Kyle Syverson

Kyle has been dancing forever and will always dance in some form. She started ballet with Judy Rule in Prince Albert at age 5, and continued with Backstage Dance (Rene Skeoch), where she broadened into jazz as well. Early artistic and rhythmic gymnastics training has influenced her dance. She began her Modern dance training at Fort Qu'appelle dance camp and it has continued all over: with Henri Knoppe in Johannesburg, Decidedly Jazz in Calgary, Connie Cook in Victoria, Jackie Latendresse in Saskatoon, and at 'Naranjo' studio en Monterrey Mexico (graham technique.) She also has enjoyed touring briefly with a street performance company "Teatro del Ritmo" in Argentina and Bolivia, and hanging out and 'jamming' with Saskatoon's Improv Dance Collective (contact improv.)

Jenna Rempel

Born in Prince Albert, Jenna began dancing at the Backstage Dance Company and the Performing Arts Warehouse. She has since competed and danced across Canada and has completed various dance syllabus in R.A.D, C.D.T.A and Cechetti. Jenna focussed on furthering her training at the Quinte Ballet School as part of the professional division and also attended the State Street Ballet Professional summer programs. Jenna has worked as a dance instructor throughout the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Megan Daniels

Megan Daniels was born and raised in Saskatoon. She has been dancing for most of her life and began her training with Yvonne Jaspar at the age of four. Since then she developed her passion for dance, (ballet in particular) that which enabled her to move to Winnipeg to study with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and company there. A small but persistent injury five years ago forced Megan’s return to Saskatoon and since then she has been involved with Dare 2 Dance on two occasions. It was a twist of fate that brought her back to the city and it gave her the unique opportunity of working with wonderful choreographers and teachers that have shaped and molded her into the dancer that she is today. Megan is currently working on completing a bachelors degree in economics at the University of Saskatchewan and recently joined Jackie Latendresse’s dance troupe, Free Flow Dance. She is thrilled with the opportunity to work with such talented dancers and hopes that Saskatoon will continue to flourish and nurture the abundance of talent that exists here. We are lucky to have such talented artists in Saskatoon! Enjoy watching all these awesome dancers shine!

Katie McGuigan Scott

Katie spends the rest of her time sharing the joy of dance and the fun of movement exploration with her students at Georges Vanier Fine Arts elementary school. She is also, at the University of Saskatchewan working towards an education degree. Katie has worked with Free Flow Dance in the past. Katie has had the opportunity to work with Sarah Nolan Downs of Saskatchewan Contemporary Ballet Company on the Saskatoon Centennial Celebration, and production with Amati Quartet. Katie has had many opportunities dancing with different choreographers from across Canada, including: Danny Austin, Linda Garneau, Josh Beamish, Shawn Hounsel, Sandy Croft, Scott Kufske and D. A. Hoskins through Dance Saskatchewan Inc. Dance Saskatchewan also provided her the opportunity to work in Europe with a multi cultural dance troupe. Katie took her training in Saskatoon, and Toronto at The Toronto Dance Theater.

Elissa Houk

Elissa is a contemporary dancer, choreographer and improviser in the Saskatoon community. Her early training included ballet, jazz, tap and modern in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. In university she continued to study contemporary dance and is a graduate of the University of Calgary’s dance program where she became very interested in choreography and the mechanics of the moving body, both of which she continues to study. Elissa has trained and worked with some very inspiring people including Davida Monk, Melissa Monteros, Darcy McGehee, Wojciech Mochniej, Anne Flynn and Maya Lewandowsky. Her love of dance has taken her across western Canada as well as all the way to Poland where she studied physical theatre, choreography, contemporary technique and also had several opportunities to perform.
She is very excited to be working with Jackie in Saskatoon and to be dancing with Free Flow Dance Theatre.

Ashleigh Clark

Ashleigh has a great passion for dance in all of its forms. She has been dancing since the age of 4 starting off at Juliette's Dance Centre in Saskatoon. She has worked with a variety of Canadian dance artists and celebrated international choreographers including Sherrie Sherger, Sean Cheesman, Lynn Wallace, Lynette Kelly and Ilara Lopez. Ashleigh has advanced classical training in RAD ballet as well as jazz, modern, tap, hip hop and african. She is also a trained singer/actor and a recent graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts (Victoria, BC) under the instruction of Jacques Lemay and Janis Dunning. She has had the pleasure to study with Dr. Iris McGregor Bannerman and Christopher Weddell at the college, studying everything from speech to physical theatre. Ashleigh has been cast in many different principal dance roles including We Will Not Forget (2005), On Broadway (2006) and Blue Skies with the Victoria Symphony (2006).

Sabrina Schoenfeld

Sabrina took a variety of gymnastics, dancing and skating classes as a child. It was at the age of 11 that she started to truly focus on dancing. She joined the Barveenok Ukrainian dance group in Prince Albert Saskatchewan while also taking ballet, jazz, and choreography classes at Dance Gallery. Sabrina continued her ballet classes in France while she lived there and later returned to Prince Albert to continue with her training. She has taken various forms of dance at the Performing Arts Warehouse including jazz, tap, ballet, modern and hip hop and also enjoyed working on the musical production of Scrooge as a dancer, singer and actress.

