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The faculty for our Ottawa Convention is hand picked to give your dancer the best training opportunity possible.
ANDREW DRAGERT
Contemporary / Jazz Techique
Andrew started dancing at the age of five and it has become his passion
ever since. Finishing his Regional Arts Program Certificate at Cawthra
Park Secondary School where he had the opportunity to work with
renowned choreographers Allen Kaeja, Darryl Tracy and Michael Trent.
On his final year of competing, Andrew won Mr. Dance Canada and had
been selected to be the “Face Of Fever” at Fever International Dance
Championships in the 2012-2013 season. His professional career
started as an apprentice in the Rutherford Movement Exchange’s first
debut production entitled “Ascension,” under the artistic direction of
Stephanie Rutherford.
Working with such passionate and talented dancers in Toronto and
abroad Andrew was inspired him to broaden his horizons. Some
Televised opportunities Andrew has had the chance to work on would
be The Next Step, Backstage, Reign, The 2015 CCMA Awards comedy
segment, The 2015 Pan American Games closing ceremony and The
2015 Para Pan American Games opening ceremony. Andrew has had the
opportunity to dance in Stephanie Rutherford’s production “Ascension,”
Vlad Novitski’s production of “Checkmate,” Ross Wirtanen and Tia
Haraga’s “Marina Antoinette,” the Toronto Fringe Festival, and the 2016
Toronto Beaches Jazz festival. Recently Andrew had the opportunity to
dance for Blake McGrath at his I Am Blake McGrath Tour. Andrew has
transitioned his main focus onto the choreography side of the dance
world. Some Choreography opportunity’s accomplished to date would
be a opening number for the I Am Blake McGrath Tour, a piece for the
Canadian Mental Health Association Conference 2018, and a opening
number for the Canadian movie premiers of “Paper Year”(2018) and
“Sometimes Always Never.” (2019) One goal Andrew had for some time
was to become a drop in teacher in Toronto and he has met that goal by
becoming faculty at The Underground Dance Centre as well as
Millennium Dance Complex Toronto. Andrew is currently a dance
teacher and trainer on a Netflix project.
Andrew continues to train, take class, and teach at competitive and drop
in dance studios throughout Ontario. His passion, determination and
hard work are what have pushed him this far in his career and he plans
on continuing to pursue his dream for many years to come!
ZACHARY CARDWELL
Ballet
Zachary Cardwell is a Toronto born dancer and educator as well as a graduate of the Arts Umbrella Post-Secondary Program in Vancouver, BC. He has had the privilege to work with choreographers such as Crystal Pite, James Kudelka, Emanual Gat, and Fernando Hernando Magadan, among others. Since moving back to Toronto, Zachary has worked with Toronto Dance Theatre, Zata Omm Dance Projects, and Dusk Dances. Zachary has toured in Holland performing in the ITS festival 2017 and in Netherlands Dans Theatre & Korzo's Shortcuts XL 2017. As an educator, Zachary focuses on fostering healthy relationships to dance and empowering future dancers in both ballet and contemporary styles.
SHAWN BRACKE
Jazz
Shawn Bracke is a versatile dancer, choreographer and visual artist, creating movement for stage, film and television. His work is story-based and aims to inspire audiences to think critically and feel deeply.
His aesthetic stems from his strong technical training and a professional career that immersed in the commercial and concert dance worlds. His extensive training in Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-hop and Vernacular styles have been integral to his unique movement. Shawn draws from experience with improvisational acting techniques to create a heightened emotional state with his work.
Having spent time living in Vancouver, London UK, Milan and now in Toronto, Canada. Shawn has gained credits working with major brands.
Selected credits include: Much Music MMVA's, We Day, YTV the Zone, "The Next Step", "Once Upon A Time", Toronto Short Film Festival, Inside Out Film Festival, Converse & Bud Light Sensation."
ADDISON MOFFETT
Contemporary / Lyrical
Addison Moffett began her dance training at the age of six in Burnsville, Minnesota and quickly realized dance was more than a hobby for her. Addison has won national titles including: top soloist Teen and Senior at the Dance Awards, Hall of Fame dance off Champion, and KAR Miss Dance America. In 2016 she toured as a demonstrator for the established dance convention West Coast Dance Explosion. She was signed with Bloc Talent Agency at a young age and began working professionally soon after that. Working with artists such as Diamond White in her performance on the XFactor USA and Selena Gomez in her debut of “Wolves” on the 2017 American Music Awards. As well as most recently being a featured cast member in the Las Vegas residency “A Mob Story”.