Teachers
Miss Laurie
Director/Owner/Instructor
Miss Laurie Jamieson was born and raised in Durham region where she started dancing at age 3. She competed around North America where she was awarded many solo and top title awards. At age 14 she started teaching, and now holds her associates level in several BATD dance forms and has her certificate in Dance Masters America (DMA).
At age 11, Laurie was scouted by a talented agency and started working professionally in the film/tv (LOST, Hawaii 5-0. shaggy music video, multiple commercials), modelling (Bodywrappers, California Raisin swimwear, L'oreal, AnG and more) and performance (Tim McGraw backup dancer, Kennedy Centre's Nutcracker, Molson, Toronto Rock cheer, Diamond Head Theatre) industries.
She has studied under some of the finest teachers in the dance industry like Jim Hutchinson and Denise Wall (where she was asked to come on as a teacher at Denise Wall Dance Energy in Virginia). She has taught in Hawaii, Virginia (Virginia Ballet Academy), Rochester, NY and has been awarded with choreography awards all over NA. She has had students who have gone on to compete on SYTYCD (Travis Wall, Jamie Goodwin, Mark Kanemura). Many of her students are now working professionally in the industry all over the world.
Laurie believes in teaching strong, clean and safe technique, and hopes that each and every dancer walks out of her classroom with a smile on their face and a better knowledge for what it is to work and get results.
Director/Owner/Instructor
Miss Laurie Jamieson was born and raised in Durham region where she started dancing at age 3. She competed around North America where she was awarded many solo and top title awards. At age 14 she started teaching, and now holds her associates level in several BATD dance forms and has her certificate in Dance Masters America (DMA).
At age 11, Laurie was scouted by a talented agency and started working professionally in the film/tv (LOST, Hawaii 5-0. shaggy music video, multiple commercials), modelling (Bodywrappers, California Raisin swimwear, L'oreal, AnG and more) and performance (Tim McGraw backup dancer, Kennedy Centre's Nutcracker, Molson, Toronto Rock cheer, Diamond Head Theatre) industries.
She has studied under some of the finest teachers in the dance industry like Jim Hutchinson and Denise Wall (where she was asked to come on as a teacher at Denise Wall Dance Energy in Virginia). She has taught in Hawaii, Virginia (Virginia Ballet Academy), Rochester, NY and has been awarded with choreography awards all over NA. She has had students who have gone on to compete on SYTYCD (Travis Wall, Jamie Goodwin, Mark Kanemura). Many of her students are now working professionally in the industry all over the world.
Laurie believes in teaching strong, clean and safe technique, and hopes that each and every dancer walks out of her classroom with a smile on their face and a better knowledge for what it is to work and get results.
Miss Sarah
Instructor/Choreographer
Sarah Rorabeck has 13 years of experience educating children ages 3-18 in dance. As a teacher who still works with recreational, part-time and full-time competitive students, she is well versed in all genres, and specializes in Tap, Musical Theatre and Jazz. Currently, Sarah works full-time choreographing award-winning competitive pieces and putting students through their BATD examinations in Tap, Jazz, Modern and Acro.
Sarah Rorabeck is a graduate, with honours, of Sheridan’s prestigious Music Theatre Performance program, where she extensively studied dance, vocal and acting. She holds her Associate level teacher’s membership in the BATD in both tap and jazz, and is an accredited adjudicator through Judge Alliance’s PAA program. She is a member of the CAEA and has performed professionally in several musicals at Neptune Theatre (NS), the Charlottetown Festival (PEI) and TIFT (Ont) with some film and television work thrown in the mix.
Sarah is very passionate about dance education, specifically teaching clean and safe technique and exploring performance styles within different genres. She has won several ‘Best Choreography’ awards, specifically for her Tap and Musical Theatre work. Currently she teaches 6 days a week at Chrome Dance Centre in Oshawa, Ont. She strongly believes dance teaches such incredible life lessons, and she is thrilled to be able to pass on her knowledge to today’s brave and passionate dancers.
Instructor/Choreographer
Sarah Rorabeck has 13 years of experience educating children ages 3-18 in dance. As a teacher who still works with recreational, part-time and full-time competitive students, she is well versed in all genres, and specializes in Tap, Musical Theatre and Jazz. Currently, Sarah works full-time choreographing award-winning competitive pieces and putting students through their BATD examinations in Tap, Jazz, Modern and Acro.
Sarah Rorabeck is a graduate, with honours, of Sheridan’s prestigious Music Theatre Performance program, where she extensively studied dance, vocal and acting. She holds her Associate level teacher’s membership in the BATD in both tap and jazz, and is an accredited adjudicator through Judge Alliance’s PAA program. She is a member of the CAEA and has performed professionally in several musicals at Neptune Theatre (NS), the Charlottetown Festival (PEI) and TIFT (Ont) with some film and television work thrown in the mix.
Sarah is very passionate about dance education, specifically teaching clean and safe technique and exploring performance styles within different genres. She has won several ‘Best Choreography’ awards, specifically for her Tap and Musical Theatre work. Currently she teaches 6 days a week at Chrome Dance Centre in Oshawa, Ont. She strongly believes dance teaches such incredible life lessons, and she is thrilled to be able to pass on her knowledge to today’s brave and passionate dancers.