In 2001 Sabrina moved to Saskatoon in order to study in the college of pharmacy and nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan. She performed for 2 years with the Yevshan Folk Ballet Dance Ensemble which is a renowned semi-professional Ukrainian dance group and had the opportunity to tour San Diego California and Ukraine as one of the main characters of the “devil” in the folk ballet. She is now a member of the Free Flow dance company and enjoys it very much. It has renewed a love for dancing in her life due to the freedom of expression she finds in this form of dance.

Sylvia Gibson

Sylvia grew up in Calgary and studied a variety of styles of dance largely under the direction of Erin O'Connor and Youth Dance Unlimited. Later, Anne Flynn (at the University of Calgary) provided her with an introduction to Improvisation. Sylvia has taught Creative Movement and Hip Hop to Youth in both Calgary and Saskatoon. Last year Sylvia attended the first stage of The EARTH Symposium for artists and activists in Vancouver (Judith Marcuse Projects) as a Saskatchewan youth delegate. She is excited to have the opportunity to be training and performing in Saskatoon!

Deborah Jasmine Randall

Jasmine recently moved to Saskatoon from Ontario and after a long break from dancing connected with Free Flow Dance Theatre. She trained primarily in Ballet with Christina Para Classical Ballet School in Mississauga and Westside Ballet in Santa Monica. She danced with Dance Electric Contemporary Ballet Company for two years. She is enjoying developing a stronger understanding of Modern Technique and intends to explore other dance forms especially cultural folk dances. She has a strong passion for dance and is absolutely thrilled to be dancing again!

Karla Kloeble

Karla has trained in tap, jazz and ballet with the Pure Energy Dance Co. in Saskatoon. She began dancing at the age of six, and loves her newest dance expression with the Free Flow Dance Theater Co. Karla has been to Calgary, Regina and Toronto attending a variety of different dance workshops, camps and classes. She loves the thrill of performing in front of an audience on stage. She teaches tap, jazz and ballet to students in her community and at Pure Energy Dance Co. This coming year she will also be teaching Dance for the community of Harris.

For the past six years Misty Wensel has been following her own path as a Contemporary dancer. Blending influences, her dance weaves Indian classical dance forms with her own contemporary style. Misty is inspired by the environment, folklore, and technology.
Misty’s own choreographic work has been performed at New Dance Horizons Stream of Dance Festival, The Globe Theatre’s Lantern’s on the Lake, The Connect Electronic Music Festival, and The Beet Societies “Enter the Beet”. She graduated from the Arts Education Program at the U of Regina with a major in dance in the spring of 2000. Currently she teaches and directs contemporary dance at The Conservatory of Performing Arts. Misty also teaches arts education at Leboldus High School in Regina.

I am currently a student at the University of Regina and training part time at the Youth Ballet Company of Saskatchewan (YBCS). I trained professionally for four years in ballet at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. From there I moved to Saskatchewan with my family and have been training in ballet and modern at the YBCS for five years. In my five years of training at the YBCS, I have been privileged to work with Connie Cooke, Elaine Hansen, Joe Laughlin, Brent Lott, Robin Poitras, Floyd Favel Starr, Connie Moker Wernikowski and Darlene Williams.

Monica Dalidowicz began dancing at a young age with the Polonia Polish Dance Ensemble of Regina. Her involvement with this group has meant numerous performances and workshops at a national and international level and has lead her into a life centered on dance. During the past five years Monica has studied two forms of classical Indian dance; Bharata Natyam and Kathak. She has also begun to study both contemporary and modern dance. Monica is pursuing graduate studies in the anthropology of dance.

Fran started dancing at the age of 4 and trained in the classical style of Vaganova (ballet) for 11 years. As a student of the Youth Ballet Company of Saskatchewan, she had the opportunity to learn a variety of styles of dance, including, character, Chinese and modern dance. Influential teachers in those years were Vera and Gennady Adrianow, Alexandre Sellier and Sonia de Batres.
After a considerable amount of time away from the dance world, she gained a new found passion for free flow movement and her eyes were opened to new possibilities in the field of dance. She started taking class again, this time contemporary, with Misty Wensel at the Conservatory of Dance, and through her, has been granted the opportunity to experience contemporary dance fusion. East Indian classical dance, fire dancing, and gypsy character are all most prominent in the contemporary pieces being explored and performed at this time.
"Dance has become a spiritual practice. It’s taught me strength, patience and laughter. Most of all it has returned a sense of balance and purpose to my life."

