Students of Giselle鈥檚 ShowTyme Dance Studio in Assiniboia, with owner and teacher Giselle Wilson, had a successful competition season.
In fact, 2016-2017 has been a good year for the dance studio which marked its 10th anniversary in Assiniboia. The theme for GSD鈥檚 well-attended year end show case on May 27 was 鈥淭yme鈥�. The studio鈥檚 students attended four dance competitions in total with the part-time dancers attending two competitions and the full-time dancers attending three competitions.
The first competition attended by the part-time dancers was 鈥淒ance Nation Dance Festival鈥� in Weyburn that took place on April 6-9. These dancers won two gold, 24 silver, and two bronze medals. Awards were received by the tap trio Keanna Gee, Shaina Gee and Keyara Peterson for 鈥淎pplying Corrections鈥� given by the adjudicators in previous dances. The second award went to Annabell Odiagah and Amelia Hanstock for 鈥淭ake The Lead鈥�.
GDS dancers from both the part-time and full-time programs brought home 42 gold and 23 silver medals from the Saskatchewan Express Competition 鈥淪tars of Tomorrow鈥� on April 20-23, 2017. Harper Berner and Naysa Zahariuk received the Adjudicators Choice award for their jazz novice duet. The novice ballet large group received the Most Promising award for the piece 鈥淐locks鈥�. The intermediate jazz small group received the Most Promising award for their performance of 鈥淐osmic Love in Fast Forward鈥�. Cassidi Elder received the Most Outstanding award for novice solo Acro.
The novice Acro small group took home the Most Outstanding award for 鈥淩ight Now鈥�. The ballet beginner large group received the choreography award for 鈥淭hrough the Looking Glass鈥�. The beginner tap trio of Keanna Gee, Shaina Gee and Keyara Peterson took home the Most Promising award for their performance. The lyrical novice large group received the Most Outstanding award for 鈥淪low Me Down鈥�. The novice song and dance small group won the Most Outstanding award for their performance of 鈥淭ime Warp鈥�.
The Most Outstanding award went to the novice jazz large group for 鈥淨ueen of the Night鈥�, while the novice jazz small group took home the choreography award for 鈥淚n my Midnight Dreams鈥�. Katie Anderson received the Most Outstanding award for her ballet novice solo. The tap beginner small group received the Most Outstanding award for its performance of 鈥淎 Wonderful World鈥�. Cassidi Elder was awarded the Most Promising award for her lyrical novice solo, and the tap novice small group received the Most Promising award for its performance of 鈥淟ater鈥�. The Technical Merit Award High Point tap group received a $150 scholarship for 鈥淎 Wonderful World鈥�. The Technical Merit Award High Point ballet group received a $150 scholarship for 鈥淭ime鈥�.
The full-time dancers attended CanDance in Regina at the Conexus Arts Center on April 26-May 1, 2017. The GDS students won three platinum awards and 30 gold medals. The ballet novice group won high point overall for 鈥淥nce Upon a Time鈥�. In one of the final competitions of the season, the full-time students travelled to Medicine Hat to attend ShyAnn Productions competition on May 7-9. The group took home five gold medals and 26 silver medals. The performance 鈥淎 Wonderful World鈥� took third place, and 鈥�9-5鈥� also received third spot.
Cassidi Elder nabbed second place and a $40 scholarship with her tap solo as well as third place for her Acro solo. Michaela Bumbac received first place and a $60 scholarship for her tap solo and second place and a $40 scholarship for her an Acro solo. Delaney Zalinko and Naysa Zahariuk placed third for their musical theatre duet. The ShowTyme Dance Studio will start registration in the fall on August 20-23 by appointment, for open registration on August 24-25. GDS will be offering new adult dance classes in the fall.
