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Shari
VanderWoude
Shari is proud to own a studio with a staff that is committed, caring, and talented.
She has been professionally involved in the dance industry for over thirty years and is currently the president of the Alberta Dance Educators Association, a position that she has held for over six years.
Shari performed with the Alta Dance Company, Kompany, and was a dancer with the touring Boby Curtola Show. She recently expanded her career into acting and has appeared in several docudramas, T.V. commercials, industrials, films, and movies .
Shari’s belief in healthy competition and recognition for every dancer’s ability in a positive environment was a driving force behind the formation of Dance Power.
In 2003 Shari founded Stars of Hope, an annual benefit performance that brings together dancers and choreographers from 30 dance organizations to raise funds for the Kids With Cancer Society. She felt that her students, as well as dance students from Edmonton and surrounding areas, could give back to the community by doing what they love… dancing. Since it's inagural event, Stars of Hope has raised over $110,000 for cancer charities and brought together over 700 dancers for great evenings of entertainment and community awareness.
Shari’s love is with the children and the studio. She believes in teaching them to be the best they can be at any given moment, to recognize their strengths, challenge themselves, and have fun! Shari has enjoyed watching students go onto to professional performing careers as well being sought after teachers in the dance community. She has built Dance Theme on the foundation of offering quality training in a fantastic atmosphere!
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572 Hermitage Road, Edmonton Alberta 780 475 5930 • info@dancetheme.com