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The Shine Dancer Of The Year represents our core values of UNITING & EMPOWERING the dance community. Dancers must earn a place in the TOP 10 at a regional Shine Dance Festival event, complete an online application, and demonstrate our core values & leadership at Shine events including the TOP 10 Intensive to be eligible. Dancer of the Year receives a $500 scholarship, a mentor session with Shine Founder & Director Tamara, and earns the coveted title of ‘SHINE DANCER OF THE YEAR’.
2023 Dancer of The Year
October
Creative Edge School of Arts, Abbotsford
FAVOURITE DANCE MOVE...
Windmills!
FAVOURITE QUOTE...
“I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out.” – Nigella Lawson
FAVOURITE SONG RIGHT NOW...
Hitchin' a ride by Vanity Fare
FAVOURITE CHOREOGRAPHER...
Bob Fosse
FAVOURITE BEVERAGE...
Tea
FAVOURITE FOOD...
Soup!
INSTAGRAM HANDLE...
@octoberpenn
Mentor Award Recipients
At SHINE we value dance educators as mentors and key influences who play meaningful roles in the lives of our children. We provide teachers with opportunities for personal and professional development creating strong leaders for the next generation both in and out of the studio through our Mentor Awards. Each mentor is selected by the Shine Crew and director as examples of professionalism, dedication to their craft, and leaders in their community.
2023 Shine Mentors
Sara Constantin
Squamish Dance Centre, Squamish
Years teaching: 15
What you Teach: Preschool, Tap and Jazz
Where You Started Your Dance Journey: Three years old at Still Dancing School of Dance in Squamish, B.C.
Your Mentor: My childhood dance teachers, Debbie Vidas and Jane Runnals. Both have had an equal impact on who I am today and I still connect with them regularly to catch up or seek advice.
Your Dance Goals: Nurturing dancers to become well rounded humans for wherever life takes them and creating a safe dance home for dancers, parents and teachers.
Favourite Quote: Practice makes better. Lead by example.
Shawna Sloan
CR Dance Xtreme, Campbell River
Years Teaching: 25
What You Teach: Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, Modern, Stage, Hip Hop.
Where You Started Your Dance Journey: My dance journey began at Danette’s school of dance in Campbell River at the age of 4. The journey of my career began at 18 in Los Angeles.
Your Mentor:My mentors have changed over the years. But there is one that holds reign and that is my mom. She was a warrior who loved hard, looked after everyone else with genuine care and compassion. Battled cancer for 10 years with so much joy for living that she far surpassed her given 2 years. Was incredibly optimistic and never complained about the hand she was dealt. She has inspired me on how I want the rest of my time here spent being, giving and receiving an abundance of love.
Your Dance Goals: I would like to keep educating dancers that there is so much more in the dance industry than what you see on social media. That there is a dance career out there even if you don’t have ‘perfect’ technique. Hard work, pick up skills, professionalism, STYLE…. To name a few will land you jobs. If you want a career in dance, keep remembering the ‘why’ and don’t lose sight of that.
Favourite Quote: “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
Paige Anderson
Laszlo Tamasik Dance Academy, Powell River
Years Teaching: 25
What You Teach: Lyrical, Contemporary & Musical Theatre.
Where You Started Your Dance Journey: My dance journey started at the age of 3 with my first ballet class that took place in a small church in Powell River, B.C.
Your Mentor: My Mentors in the dance world are Buddy Mynatt & Robin Bleasdale and all the wonderful dance educators that I was able to take classes from growing up.
Your Dance Goals: A goal for myself as a dance educator is to prepare my dancers for a professional career in dance and to teach all dancers whether they decide to continue with dance or not, life skills that help them with everything. For example time management, work ethic, accountability, team work & problem solving.
Favourite Quote:"The Noblest Art Is That Of Making Others Happy" - P.T. Barnum.
Cassie Rigler
Academy of Dance, Kamloops
Years teaching: 5
What you Teach: I currently teach our primary programs, Jazz, Tap, and Acro!
Where You Started Your Dance Journey: I started my dance journey in Kamloops, BC at the Academy of Dance
Your Mentor: My mentor is my mom and boss: Krista Faraday!
You Dance Goals: My number one goal is always to teach my students to be great people, not just great dancers.
Favourite Quote: My favorite comedic quote is “hip bounces are not a break” and my favorite serious quote is “Behind every dancer who believes in themselves os a teacher who believed in them first”.
Nanaimo 2023 RESULTS
Shine Video Adjudication
At Shine, each adjudication and breakdowns is professionally recorded with audio commentary from each adjudicator so you can understand and remember your feedback. Video adjudications are available through your teacher/ studio after the competition has ended. We are pleased to be working with local company Dance.Sync to provide Video Adjudication.