Theatre and Opera classes. She studied opera conducting with Dr. William Reber, and Orchestral Conducting with Dr. Timothy Russell. She has also studied voice with Betty Doroschuk, Colin Doroschuk (Men Without Hats), Jennifer Allen, Spencer Welch and is currently learning the Estill Method.