Lori has been performing since the age of 6. She has trained in tap, jazz, ballet & lyrical and swing with various studios throughout the years. She traveled with Saskatchewan Express for numerous seasons and then became rehearsal mistress. She received her diploma in Entertainment Administration from Durham College in Oshawa, ON and worked for the Canadian Children's Dance Theatre in Toronto. She then returned to work for Sask. Express and currently is the Director of the performing groups The Mini Express & Expressions. She has choreographed for live performances and music videos for such groups as Jade, Hoja, Stephanie Thomson & Brad Johner. She has adjudicated for many competitions, including the Sask. Youth Talent Search. The highlight of her career to date was performing in Bosnia for the Canadian Peacekeepers, along with such artists as Sue Medley, The Johner Brothers and Michael Kaeshammer. She is excited to be working with Jackie and Free Flow Dance as a new venture into the 'modern' world!

Kimberly Bird has trained in tap, jazz, ballet and modern. She has taken most of her formal training in Saskatoon with the Diane Will Dance Studio with the exception of ballet, which she studied with La Dance and Modern which she continues to study with Jackie Latendresse. Kim also studied at the University of Saskatchewan where she received a Bachelor of Education with a minor in drama. Voice work and theatre have contributed to a large part of her training. Currently she works as a performance artist and is interested in dance as ritual and ceremony. She has studied dance and performed for over 15 years and is extremely excited about turning the modern dance leaf.

Tina is very pleased to be dancing with Jackie and to be returning to the Her-icane Festival. Tina trained in both Montreal and Saskatoon. Her own choreography finds its base in contemporary dance, butoh (a Japanese modern dance form) and yoga. She is currently working on remounting her show “The Belly’s Tongue” for this summer’s Saskatoon International Fringe Theatre Festival.

Jillian Kerry has been dancing for over 14 years. She is thrilled to be part of Free Flow Dance Company. Her dance career started at Juliette's Dance School in Saskatoon and later she moved to La Dance, where she continues to take some of her dance training. She has participated in the Nut-Cracker with the Alberta Dance Company as a child extra and this past summer, she was part of a Dance Troupe from Saskatchewan that participated in the International Dance and the Child Conference in Salvador, Brazil. In addition, she was also a member of the 2003, Dare to Dance Company. Through her membership in Dance Saskatchewan, she has participated in several workshops and the Summer Steps Dance Camp. Jillian has been involved in many dance festivals and competitions, through out Saskatchewan, Alberta, New York and Orlando, Florida. She is looking forward to Dancing with the Free Flow Dance Company to further expand her dance horizons.

Karen Polowick has been dancing since she was five years old. She has taken ballet, tap, and jazz lessons in Saskatoon, and participated in several modern dance work shops while in Amsterdam. However, as a result of traveling, knee surgery, and other hobbies she has been unable to dance for the last few years, but she is ready to get back on the horse! Karen is currently completing her final year of an international studies honours degree at the University of Saskatchewan, and is looking forward to continued involvement in dance in one form or another.

Anastasia has been dancing and performing since she learned to walk and talk. Her formal ballet training began in Ontario and continued upon her move to Saskatoon, where she also became involved in Ukrainian dancing, the Saskatoon Improv Dance Collective and modern dance. Anastasia has also performed with various Saskatoon theatre companies, both amateur and professional – and hopes to do more in the future! Currently, Anastasia on the last stretch of her History/ Political studies degree, teaching children’s creative dance classes, dancing lots, and enjoying a life filled with movement, creativity and good people.

Chisa Seniuk

Chisa began dancing in 1996 when she started training in Modern Dance with Barb Jones at the Dance Gallery in Prince Albert Saskatchewan. She has continued her training by adding Ballet classes, taking workshops and also currently studies Tap, Jazz and Hip Hop at Juliette’s Dance Centre in Saskatoon. She first became involved with Free Flow in 2000 when she joined on to perform “Puppets”. After a successful show at the Women’s Festival she remained with the company for the Saskatoon Fringe Festival 2001. Chisa rejoined the company in 2004 after returning from the West Coast. She is constantly expanding her dance knowledge and hopes to further her training in many forms.

Allison Rae Knight

As the youngest member of Free Flow Dance Theatre, Allison has logged in eleven years of ballet and six years of jazz training with with Juliette Perry-Perez and Meagan McGratten at Juliette’s Dance Centre. She also studied Jazz Dance at University of Saskatchewan and attended the University of Saskatchewan Dance Camp for three years. Recently she completed a Mentorship program with Free Flow Dance Theatre training in modern dance with Jackie Latendresse. She has also been studying contemporary dance with Frank Engel.

Frank Engel

Born and raised in West Germany Frank recently moved to Saskatoon in April 2003. He first trained in Ballet and Modern dance at the National Theatre in Wiesbaden before he came into contact with the art of modern Mime Theatre. Frank has taken lessons in mime, pantomime, acting, dance, directing and choreography in Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, and Wroclaw Poland. In 1989 he received his diploma in Mime, Acting and Dance at Die Estage School for the arts in Germany. Since his graduation he has worked as a Mime, an actor, director choreographer and teacher in Germany, France, Poland, Turkey, Holland, Bosnia, Denmark and Canada.

“I am very excited about my work with Jackie since this is the first time I am staging as a dancer in about 10 years and it is my first Canadian production that I am in. And of course Jackie’s not just a very dear person but also a wonderful artist to work with.”