Christine is the owner and Artistic Director of Contemporary School of Dance Ltd. She is a Registered Teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance and holds her RAD Teaching Diploma, with written papers in Anatomy and Dance History, as well as the Elementary Executant exam in Benesh notation. She is also a Registered Teacher with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) and has attained Associate status in the Modern Theatre Dance branch. She is also a licensed Kindermusik educator.

Christine has studied dance for almost 30 years, including professional training at the Quinte Ballet School. She has attended many teachers' workshops and seminars, including the National Ballet School and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School teachers' summer schools and courses and continues to pursue her dance education through professional development. Christine graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.A. Honours (Dance) and the Departmental Award for Academic Achievement. Throughout university, she taught for the Carousel Dance Centre and eventually was the school's Director for a number of years. In September of 1997, Christine opened her own school, Contemporary School of Dance. The school started with two teachers and approximately 75 students. Through love, dedication, hard work and with the help of her excellent faculty, Christine has built one of the most reputable schools in the K-W area. CSD has been voted the best dance studio in the 2008 Waterloo Chronicle's Reader's Choice Awards and The Record's Reader's Select Awards in 2005 and the platinum winner in 2006 and 2007. Christine was also honoured to be voted K-W's favourite teacher in The Record's 2007 Reader's Select Awards! Today, CSD provides approximately 350 dancers with superb training in an energetic, nurturing environment.

Outside of the studio, Christine loves spending time with her husband, and partner in all things, Michael and their two wonderful children, Madison and Jackson, who inspire her every day! Christine is very excited about beginning the twelfth year of Contemporary School of Dance and will be teaching students in the ballet program.

Linda is a Registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance and holds the R.A.D. Teaching Diploma with written papers in Anatomy and Dance History. She is a Registered teacher with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and has attained Associate status in both the Cecchetti Ballet branch and Modern Theatre dance branch. She also achieved the Elementary Executant exam in benesh notation.

Linda has studied dance for over 30 years. She graduated from the University of Waterloo Dance Program in 1994 with a B.A. Honours. Concurrently, she was awarded her Teacher Training Diploma with Distinction from The National Ballet School as part of the joint degree program. In 1997, Linda graduated from Brock University with a Bachelor of Education and is currently a teacher with the Waterloo Region District School Board.

For several years, she owned and directed a successful ballet school in Guelph. She continues her professional development attending seminars and workshops at the National Ballet School as well as the professional organizations with which she is affiliated. Linda is thrilled to be on staff for a fifth year and will be teaching senior levels of the ballet program.

Robyn has over 20 years of dance training in hip hop, jazz, tap, ballet, and contemporary. She is a Registered Teacher with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and holds Associate status in the Modern Theatre (Jazz) faculty. She has taken numerous workshops in jazz and hip hop and more recently in salsa and lindy hop. Robyn has also participated in course specifically focussed on early child development in dance.

As a former student at CSD, Robyn attained advanced 2 levels in ISTD jazz and tap with Honours as well as her Intermediate & Grade 8 RAD ballet. Robyn was a member of CDT and CSD Ballet Co. for many years and was a head teacher of CSD's summer program for 3 years.

Robyn's earlier training involved competitive dance, which gave her the opportunity to perform in the U.S. and Canada. She also did some local teaching and choreography with the City of Waterloo and JM Drama. Hand in hand with her career in teaching dance, Robyn is also a Registered Massage Therapist.

This is Robyn's ninth year teaching at CSD and she looks forward to another great year teaching hip hop, jazz, tap and junior school programs.

Natasha began studying dance under the RAD syllabus in the United Arab Emirates, and later moved to Barbados where she successfully completed her Intermediate and Grade 8 exams. Here, she expanded her repertoire to include Vaganova and Balanchine ballet techniques, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, Latin, ballroom and Afro-Caribbean dance.

