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WHO WE ARE
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BONNIE DYER
TEAM CANADA DANCE NATIONAL DIRECTOR
IDO CANADA PRESIDENT
IDO VICE PRESIDENT - NEW VENTURES
IDO AMBASSADOR TO THE AMERICAS
As the Team Canada National Director as well as the IDO Ambassador of the Americas, Bonnie Dyer attributes Canada’s top world results to the outstanding teachers and choreographers throughout our great nation. The high standards exemplified by the studio directors, teachers, and choreographers who have trained these dancers, has enabled Canada to be known as one of the best training countries IN THE WORLD for dance. Also, the dedication of our Team Canada choreographers, dancers, supportive parents and their studios has made Team Canada the success that it is today. Thank you all!
Message from the Director
” A true champion is someone who is gracious if they win, and even more gracious if they do not. In years to come, medals & trophies will be misplaced, but the memories of your journey and training to dance on the world stage, meeting new friends, striving to do your best and being proud to represent your country- these are the memories you will carry with you forever”.
Bonnie Dyer National Director
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MELISSA DYER-McLEAN
NATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR & IDO CANADA DEPUTY
You have likely spoke to Melissa at some point as she has been part of the team since the beginning in various roles. Born and raised in the studio, Melissa has trained in many disciplines, primarily tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet, acro, hip hop, highland dance, baton, and some ballroom. After high school she left dance temporarily to pursue Honours Bachelors in Kinesiology before returning to her home studio as the new Director, while still maintaining her roles as instructor and choreographer. Restless, she wanted to further her education once again and went back to university for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Every time she left dance for another career, dance kept calling her back! Over the years, she has helped organize and run dance competitions, completed her IDO Adjudicators Performing Arts Exam, and has been filling various positions within TCD and other dance organizations. These days, she is back full time with Team Canada Dance, adjudicating nationally and internationally, and most importantly...a full-time hockey/soccer mom.
ALISON D. SHARP
CANADIAN NATIONAL DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
& CONVENTION DIRECTOR
For over a decade, Alison has been working hard to ensure that dancers and educators are given the best possible dance competition experience, both within Canada and abroad. Additionally, she owned a competitive dance studio where several dancers earned medals at the IDO World Championships in Jazz, Ballet, Tap, and Hip Hop, Commonwealth Cup Dance Championships, as well as at local Canadian competitions. As a mother of several competitive dancers herself, she understands the spectrum of needs in dance competitions from the perspective of the parents, studio owners, and competition insiders. Alison knows the law of the land and the world of competitive dance.
IDO CANADA ADJUDICATION BOARD
Matthew Clark Kim Barker
Annemarie Reynolds Theresa Domingues
Breanna Willis Kathryn McCarthy
Sherry Walsh Jade Delaronde
Emma Searles
REGIONAL OPERATIONS
Shelley Tookey (AB)
Lisette Stein (AB)
Sheri Mackenzie (BC)
Team choreographers & coordinators (see Choreographers tab)
MEMBERS AT LARGE
-NO MEMBERSHIP FEES -
We welcome all Canadian studios, choreographers, and dancers to take part in our many activities and events. Canadian studios are encouraged to display the IDO CANADA logo on your website as a proud supporter of competition and the sport of dance. Dancers who have auditioned and have taken part in an IDO event can proudly display the IDO Dancer logo.
Contact us for more details.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
TEAM CANADA DANCE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Team Canada Dance TM is a national dance organization that takes elite Canadian dancers to compete against the best of the best on the world stage. We have been Canada's National Dance Team since 1995!
We are the only accredited Canadian dance organization that qualifies to attend the International Dance Organization (IDO) World Dance Championships.
We not only assemble the best Canadian dancers, but we allow those dancers to train and receive choreography from the best our industry has to offer.
Not everyone will make our team as our standards are higher then most. We do push our dancers to be the best they can be while still maintaining a fun and nurturing environment.
Our choreographers are well respected and very much active in their fields. As such, their schedules are very busy but we try our best to accommodate everyone while still respecting prior studio and personal commitments. A professional dancers/choreographers schedule may fluctuate slightly but we try to maintain a steady schedule that does not interfere with outside activities.
Not everyone will come home with a medal but the friendships last a lifetime!
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS we regularly attend are considered the "Olympics of Dance". Each nation can only bring 3 of their top athletes for a week of intensive competition in one genre. The competition is fierce, unlike any other!
The World Championships is affiliated with the International Dance Organization .
The International Dance Organization (IDO), is a World Dance- and Dancesport Federation with a membership of OVER 90 NATIONS, representing more than 250,000 DANCERS, from SIX CONTINENTS.
The IDO is an world accredited organization that you may learn more about at
WORLD CUPS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
WORLD CUPS
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WORLD DANCE CUP competitions are run more like our Canadian competitions, where you dance once and are awarded placement. You generally may enter any genre you wish and countries may bring as many dancers as they wish. You may have heard of other dancers attending Cups.
