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Naomi Bothe
Naomi began studying dance in 1992 with a foundation of jazz and tap; in more recent years she has added modern dance and creative movement to her own training. She continues to take dance workshops to maintain and continue her development as a dancer as well as learn new styles and techniques she can share with her students. Naomi began teaching in 1988 and teaches all age levels from children to adults, teaching jazz, tap, creative movement, and creative/modern classes.
Naomi has led and been involved with dance teams that have a worship, teaching and evangelistic ministry. She continues to work with dance teams developed out of Creator's Arts Centre as well as work with other dance teams, ministries, and churches within the community. She especially likes to work with people from all different backgrounds and walks of life and loves to see those that have always wanted to dance start doing so no matter what their age, and finding freedom in it.
Naomi is one of the original founders of CDC and was director of Creator's Arts Centre from 1994 - 2007. She continues to share her creative talent and love of dance through teaching at the Centre.
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Bev Colbow
“Miss Bev” began dancing at the age of 5 and was hooked! Her early training consisted of tap and baton studying in the exam and competition stream in Calgary, Alberta. Deciding to pursue dance with more intensity, Bev added the disciplines of: ballet, jazz, tap, modern, musical theatre and character. This training period of her dance education involved exams in RAD, ISTD, Al Gilbert and ADAPT as well as on-going competitions in solo, duo, small and large group work. In her later teen years, Bev studied, performed and competed in Canada and the US in a variety of venues including local and traveling troups, The University of Calgary’s Dance Montage, etc. Bev loves the relationships that come with teaching in addition to watching the students grow – personally and in their talent. She has a passion for encouraging Christians in the performing arts and says, “I am so excited for what God has in store for Creator’s Arts Centre. The possibilities are limitless!” Bev feels privileged to have parented her 4 lovely daughters and has called Kelowna home since 1987.
Bev has been teaching at CAC for many years and now serves as the Centre Director.
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Emma Donely
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Cai Glover
Cai trained at The Enchainement Dance Studios in Prince George, BC under the direction of Judy Russell where he performed the role of the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker with Enchainement:The Company. Cai is a graduate of the Half Day Ballet Program at Pacific Dance Arts in Vancouver, BC and was a participant in the Atlanta Ballet Fellowship Training Program in Atlanta, Georgia for two seasons. He has been a featured dancer with Move! The Company; Source, The Company and the International Dance Festival. With the Atlanta Ballet, Cai has appeared in The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and The Great Gatsby. Cai presently dances with Ballet Kelowna and is in his first season.
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Don Hildebrandt
Don has a drama major from the University of Winnipeg, where he studied drama and mime. He has been involved in drama for the past 21 years, and has acted in, directed and produced many productions within the church and the community. He has also done improvisation with the 'Unidentified Flying Actors', a professional Improv troupe that has been based out of Victoria, Kelowna B.C. and Calgary. Over the past 12 years Don has taught many workshops and classes on drama and mime for children, teens, and adults.
In 1997 Don started teaching mime at Creator's Arts Centre. Wanting to see the dramatic arts being developed more within the Christian community, he was significant in starting the process for the Dance Centre becoming Creator's Arts Centre. Don has helped develop the production class at Creator's Arts Centre and continues to give direction to the drama department and to the Arts Centre as both a teacher and a director.
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Joanna Lige
Joanna Lige is a native of Kelowna and began her dance training at age six with the Canadian School of Ballet where she studied ballet, jazz, and modern attaining her Royal Academy of Dancing Advanced 2 level. After numerous summer intensive studies with The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, The Banff Centre for the Arts, and performances at The B.C. Festival of the Arts; she decided to further her training at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre’s professional training program. As a scholarship student, she was exposed to many modern dance styles. After graduation in 2002 she moved back to Kelowna and performed with the Velocity Dance Company for 2 seasons in conjunction with teaching at the Canadian School of Ballet. After taking a year off in 2005 to travel through New Zealand, Australia, China, Taiwan, and Thailand Joanna returned to Kelowna and was married in 2006. She began teaching at Creator’s Art Centre that fall and is thrilled to dance and to see the spirit of God through her students. Joanna’s goal is to inspire each person to dance their true self, how God views them, and for each dancer to feel blessed in the gift of sharing spirit through movement. Joanna continues to attend workshops and programs, loves the outdoors and being active. It is a love of nature that keeps Joanna inspired, connected, and growing in her movement vocabulary.
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Mikael Montimy
Mikael began his dance studies in 1996 in Charlesbourg, QC and continued his training in Victoriaville, Montreal and Quebec City. He has trained with Rubberbandance Group, L’Ecole de Danse de Quebec and was a scholarship student at the School of the Alberta Ballet in Calgary from 2005 through 2008. Mikael has performed in Requiem with the Alberta ballet and was a participant in the first Okanagan Summer Dance Intensive 2008 Professional Program where he performed in Brian Macdonald’s A Little Brahms. He has also been a featured dancer and choreographer at many special events in Quebec. He is an accomplished hip-hop and break-dancing dancer and teacher and he has placed first at many competitions including La Nordica, La Jorefique, Le Reseau, La Coupe d’Or and La Coupe du Prestige. This is Mikael’s first season with Ballet Kelowna.
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Cheryl Weidman
Cheryl has been involved in dance and the arts since the age of four. Her training includes, ballet, tap, jazz, national character, Hawaiian, acrobatics, musical theatre, modelling, piano, clarinet, and baritone saxophone. She has been awarded numerous dance bursaries, and scholarships including scholarships to train with the Anna Wyman Studio of Dance (Vancouver), Brian Foley Dance Studio (Toronto), and the Nilo Toledo School of the Arts (Florida). She has also trained and performed throughout the lower mainland, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco and has represented the Surrey Festival of Dance in the BC Provincial championships. Her television performances include, “Sesame Street”, tourism Canada commercial, the award winning CKVU production “Sleepless Nights”, and other local station appearances. In addition, she was a member of the Liturgical Dance Group, “Life”.
Cheryl taught dance for 8 years in the lower mainland and worked with the BC Lions Football Club as a cheerleader and dance captain for 4 years. With a BSc in Kinesiology and a Teaching Certification she also taught high school Science and Math for 6 yrs before relocating to the Okanagan and starting a family.
Cheryl has been drawn back to her love of dance with a deepened desire to see dance make people smile. Cheryl presently teaches in our local School District and serves as the President of Creator's Arts Centre.
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