On The Floor Dance Experience

🌟 Exciting News from Shelley Shearer School of Dance! 🌟

We are thrilled to share the outstanding achievements of our talented dancers at the On the Floor (OTF) competition held from March 13 - 16, 2024, at the RBC Convention Centre.

Our dedicated dancers showcased their passion and hard work, bringing energy and creativity to the stage.

Highlights Include:

Highest Score of the Competition :
Acceptance” ~ Melodie Suganami
Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
Instructor Brett Taylor

Director’s Choice Award:
Ava Peters

Ultimate Dancer Award:
Gabrielle Therrien
Sophie Hendrickson

Other Amazing Achievements:

• Special Overall Awards

  Highest Contemporary Score:

  “Acceptance” ~ Melodie Suganami
  Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
  Instructor Brett Taylor

  Highest Open Score:
  “Peregrination” ~ Ashley Purdie
  Choreographer Hannah MacRae

  Highest Jazz Score:
  “Beggin” ~ Melodie Suganami
  Choreographer Lori Watson

  Highest Lyrical Score:
  “Hard To Say Goodbye” ~ Taylor Sakwi
  Choreographer Taylor Sakwi

  Scholarship Recipients:
  Taylor Sakwi
  Lacey Horner

• Pre Competitive Division 1 Overall Solo

  1st Runner Up “Into The Unknown”
  Emeline Arnold
  Choreographer Joseph Sevillo

  3rd Runner Up “Up In Here”
  Malaya Sambrano
  Choreographer Makenzie Frias

  5th Runner Up “Own This World”
  Ida May Meacham
  Choreographer Joseph Sevillo

• Division 2 Overall Solo

  6th Runner Up “Rise Up”
  Alicia Kliewer
  Choreographer Sara St. Godard

   7th Runner Up “Cruella”
  Calista Rochon
  Choreographer Erin Hyman

• Division 2 Overall Duet/Trio

  1st Place Winner “Kurious Kitties”
  Rayne Bergmuller & Calista Rochon
  Choreographer Erin Hyman

   2nd Runner Up “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” ~
  Madison Chan, Isla Horner & Lakyn Merrifield
  Choreographer Joseph Sevillo

   9th Runner Up “Schuyler Sisters”
  Alicia Kliewer, Alina Shuster & Farah Zechoval
  Choreographer Joseph Sevillo

• Division 3 Overall Solo

  2nd Runner Up “Introspection”
  Hannah Zakaluk
  Choreographer Hannah MacRae

   3rd Runner Up “Heal”
  Lianna Zhang
  Choreographer Brett Taylor

  4th Runner Up “Eyes Shut”
  Makayla Chan
  Choreographer Brett Taylor

   7th Runner Up “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” Alba Manuel
  Choreographer Robert Boge

• Division 4 Overall Solos

  1st Place Winner “Acceptance”
  Melodie Suganami
  Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
  Instructor Brett Taylor

   1st Runner Up “In Flux”
  Ashley Purdie
  Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
  Instructor Brett Taylor

   2nd Runner Up “I Started Walking”
  Olivia Casselman
  Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
  Instructor Brett Taylor

   3rd Runner Up “Reflections Of She”
  Ruby Derlago
  Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
  Instructor Brett Taylor

   4th Runner Up “Wild Is The Wind”
  Anneliese Gasmen
  Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
  Instructor Brett Taylor

   5th Runner Up “Hard To Say Goodbye” Taylor Sakwi
  Choreographer Taylor Sakwi

  7th Runner Up “Last Goodbye”
  Anna Rosenberger
  Choreographer Ashley Robson
  Instructor Brett Taylor

• Division 4 Overall Duet/Trio

  1st Place Winner “Spellbound”
  Olivia Casselman, Anna Rosenberger & Mélodie Suganami
  Choreographer Stephanie Rutherford
  Instructor Brett Taylor 

  3rd Runner Up “Bounce”
  Ashley Purdie, Anna Rosenberger & Taylor Sakwi
  Choreographer Makenzie Frias