Instructors

Tammy Tropeau* began her professional dance training at the age of nine at The National Ballet School in Toronto. After six years of study in both the Vagonova and Cecchetti methods with such teachers as Ms. Oliphant, Mr. Luc Amyot, and Karen Kain, Tammy graduated in 1992. After a short professional training program in Philadelphia Tammy realized that her feet were failing and under went reconstructive surgery on both feet. She then returned to The National Ballet School for an additional two years for their Professional Teacher Training Program. Tammy graduated in 1994 and holds her Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Cecchetti certificates as well as her Associate Imperial Society Teachers of Dancing certificate allowing her to place students into examinations. At the age of 19 Tammy returned to Saskatoon to open her own studio. Since then she has been invited to Spain to study flamenco dance, traveled to New York and Las Vegas to study new dance techniques, and returned to Toronto for Cecchetti seminars. This summer she is traveling to Minneapolis for the Dance Olympus Convention.

Shauna Engdahl* is returning as part of the teaching staff at Studio One for the eighth year. Shauna has the great ability of teaching her love of dance to children of all ages. Shauna trained at Studio One under the direction of Tammy Tropeau and Justine Romanoff. She has competed in countless competitions and received numerous awards as a competitive dancer. Shauna has also traveled extensively to attend various conventions, giving her the opportunity to learn new styles from world-renowned choreographers.

Nicole Romanoff* has loved dance since the very beginning. Her formal dance training began at age three at Sitter School of Dance in Saskatoon. Nicole is trained in ballet, tap and jazz. Throughout her training she competed in several competitions, such as Moose Jaw Festival of Dance, Dance Power, and C.D.T.A. Provincial Competition. In addition, she received C.D.T.A. exam certificates in tap and jazz. Nicole is looking forward to an exciting and eventful year.

Braiden Stevenson began dancing at five years old, at Lanigan Dance Dynamics. Starting with tap he added all other disciplines over the years. At age thirteen he attended the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Summer School, and stayed for 2 consecutive years in the full time professional training program. There he had the honor of performing with the company in The Nutcracker both years. At fifteen he moved home to Lanigan where he enjoyed going back to all other types of dance, and playing catch-up with his Tap and Jazz exams. Braiden received honours in his C.T.D.A. Advanced Tap and Jazz Exams, as well as a 91% in his R.A.D. Intermediate Ballet exam. He moved to North Battleford to continue his training under Virginia Winterhalt. It was in North Battleford where Braiden really found his passion for dance. In 2006 he was chosen as the “Performer of the Festival” at the Battleford’s Dance Festival. After graduating he spent 7 months in Japan dancing at the Tokyo Disney Resort. Princess Cruises was next, working on board the Grand and Sea Princess vessels, traveling to 23 countries in his 16 months on board. It was then back to Japan, but this time due to a knee injury followed by surgery his stay was only 4 months. Braiden then took time to heal and retrain in Toronto and Vancouver. After 6 months in Canada he went back to sea, working for Royal Caribbean, on board the Liberty of the Seas. There Braiden learned aerial arts such as hoops, silks, bungee and hand-loop. Braiden is thrilled and excited to be joining the talented Studio One team, and looks forward to meeting you all. * Photography by Bob Michayluik