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Andrea Downie Nominated for IADMS Dance Educator Award

9/12/2020

 
Congratulations to our 22 nominees! A graphic announcing the award nominees
Enhance Dance is pleased to announce that our Founding Director, Andrea Downie, is on the list of world-class teachers nominated for the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) 2020 Dance Educator Award. Congratulations!!
​See the announcement below:

The IADMS Dance Educators' Committee is very excited to share the nominees for the 2020 Dance Educator Award! These 22 astounding educators were nominated by their colleagues and students for masterfully integrating principles of Dance Medicine and Science into their teaching practice and inspiring future generations of dance teachers to do the same. Nominators spoke passionately about these studio teachers, clinicians, healthcare providers, coaches, and classroom lecturers. Each of these professionals has devoted themselves to improving the health and performance of dancers through education and we thank them all for their service. The winner of the Dance Educator Award will be announced this October.
Please, join us in celebrating these educators:
Andrea Downie
Angela Pickard
Angelique Wilkie
Boglarka Simon-Hatala
Carrie Skony
Daan van den Akker
Donna Krasnow
Frey Faust
Hyp-Access (Audre Wirtanen & Laura Tuthall)
Katrina Edwards
Manuela Angioi
Rachel Fine
Roisin Cahalan
Sarah Kiely
Sarah Reis
Sarah Wilcoxon
Sonia Rafferty
Sujata Banerjee
Tiffany Stott
Vangeline
Wendy Timmons

IADMS Conference:  Montreal 2019

10/27/2019

 
A picture of Andrea and four other women smiling
Maggie Morris, Andrea Downie, Bonnie Robson,
Karine Rathle & Jo-Anne La Flèche
Enhance Dance was pleased to spend time with colleagues from around the world at the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science Conference in Montreal.  Andrea Downie gave a lecture presentation, Multisensory instruction addresses learning diversity and enhances dance skill learning and performance, and also lead a movement workshop, Enhance Dance: Holistic multisensory movement.

Honouring our mentors:  Healthy Dancer Canada Conference 2018

10/3/2018

 
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Andrea Downie & Donna Krasnow, Healthy Dancer Canada Conference, Toronto 2018
EnhanceDance's, Andrea Downie, recently had the opportunity to honour her long-time mentor, Dr. Donna Krasnow, by presenting Dr. Krasnow with the Healthy Dancer Canada (HDC) Lifetime Achievement Award at HDC's 10th Anniversary Conference 2018, in Toronto. Read more about Dr. Krasnow's contributions as a educator, innovator, dance science researcher, author, and so much more. Thank you, Donna, for sharing so much with dancers, teachers, health professionals and researchers everywhere!

OPtimizing Dance Performance:  New Blue Dance 2018

6/6/2018

 
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Healthy dancer workshop, New Blue Emerging Dance Festival, Toronto 2018
EnhanceDance's Andrea Downie presented a workshop in Toronto, Optimizing Dance Performance, with Nicole Hamilton of Inica Dance Industries and Kiah Brubacher-Cressman on behalf of Healthy Dancer Canada - The Dance Health Alliance of Canada at New Blue Emerging Dance Festival 18, June 4, 2018. Topics include physical tools to optimize dance performance, injury prevention and management, and psychological tools to optimize dance performance.

Enhancedance Master Classes:  Belleville 2018

2/15/2018

 
A picture of Andrea instructing a group of dance students
Dance conditioning workshop, Quinte Ballet School, Quinte 2018
EnhanceDance's Andrea Downie was at Quinte Ballet School of Canada in again this winter, working with the dancers in the professional division. We discussed how to safely and optimally warm-up and cool-down. We also did C-I Training classes and discussed the importance of supplementary fitness and conditioning for dancers.

Enhancedance Workshop:  Calgary 2017

11/15/2017

 
A picture of Andrea surrounded by a large group of teenage dance students
Contemporary dance workshop, Dance Explosions Inc., Calgary 2017
EnhanceDance's Andrea Downie was in Calgary last week, working with the Dance Program majors at University of Calgary, as well as with the young dancers at Dance Explosions Inc. Introducing C-I Training and Simonson Technique - what fun!! She finished off her time there attending Healthy Dancer Canada's 9th Annual Conference, Science to Studio to Stage, and leading the Healthy Dancer Canada Annual General Meeting of Members.

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