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An Incredible weekend in Port Hope!

PKS Dancers hit the stage in Port Hope for an exciting weekend of dance and performance!

Special Mention to the following Special Award and Overall Winners

Can't Help Falling In Love - Choreography of the Session (Liz Woudwyk)

Painted Ladies - Choreography of the Session (Penny Hodgson)

Beating Hearts - Choreography of the Session (Liz Woudwyk)

Bang - Choreography of the Session (Kelly Gifford)

Caleigh B (Acro) - "Dynamic Diva"

DeAnna B - "Potential"

Isabelle M (MT) - "Broadway Bound"

Arlington T - "Musicality"

Colleen (MT) - "Super Storyteller"

Genivieve S - "Cutie Patootie"

Gianna R - "Poetry in Motion"

Look What I Have For You - "Fresh, Total Package"

Mia P - "Tony Award"

Addison H - "Awesome Shading"

Not About Angels - "Reach/Moments"

Carol of the Bells - "More Energy than Christmas Morning"

Ciara G-F (Tap) - "Sweet Shading"

Katie K (Cont) - "Pretty Pictures"

Shake it Off - "Energizer Bunnies

Madelyn McG - "Moments"

Alyssa T - "Triple Threat"

Ciara G-F (Acro)  "Powerhouse"

NOVICE OVERALLS

2nd Overall Cutie Solo - Genevieve S

3rd Overall Cutie Solo - Hailey G

1st Overall Cutie Group - Look What I Have For You

1st Overall Mini Solo - Marissa C

1st Overall Mini Duet/Trio - Sisters

1st Overall Junior Solo - Gianna R

HIGHEST NOVICE BALLET SCORE - Gianna R

HIGHEST NOVICE MUSICAL THEATRE SCORE - Marissa C

MOST POTENTIAL MINI DANCER - Marissa C

TOES DANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOR STANDOUT PERFORMANCE - Meagan P

COMPETITIVE OVERALLS

1st Overall Cutie Group - Dear Future Husband

1st Overall Mini Solo - Ciara G-F (Acro)

2nd Overall Mini Solo - Ciara G-F (Tap)

3rd Overall Mini Solo - Mia P

1st Overall Mini Duet/Trio - Not About Angels

2nd Overall Mini Duet/Trio - Happy Feet

3rd Overall Mini Duet/Trio - Happy

2nd Overall Mini Group - Swab the Deck

1st Overall Mini Group - 007

1st Overall Junior Solo - Caleigh B (Cont)

2nd Overall Junior Solo - Caleigh B (Acro)

3rd Overall Junior Solo - Isabelle M (MT)

3rd Overall Junior Duet/Trio - 2 Sapphires

1st Overall Junior Duet/Trio - Listen to Your Heart

2nd Overall Junior Group - Shake it Off

1st Overall Junior Group - Carol of the Bells

2nd Overall Junior Extended Line - Painted Ladies

1st Overall Junior  Extended Line - Sing Sing Sing

3rd Overall Intermediate Solo - Colleen M

2nd Overall Intermediate Solo (tie) - Avery H

2nd Overall Intermediate solo (tie) - Jocelyn H

2nd Overall Intermediate Duet/Trio - All This To Say

1st Overall Intermediate Duet/Trio - Can't Help Falling in Love

3rd Overall Intermediate Group - Comes Love

2nd Overall Intermediate Group - Beating Hearts

1st Overall Intermediate Group - Bang Bang Bang

3rd Overall Senior Solo - James G-J (Cont)

2nd Overall Senior Solo - DeAnna B

1st Overall Production - Frozen

HIGHEST BALLET SCORE OF THE COMPETITION - Painted Ladies

HIGHEST TAP SCORE OF THE COMPETITION - Carol of the Bells

HIGHEST JAZZ SCORE OF THE COMPETITION - Shake it Off

HIGHEST MUSICAL THEATRE SCORE OF THE COMPETITION - Colleen M

HIGHEST LYRICAL SCORE OF THE COMPETITION - Caleigh B

HIGHEST ACRO SCORE OF THE COMPETITION - Ciara G-F

HIGHEST CONTEMPORARY SCORE OF THE COMPETITION - Can't Help Falling in Love

MOST POETENTIAL MINI DANCER - Ciara G-F

MOST POTENTIAL JUNIOR DANCER - Caleigh B

MOST POTENTIAL SENIOR DANCER - James G-J

HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE COMPETITIVE SOLO OF THE COMPETITION - Ciara G-F (Acro)

