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Kennedy Heitman, 16, doesn’t need a line from Shakespeare’s play, As You Like It, to tell her that “all the world’s a stage.” For her, it really is. Heitman loves performing a wide variety of dance routines from ballet to hip hop, especially for a live audience. Introduced to dance at aged three, after just a few lessons at Judy Russell Enchainement Dance Centre, Heitman told her mother: “I want to be up there dancing on stage one day.” Since then Heitman has studied ballet, tap, jazz,...

Dance takes discipline and dollars. To reach the next level of excellence, dancers can showcase their talent and technique on a local stage during recitals, shows and dance festivals. However when they get the chance to compete at the B.C. Provincials, to be held in Pentiction from June 3 to 7, it’s like reaching out to grab the brass ring. It is a solid achievement. Dancers from all over the province perform a wide variety of dance disciplines at the Provincials and cash prizes and...

Nicole McCormick’s e-mail to the reporter on Saturday said it all: “Great news!! Both girls made it to the Provincials which will be held in Penticton in June. Abbie was selected to compete in Intermediate Modern [category] and Caitlin for Junior Stage. They and I and their teachers are thrilled!” The news follows a March 21 Free Press story on the McCormick dance family, which focused on Nicole’s own experience with dance and how a few years ago she opened her own dance studio, Dance Your...

  Sharing her love of dance with her daughters creates a special bond, says Nicole McCormick. Dancing requires passion, hard work and good time management, says the busy wife and mother. In addition to making sure that her daughters get to their classes, costume fittings, dance recitals and festivals, McCormick has her own tight schedule as the owner/operator and certified dance instructor for her business Dance Your Hart Out dance studio. For the entire family, dance has always been a...

The 38th Prince George Dance Festival is underway with 515 competitors and over 1,200 dances being performed over a six-day festival, says executive committee co-chair Julie Fisher. This includes approximately 900 solos, 100 duos and 200 groups. Categories of dance that are included in the festival are: Highland, cultural-specific, ballet, demi-character, pointe, modern, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, hip hop,tap, acro-Dance, song and dance, variety, production, musical interpretation and...