Monday

Big Studio

4:00 - 5:15 pm Ballet Choreo 1

5:15 - 6:15 pm Modern

6:15 - 7:15 Junior Ballet

7:15 - 9:00 Ballet Choreo 2

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Small Studio

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Tuesday

Big Studio

6:00 - 7:00 pm Jazz 1/2

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Small Studio

6:30 - 7:00 pm Beginner Ballet/Creative Movements

Thursday

Big Studio

4:30 - 5:30 Jazz 3

5:30 - 6:30 Lyrical 2

6:30 - 7:45 Ballet 9/10 

7:45 - 8:45 Adult Jazz

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Small Studio

5:30 - 6:00 Creative Movements 4/5

6:30 - 7:00 Creative Movements 4

Friday

Big Studio

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Small Studio

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*Note - There is a Ballet 9/10 Class offered on both Wed & Thurs - both of these classes need to be taken if the dancer is enrolling in Pre-Pointe/Pointe

MARCH 28 to APRIL 1 SPRING BREAK - NO CLASSES

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APRIL 29 REHEARSAL

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APRIL 30 REHEARSAL - PICTURES AT THIS TIME​

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MAY 5 LAST DAY OF CLASS

MAY 7 & 8 RECITAL

Bethany Irla

My name is Bethany Irla, and I am currently teaching Jazz 1/2. I began my dance career with ADS as a little bluebell in beginner ballet, and carried on dancing until graduation. After graduating from the University of Alberta with my Bachelor of Education, I came back to Athabasca, and have been teaching Grade 4 at LTIS ever since. I am very excited to be back doing what I've always loved most, dancing - but this time as a teacher. 

ADCC-CICB,  A.I.S.T.D. (Cecchetti), RAD (Mutually Recognized Teacher)

Karen has been a ballet professional working in Edmonton and the surrounding area for nearly three decades.  Since she received her Associate certification with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and the Cecchetti Society of Canada, she has been an integral member of Alberta's classical ballet community.  

Ms. Doidge operated her own studio in Vegreville for six years. Upon moving to Athabasca she was asked to direct the recently established Athabasca Dance Society. In a community that had never previously had the benefit of a professionally run dance school, she instituted the use of a ballet curriculum and raised standards through Cecchetti examinations.  Her students take yearly examinations with consistent results, and have been accepted to such prestigious schools as: The School of Alberta Ballet, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, as well as the dance programmes at Simon Fraser University, York University, the University of Calgary, and Grant MacEwan University.

In addition to teaching in Athabasca, Ms. Doidge instructs ballet in Edmonton.  With a strong appetite for learning, she never misses an opportunity to take workshops, classes, and teaching courses, consistently expanding on her knowledge of ballet, pedagogy and anatomy.

Zander McRury

Over the last decade, as a student of the Athabasca Dance Society, Alexandra (Zander) McRury has received instruction in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, modern, Broadway, acro, and most recently hip hop.  Over the past few years, she has gained experience as a student assistant, helping several teachers in creative movement, ballet, tap, Broadway, and hip hop classes, and has participated in the ADS introduction to teaching dance course.

Zander fondly remembers looking up to the senior dancers who filled the positions of teacher's assistants and student teachers in her earlier years with the ADS.  She feels honoured to now have the opportunity to guide young dancers on their own journeys to find a source of inspiration, and to provide the same encouragement she felt and to foster a sense of belonging within the Athabasca Dance Society community.