PRESENTATION AWARD - Carol of the Bells

BROADWAY BOUND AWARD - Mia P

BEST COSTUME - Frozen

STUDIO HIGH POINTS AVERAGE

Our competitive team will receive a Fresh Dance Intensive at our studio

HIGHEST MARK OF THE COMPETITION - Ciara G-F

   

A Fabulous Start to our Competitive Season

Congratulations to all of our dancers that travelled to Gatineau for our first competition!

Special mention to the following Special Awards and Overall winners:

CAROL OF THE BELLS - Choreography of the Session (Kelly Gifford)

SHAKE IT OFF - "I Beweave"

BANG - "Top Models"

FROZEN - "A Family Affair"

CIARA (Tap) - Choreography of the Session (Kelly Gifford)

NOT ABOUT ANGELS - "Endless Emotion"

ISABELLE (Cont) - "Springboard"

SING SING SING - Choreography of the Session (Kelly Gifford)

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - "Long Distance Relationship"

ARLINGTON - "Misty Copeland"

ESME - "Start to Finish"

ALL THIS TO SAY - "Forever Friends"

"FROZEN" - 1st Overall Production

"FROZEN" - Best Overall Costume of the Entire Competition

JAMES G-J - Qualified for Senior Mr. Shine at Nationals

WILLIAM H - Qualified for Intermediate Mr. Shine at Nationals

STUD AND A BABE - 5th Highest Musical Theatre Mark of the Entire Competition

CIARA G-F - 2nd Overall Munchkin/Junior Solo, 3rd. Overall Munchkin/Junior Acro Solo, 2nd 

Highest Tap Score of the Entire Competition, Qualified for Junior Miss Shine at Nationals

PKS to host Quinte Ballet School Auditions March 1st

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So excite for Extravaganza this weekend!!! Come out and support the team!

Silver medal for Taylor & Team Canada!

Taylor came home yesterday with a silver medal for Canada.  Thank you for representing your country and PKS so well.  We are very proud of you!

PKS Student Taylor M is off to Germany!

Taylor M.  Will be representing Canada as a member of the Canadian Tap Team and will be travelling to Germany to compete against tap teams from around the world next week!

Taylor auditioned and was selected as a team member earlier this fall.  She has been rehearsing with the team for a couple of months now and they are ready to go.

Good luck Taylor! We are so proud of you!

Tune in to Lifetime next Saturday Evening

PKS Student Ciara G-F plays "Young Kendall" in the Lifetime Movie

"An En Vogue Christmas"

Airing on Lifetime Saturday November 22 @ 8p.m.

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CONGRATULATIONS CIARA!  WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

PKS Grad & Faculty member dances in his 1st professional show with Toronto Dance Theatre this weekend!

This summer, Darren Strong was hired as the only male apprentice with the Toronto Dance Theatre for the 2014/15 season.  He will be performing this weekend at the Fleck Theatre at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.  For more information and to purchase tickets visit Toronto Dance Theatre's website!  We are so proud of Darren and congratulate him on his great success!

PKS students in The National Ballet's "The Nutcracker"

Emma R., Arianna H., Madelyn McG., and Tori A.

will be performing in this year's performances of The Nutcracker with The National Ballet of Canada.  These 4 girls were selected by The National Ballet of Canada through an audition of hundreds of dancers!

We are so proud of your accomplishments and cannot wait to share performance dates with everyone!!

PKS students will hit the stage this holiday season!

Puss N Boots

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate William H and Jaiden G for landing roles in Diversified Theatre's production of Puss N Boots running December 27-31 at Whitby Courthouse Theatre after they finish a school tour.  We are so proud of your accomplishments!

You can purchase your tickets at: http://diversifiedtheatre.com

Jaiden G

William H

Congratulations to Miss Liz!

Congratulations to Miss Liz who is currently away getting married in Paris, France.  

Covering her classes for the next 2 Wednesday nights,  we are pleased to announce Miss Natasha Gibson will be join us.  