We too attend a biannual Cup event, which is a bit different than others - the Commonwealth Cup Dance Championships (CCDC), which is affiliated with the IDO as well as the IDO World Dance Challenge (IDO-WDC). The CCDC will be bringing together many of the same dancers to this competition, but they will be allowed to bring more dancers that can dance in more categories. These dancers are from Commonwealth countries only. The event began in Sun City, South Africa in 2017 and we are returning once again this year. Due to the pandemic, the next CCDC was delayed until 2022 in Australia!
Both the CCDC and IDO-WDC, like other IDO competitions, will still awards dancers on the podiums. Overall dancers will compete in the final DANCE-OFF at the GALA on the final day of competition. There are awards for everyone, including ribbons, medals and/or trophies, and cash awards for top dances. Dancers may enter in any genre they wish and may dance as often as they want. Entry fees are separate.
Workshops are available from renown dance educators from around the world.
The Beginning
About the Official IDO World Championships
Special Honours
Team Canada Dance has been attending the official World Dance Championships since the 1990's when we first attended the World Tap Championships in Dresden, Germany. Our first team consisted of 12 outstanding dancers from across Canada including: British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec. The Canadian National Tap Team
Team Canada Dance has been attending the official World Dance Championships since the 1990's when we first attended the World Tap Championships in Dresden, Germany. Our first team consisted of 12 outstanding dancers from across Canada including: British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec. The Canadian National Tap Team (choreographer Matthew Clark) placed in the TOP 5 in the world! That experience was inspiring for our dancers and our team and since then, we have returned to win over countless WORLD TITLES in Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Modern/Contemporary, Showdance, Hip Hop and now in Streetdance Show!
Our Canadian team is respected for both our talent and sportsmanship and is admired worldwide as one of the "teams to beat!". We're not just any dance group, we are a team through and through.
Special Honours
About the Official IDO World Championships
Special Honours
- TEAM OF THE YEAR
- 7 consecutive years winning the World Tap Championships
- Outstanding Team of The Year for Sportsmanship and Results
PRESIDENTS CUP
- overall Medal Winner at the Ballet, Jazz and Modern Championships
CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
- Matthew Clark for Outstanding Choreography in tap dance
-Christie McKay-Hofland for Outstanding Chor
- TEAM OF THE YEAR
- 7 consecutive years winning the World Tap Championships
- Outstanding Team of The Year for Sportsmanship and Results
PRESIDENTS CUP
- overall Medal Winner at the Ballet, Jazz and Modern Championships
CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
- Matthew Clark for Outstanding Choreography in tap dance
-Christie McKay-Hofland for Outstanding Choreography
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Bonnie Dyer
(the appointed IDO representative for Canada and Team Director) for Fostering Good Sportsmanship Worldwide
AND MANY MORE!!
About the Official IDO World Championships
About the Official IDO World Championships
About the Official IDO World Championships
The World Championships is like the Olympics of Dance!
The International Dance Organization (IDO) is a World Dance and Dancesport Federation with a membership of OVER 90 NATIONS, representing more than 250,000 DANCERS from 6 CONTINENTS!
This prestigious World Championship offers an exciting platform for dancers from across the globe to
The World Championships is like the Olympics of Dance!
The International Dance Organization (IDO) is a World Dance and Dancesport Federation with a membership of OVER 90 NATIONS, representing more than 250,000 DANCERS from 6 CONTINENTS!
This prestigious World Championship offers an exciting platform for dancers from across the globe to compete against the best in their genre. Similar to the Olympics, the winners are awarded on top of a podium with the top 3 flags raised as the winners nation anthem is played. It is truly a proud moment for all of the dancers and a wonderful way to recognize such dedicated talent.
COVID 19 UPDATE
We understand concerns about COVID-19 Coronavirus are top of mind, and we want to be as transparent as possible and share information about what we are doing to prepare for the IDO World Championships and the IDO World Dance Challenge.
Many of the IDO Championships have been postponed until 2021 while the November and December championships will be decided in the fall. It is an ever-evolving situation, not just domestically, but internationally.
Meanwhile, we want to assure you of the following:
- Our top priority is focused on the health and safety of all participants at Team Canada, including dancers, family, staff, industry partners, and others involved in the organizations.
- Currently, we will place all our 2020 teams on hold until 2021. You will not lose your position as this is a pandemic.
- We will proceed as planned to attend safe Championships in 2021 unless otherwise noted
- We will be in contact with the organizers to be sure there are not recent Covid-19 outbreaks in said areas. In addition, all airports have screening protocols in place.
- Auditions will resume either in late 2020 or early 2021 with strict screening protocols.
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Ultimately, we encourage everyone to make responsible decisions and stay home if they are sick. We generally have several parents that are nurses and physicians who travel with our teams who will be helpful to navigate us through this. Please note that infection prevention and control is for everyday, not just during outbreaks!
We will monitor the situation and report any updates.