Natasha attended Towson University (Baltimore, USA), and obtained Honours in both her BFA in Dance Performance & Choreography, and BSc in Psychology. As a dancer with the Towson Dance Company, she performed in works by Doris Humphrey, Kiki Lucas, Stephen Greenston and Stephanie Powell, as well as the classical ballets!

Natasha spent a year teaching in Vancouver. She danced with CollabArt Creations, a new modern dance company, and expanded her knowledge of jazz through workshops with Broadway choreographers and members of the original cast of 'Fosse'. Her travels also took her to New York City, where she spent time in the Masters of Dance program at Sarah Lawrence College to focus on her choreography. During her studies, she had the opportunity to perform in a re-staging of 'Line Up' by Trisha Brown.

In the near future, Natasha will continue to further her education and certifications in dance. She is excited to be joining the CSD faculty, and is looking forward to a great year teaching in the ballet program.

Caitlin has been dancing for 18 years and has experience in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, and hip hop. She is a Registered Teacher with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and has completed her Associate examination in the tap faculty. While she was a student at CSD, Caitlin obtained her Advanced 2 level ISTD Jazz and Tap exams both with Honours, her RAD Intermediate and her RAD Grade 8 ballet with Distinction. Caitlin was a member of CDT for 6 years and CSD Ballet Co. for three years. Through both companies, she had many opportunities to perform and participate in workshops. For the past six summers, Caitlin has been one of the Head Instructors for CSD's summer program, DancEscape.

She is currently attending the University of Waterloo in pursuit of a bachelor of science degree through the Kinesiology department. This is Caitlin's fifth year as a member of CSD's faculty and she is looking forward to an exciting year. She will be teaching in the Junior School, ballet and tap programs this year as well as working in the office as an Administrative Assistant.

Arun is the percussionist for contemporary classes at CSD. He is a multiinstrumentalist performer, composer, producer and recording studio engineer having worked as a professional live and a professional session drummer for dozens of established artists, being an accompanist/composer for many of the major modern dance companies in Canada (The Toronto Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre David Earle, The Danny Grossman Company, Robert Desrosiers, The Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre and Coleman/Lemieux Company to mention a few), working on a weekly basis with Order of Canada recipient and modern dance icon David Earle (as well as being privileged to dance in his epic work "Miserere") and recording and producing over 30 full-length released albums.

As a lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist or drummer/percussionist Arun has performed thousands of shows with the likes of people such as the late Matthew Osborne, snack!, Eccodek, Rebecca Campbell, Pat Skinner, Luke Doucet and Jackie Washington all the while frequenting venues such as CTV's Canada Am, Ontario Place, Center in the Square, Festival of Friends, Hillside Festival, The River Run Center, Nashville, Hugh's Room (ranked in the top 10 folk rooms in North America), The Canada Summer Games and performing at the Prime Minister's National Campaign to mention a few. He has had the privilege of opening up for acts such as Moist, The Skydiggers, The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, The Mahones and Fred Eaglesmith.

Arun was honoured with the 2005 KW Arts Award in the music category and has received rave reviews in response to his diverse artistic contributions. Above all Arun feels his most comfortable place as an artist is as a songwriter. His second solo (full band arranged) project, which is in fact, a double disc entitled "It's Time, Once Again" has received rave reviews. He is currently working on many projects including another double (maybe triple!!) CD of his latest material, which will be launched in the year 2007.

Georgina has been dancing since the age of four, training in jazz, tap, ballet and contemporary. She is a Registered Teacher with the ISTD and holds Associate Diploma status in the Modern Theatre Jazz dance faculty and her Associate in the Tap faculty. Georgina graduated from De Montfort University in 1998 with a B.A. Honours in Contemporary Dance and Performing Arts. Following her university education, Georgina was co-founder, choreographer and dancer with UK based contemporary dance company, 'Fervent Defacto'. She has also danced professionally in the Bahamas and Mexico. It was during her time in Mexico that she was choreographer and Evening Entertainment Co-coordinator for Robinson Club hotel.

