Meet The Team

For the last 10 years, Miss Sylvia has been molding the lives of young dancers and adults through dance. Born and raised in Lethbridge, she starting dancing at the young age of three, which has evolved into a lifelong commitment to the art. She has trained in all forms of dance for 20+ years and continues to expand and grow her dance education, elevating the educational experience for her students.

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She has choreographed a number of choreography award-winning competitive routines and has lead soloists and group routines to multiple overalls, and top 10 placings.

Miss Sylvia has also starred in a production of Alice in Wonderland as the White Rabbit, and has performed for the Harlem Globetrotters.

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Miss Sylvia is excited to continue sharing her passion for dance. While shaping the next generation of dancers at Starbound, she hopes to foster dancers with a strong sense of self-expression and personal growth inside and outside of the studio.​

 

Certifications

Alixa Flexibility Module 1, 2, and Contortion

Acrobatics Arts Module 1 and 2

Progressive Ballet Technique Junior, Senior, and Advanced

CDTA Ballet Primary-Intermediate

Vaganova Ballet Method Certified

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ADAPT Teacher in Training​

Miss Alida brings over 20 years of experience in dance education, specializing in Acro, Contemporary, and lyrical.

Throughout her career, Miss Alida has achieved remarkable success, leading both groups and solo  to provincial, national, and international titles.

 

Notably, she coached her acro team to consecutive provincial championships. One of her proudest achievements includes being selected for the prestigious Daryl White Choreography Scholarship.

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Currently advancing her skills, Miss Alida has completed her first year of Adapt training and eagerly anticipates becoming fully certified. Her dedication to dance education and commitment to excellence continue to inspire her students and peers alike.

 

Certifications:

Alixa Module 1, 2, and Contortion

Acrobatics Arts Module 1 and 2

Blue Spectacle Aerial Training 

Progressive Ballet Technique Junior, Senior, and Advanced

International Dance Teaching Standards Certified

CDTA Ballet Primary-Intermediate

​Vaganova Ballet Method Certified

TA-DA Certified

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ADAPT Teacher in Training

Miss Shirley has been a dance mom/grandma for as long as she can remember and continues to live and breathe dance.  She can be found around the studio cleaning, prepping costumes, doing paper work, selling tickets, helping parents in the lobby, counting fundraising, or assisting in tots classes... but rarely ever sitting still.

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Miss Shirley is at every competition in the audience watching our team and is a huge supporter of all of Starbound's competitive dancers.

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Beyond the studio, Miss Shirley enjoys gardening, hot-tubbing, running around in the rain and playing Hay Day.

Miss Jen started dancing at the age of four at Errington Ballet Theatre in London Ontario, where she caught the ‘ dance bug’ for ballet and tap. Growing up in a military family she lived in several cities across Canada, giving her the opportunity to learn from many different instructors in several other dance genres including jazz, Ukrainian, highland, Romanian, baton and acro.

Competition life started in 1973 and lasted for many years. Most of her summers were spent in summer dance schools and dancing in multicultural festivals and Highland Games in many provinces.

In 1984 she passed her teachers exam in tap from the Canadian Dance Teachers Association, her Elementary ballet exam from the Royal Academy of Dance, became a member of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dance and began her teaching career.

While taking a break from teaching to raise her busy family, she has been adjudicating competitions.

Miss Jen is excited to be putting on her tap shoes again and teaching as part of the Starbound team!

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Certifications:

CDTA Tap & Ballet

Acrobatic Arts Module 1

Vaganova Ballet Method Certified

Mr. Austin grew up in a small town in British Colombia, where he started dancing at the age of 16. He trained in contemporary and lyrical within his studio in Fernie BC called SoleBeats. Mr. Austin also did several productions with the Heart and Soul Dance/ Theatre Company. He also had the opportunity to be on the University of Lethbridge Competition Team in 2019.

 

Throughout his years of dance, he strived to become a dance teacher to help spread his love of dance. 

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After graduating high school he moved to Lethbridge to attend Lethbridge College to major in Practical Nursing. In June 2023, he finished schooling and became a Licensed Practical Nurse. He now works full-time as both a Rural and a Palliative Care Nurse.

 

Mr. Austin is excited to be returning for another year of teaching, and spreading his passion for dance. 

Miss Isabella started dancing when she was 8 and quickly fell in love. She took every style of dance she could but fell in love with ballet and contemporary.

 

Isabella grew up in Brooks, AB and participated in many competitions as well as conventions throughout her years. She received a few scholarships and went down to California to work with world renowned choreographers and shot their own music video! She assisted classes from when she was 15, and eventually taught her own classes. 

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After graduating high school, she moved to Lethbridge, AB to attend University. She knew she wasn’t done with dance yet, she just needed to complete her degree. She graduated with a bachelor’s of science majoring in biological sciences. Throughout her University career she had become fascinated with how the body moves and regulates itself.

 

Now she’s coming back to dance with an acro 1 certification and is excited to be joining to Starbound dance family! 

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Acrobatic Arts Module 1 Certified

Miss Lexus was born and raised in a small town in Ontario where she started dancing at six years old. She has trained in various styles such as jazz, hip hop, tap, contemporary, and lyrical. During her competition years she worked with well-known choreographers such as Victoria Baldesarra and Phil Wright. She has also done many performances, including for the Harlem Globetrotters, Raptors 905, Toronto Rock, and Mini Pop Kids.

 

She moved to Lethbridge just a couple years ago and is now enrolled at the University of Lethbridge, majoring in Psychology. Her love for children and dance is what makes her so excited to create a fun and welcoming environment for all new dancers!

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Vaganova Ballet Method Certified