Miss Nash Gibson

Natasha (Nash) Gibson has extensive training in Tap, Jazz, Stylized Jazz, Hip Hop, and Ballet for over 26 years. She was a graduate from the George Randolph School Of The Arts in Toronto in 1995 and has since then worked closely with such people as Gregory Hines, Ian Thomas, Whoopi Goldberg, Liberty Silver, Glass Tiger, Ian Thomas, Tony Vagg, Roxanne Butterfly, Brian Foley and Savion Glover, to name a few. Nash has performed in such musicals as West Side Story, and spent 2 years traveling as an original member of the Next Step Canadian Tap Crew. Students who have trained extensively with Nash have gone on to perform with such artists as Aaron Carter, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson and Madonna. Her teaching, performance, choreography, and adjudicating skills have placed her in demand all over the world as far east as Bosnia, and as far north as the Arctic Circle.  Miss Nash has been a tap faculty member of the College Program at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts since 2009. 

Covering the next 3 Tuesdays we are excited to announce:

Miss Jessica Horn

Jessica is an accomplished performer and teacher. She is a musical theatre graduate from the Randolph Academy, a former Miss Dance of Canada and a member of the Professional Adjudicator’s Alliance. She has judged, taught and sat on audition panels throughout Canada, including the  casting team for the North American debut of the musical Dirty Dancing. Jessica’s performance career includes over a dozen musicals, cruise ships, dance companies and performances across North America, Scandinavia and China. She has performed with such artists as, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fefe Dobson, Suzie McNeil, Kreesha Turner, Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, C&C Music Factory and Eric McCormick. Favourite theatre credits include: the North American Tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; 42nd Street and Much Ado About Nothing at The Stratford Festival; the world premier of Dance Legends; West Side Story; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Sweet Charity; Evita and contracts with Helix Dance Project and D’Neuve Contemporary Dance Theatre. Currently Jessica can be seen “kicking her knees up,” in the inaugural production of Mary Poppins at the brand new Dunfield Theatre. Jessica’s film and television credits include, Ghostly Encounters, Hearts of War, Killing Zelda Sparks and Repo! The Genetic Opera starring Paris Hilton.  As a young competitor Jessica’s love for dance began on the stage, and she aims to encourage all dancers by guiding them with constructive criticism to help better themselves, as well rounded performers.

In Dance Class....

14 Reasons Your Parents Are Lucky That You Are A DANCER!!

1/ You have a unique sense of stye that is always ‘well put together’. You can draw from the experience of wearing the most unfortunate costumes on stage as well as the most incredible! You know what works together and what doesn’t.

2/  Read more....

What does a Ballerina eat for breakfast?

Watch this interesting video clip of Heather Ogden (National Ballet of Canada) discussing what types of food she eats each day.  You are what you eat!

PKS Dance Elite Ltd student is this month's Today's Parent cover model!

Congrats too one of our tiniest dancers.  PKS Dance Elite Ltd would like to congratulate Ella on her front cover for this month's "Todays Parent" magazine.  This year Ella will be taking Tap, Jazz & Ballet.  Looking forward to seeing where the future takes this little cutie!  Start here.... go anywhere!

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PKS Dancers on Global's "The Morning Show"

So proud of our dancers appearance on "The Morning Show" on Global Television. Watch each morning's performance here and keep watching all week at 8:05am to see more.  

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What a Weekend!

Our PKS Competitive Team represented very well in the last competition of the season!  Another great weekend of Personal Bests and growth as individuals.  We are so proud of each and every single member of our team.  They have shone this year and we are so pleased.

Here are some of the highlights of the weekend:

SPECIAL AWARDS

Arlington T - "Quality of Movement"
Mia P - "Broadway Bound"
Kalendero - "Ariel Angels"
Radioactive - "Terrific Teamwork"
Ciara G-F (Acro) - "Personality Plus"
Caleigh B (Lyrical) - "Excellent Extension"
Morgan P - "Believable Beauty"
Stepsister's Lament - "Commitment to Character"
Teen Beach Movie - "Good Vibrations"
Caleigh B & Ciara G-F - "Mirror Image"
Ciara G-F " Tappylicious"


OVERALLS

Novice Division

Mia P - 2nd Overall Mini Solo
Leader of the Pack - 2nd Overall Mini Small Group
Kaitlyn & Ava - 2nd Overall Junior Duet/Trio
Tamara D (Tap) - 3rd. Overall Intermediate Solo
Megan L - 2nd Overall Intermediate Solo
Avery H - 1st. Overall Intermediate Solo