Fitness and well-being play a key part in Georgina's life. She is a certified Pilates instructor with the international Physical Mind Institute and the Ontario Fitness Council. She continues her professional development in pilates training with Body Harmonics in Toronto, and has completed the following courses: The foot and ankle, Theraband and Weighted Balls, Stability Ball and Foam Roller, and Pilates for Pregnancy. Further certifications and training include YMCA Exercise to Music, Resistance training, Cardiovascular training, Body Flow, Step Aerobics, Stability Ball and Strength Training for Women. She is also a certified Salsa Babies instructor and teaches Salsa Babies in Waterloo.

Georgina is really excited to be at CSD for a fifth year and she looks forward to teaching in the jazz, tap, Pilates and Junior School programs

Heather is a dance teacher and speech-language pathologist living with her husband, in Waterloo, Ontario. As a dance artist, she has worked with choreographers Linda Baker, Sarah Jane Burton, Robert Desrosiers, Janet Johnson, Meagan O'Shea, and Lincoln Shand, in addition to performing with Dancetheatre David Earle, Danny Grossman Dance Company, Hamilton Dance Company, Kaeja D'Dance2, Parahumans Dancetheatre and INERTIA. Heather has taught many different dance forms to all age levels.

Heather holds an H.BSc. degree in Health Studies from the University of Waterloo and an M.H.Sc. degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto. She is looking forward to her sixth year of teaching at Contemporary School of Dance and will be teaching all of the contemporary programs, as well as continuing as the Director of DanceWorks and Contemporary Dance Theatre.

Amy started dancing with Christine over 16 years ago and has been a student of hers ever since. She has trained in ballet, jazz, and contemporary. She has successfully completed her Advanced 1 RAD Ballet exam and her Grade 8 RAD ballet exam with Distinction. She is currently working towards completing her Advanced 2 RAD ballet examination in spring 2009.

Amy has been a member of CSD Ballet Co. and Contemporary Dance Theatre for many years and loves to perform. She was thrilled to dance the part of Genevieve in CSD's 2008 production of "The 12 Dancing Princesses". Through her experiences with CSD's dance companies, she has been exposed to many different styles and types of dance at various workshops and master classes. She has had the distinct pleasure of participating in many unique and "once in a lifetime" dance opportunities, including a master class with professional ballerina, Evelyn Hart.

Amy has been a member of the CSD Assistant team for over 6 years and loves to share her passion for dance with youngsters! She is extremely excited and thrilled that Christine has helped her dream of becoming a dance teacher come true. She is ecstatic to be commencing her first year teaching with CSD, doing what she loves to do. Amy will be teaching in the Junior School and ballet programs, as well as helping with administrative duties in the office.

Lynn has been studying dance for over 25 years and has taught, performed and attended courses in Europe, and Canada. She holds Associate status with the ISTD in Cecchetti ballet, National dance, Jazz and Tap, and has R.S.A Applied anatomy and physiology and History of Western dance Certificates. She has also achieved Advanced 2 level exams in Cecchetti ballet, RAD ballet, ISTD National, ISTD Modern (Jazz), and ISTD Tap.

Lynn is also hoping to continue her education this year, by completing her Associate Diploma in Tap Dance. She is also a licensed Kindermusik educator.

Lynn attended an intense Arts Educational School, in the UK for 9 years, where she truly developed her love of dance. She graduated from the London College of Dance (The ISTD Teaching College) in 1991, and travelled to Norway to teach and perform in a dance group. She then travelled to Newfoundland to continue teaching and performing. With the addition of a husband, Lynn continued to teach and attend courses, and travelled to Toronto, and then to Kitchener, teaching along the way. Now, many years and two beautiful sons later, she feels she has a happy balance of the perfect job, and a great family.

She is REALLY looking forward to her seventh year at Contemporary School of Dance and is excited to be teaching in the ballet and tap programs.