Dans’Atout Staff
Melanie Beaudet
Owner/Teacher
Melanie Beaudet has been dancing since the age of 5 at Dans’Atout. At 15, she began teaching and choreographing, and at 18 she kicked off her professional dance career. Melanie has been involved in a number of stage shows, including performances at the Casino de Montreal, Casino de Hull, as well as the Windsor Casino.
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Michelle Raimbert
Teacher (R.A.D. certified)
Michelle Raimbert began dancing and competing at the age of 5 at the Alison Lamont School of Dance, AB and continued her training with Simcoe Dance Academy, ON. She has been trained in RAD ballet, ISTD tap and modern and CDTA tap and jazz and successfully completed her advanced exams in all disciplines as well as…
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Angela Beaupre
Teacher (R.A.D. certified)
Angela Beaupre began her ballet training at the age of 6 in her home town of Terrace, British Columbia. At 11 she began attending summer dance intensives at the Canadian School of Ballet in Kelowna, BC (sister school to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet) and the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver, British Columbia. At 16, she trained…
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Ashley Couture
Teacher
Ashley Couture started her dance training at the age of 3 in the Kinderdance program at Dans’Atout. She went on to study ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and modern. After being an assistant for six years in the Dans’Atout Teacher’s Training Program she began teaching at the age of 18. As a teenager, she was accepted three years in a row to perform in the holiday season production of The Nutcracker presented by…
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Natalie Saunders
Teacher
Natalie Saunders is talented and dedicated. Being the first recipient of the Dans’Atout Scholarship, she continues to excel in all her dance classes. As a full time student at McGill in Neuroscience, she turns to dance to relieve her tension. Natalie has shown through her many years of intensive training at Dans’Atout her ability to not only perform but to assist our youngest dancers to master their steps.
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Saxon Fraser
Teacher
Saxon Fraser is an artist, performer, teacher and choreographer who is inspired by everything from contemporary to urban, Latin and West African dance forms. In 2005 she earned her B.A. with honours in Contemporary Dance Kinesiology at the University of Calgary and formed the female urban group Malfunktion. She has since specialized in fusion choreography, training with legendary teachers like Poppin Pete, Caleaf Sellers, Wojciech Mochniej and Vicki Adams Willis.
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Taylor Dolan
Teacher
Taylor Dolan began dancing at age 3, and through her years as a student she trained with influential instructors and choreographers from the West Coast in Vancouver BC in all genres of popular dance. As a professional dancer Taylor’s career started with Disney tours at age 12…
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Ashley Arnold
Teacher
Ashley Arnold has a real passion for dance. Joining the Dans’Atout family at the age of 5 in ballet and tap, Ashley has since added jazz, contemporary, hip hop and modern to her portfolio. Under the instruction of her ballet and tap teacher Michelle Raimbert, Ashley’s hard work does not go unnoticed…
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Brittney Udall
Teacher
Brittney Udall is a well rounded performer, dancer and teacher. Brittney has background in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, Musical Theater and Hip Hop dance. Brittney has been teaching Hip Hop Dance classes at Dans’Atout for over 5 years and has provided dedication, love, support and the ability to grow to her students. Brittney lives through her students and will do all in her power…
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Keisha Seales
Teacher
Keisha Seales is trained in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Contemporary Dance, and Modern Dance. She is now teaching at Dans’Atout where she has been dancing since the age of seven. Keisha has choreographed several dance numbers, first as a sixteen-year-old teaching assistant and now as an instructor of Jazz and Musical …
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