Avery H - HIGHEST NOVICE LYRICAL MARK OF THE COMPETITION
Megan L - HIGHEST NOVICE CONTEMPORARY MARK OF THE COMPETITION

Tamara D - Intermediate Novice Soloist (Highest average score of two or more solos)

Major Division

Country Garden - 2nd Overall Mini Small Group
Please Mr. Postman - 1st. Overall Mini Small Group
Ciara G-F (Lyrical) 3rd. Overall Junior Solo
Caleigh B(Acro) - 2nd. Overall Junior Solo
Ciara G-F (Tap) - 1st. Overall Junior Solo
Caleigh B & Ciara G-F - 1st. Overall Junior Duet/Trio
Kalendero - 3rd. Overall Junior Small Group
School Days - 1st. Overall Junior Small Group
Revolting Children - 2nd Overall Junior Group/Line
Yankee Doodle - 1st. Overall Junior Group/Line
Colleen M - 3rd. Overall Intermediate Solo
Jocelyn H - 1st. Overall Intermediate Solo
Erika D - 2nd. Overall Senior Solo
Diva - 1st. Overall Senior Small Group

Teen Beach Movie - Overall Production

Caleigh B - HIGHEST ACRO MARK OF THE COMPETITION
Isabelle M - HIGHEST BALLET MARK OF THE COMPETITION
Erin B - HIGHEST POINTE MARK OF THE COMPETITION
Ciara G-F - HIGHEST TAP MARK OF THE COMPETITION

Caleigh B - Junior Major Soloist (Highest average score of two or more solos)

Caleigh B - 2nd Interpretive Solo Challenge

Taylor Me. - Most Potential Dancer Major Division (Adjudicator's Choice)

SCHOLARSHIPS

Taylor Me. - Toronto Rhythm Initiative
Jocelyn H - Eastern Tap Conference
Megan L - Fresh Dance Intensive
Ciara G-F - Fresh Dance Intensive
Avery H - Be Discovered Disney (Fl or LA) ($1000 Scholarship and Round Trip airfare)
Caleigh B - Be Discovered Broadway Bound (NY) ($1000 Scholarship and Round Trip airfare)

1st HIGHEST MARK OF THE ENTIRE COMPETITION

Teen Beach Movie

2nd HIGHEST MARK OF THE ENTIRE COMPETITION

Ciara G-F

3rd HIGHEST MARK OF THE ENTIRE COMPETITION

Caleigh B

PKS had a fabulous weekend at Ultimate Dance Connection!

The PKS Competitive Team represented our studio with class this past weekend.  We are very proud of each and every student's accomplishments on stage.  We had so many students reach personal bests and that growth is a true representation of our successes!

We would like to make special mention to the following students and routines:

SPECIAL AWARDS 

(2-3 handed out per session)

Ciara G-F - "Fast Feet"

Yankee Doodle Dandy - "Super Synchronization"

Colleen M - "Expressive Face"

Teen Beach Movie - "The Frankie and Annette Award"

Avery H - "She's Got Legs"

Morgan and Dayna - "Cool, Calm and Connected"

Kelly Gifford - Choreography Award - "Revolting Children"

OVERALLS

Ciara G-F (Acro) - 5th Overall Junior Solo 

Ciara G-F (Tap)- 1st Overall Junior Solo

Caleigh B and Ciara G-F - 4th Overall Junior Duet/Trio

Please Mr. Postman - 3rd. Overall Junior Small Group

School Days - 1st Overall Junior Small Group

Leader of the Pack - 5th Overall Novice Small Group

Caleigh Blake (Acro)- 1st Overall Intermediate Solo

Revolting Children - 3rd Overall Intermediate Large Group/Line/Extended Line

Stepsister's Lament - 3rd Overall Senior Small Group

Teen Beach Movie - 1st Overall Production

ADJUDICATOR'S CHOICE

Stepsister's Lament - The Ultimate Costume

Revolting Children - The Ultimate Musical Theatre Performance

SCHOLARSHIPS

Ciara G-F - $1000 Be Discovered Scholarship to Cyprus, NY or LA 

with round trip air fare included