Introducing the Rhythms Faculty for summer 2024
Dyana Sonik-Henderson
Dyana is a choreographer, dance instructor, Executive/Artistic Director of the Victoria-based dance company Broken Rhythms and style creator of Rhythmical Contemporary. Dyana is a sought after teacher with weekly classes at the iconic Raino Dance studio, Victoria Academy of Ballet, Canadian College of Performing Arts and is a popular guest instructor at many studios across Canada. She has been nationally recognized for her choreography, dedicated instruction, community work and artistic direction with nine Pick of the Fringe awards, nominations for the inaugural Pro Arts Regional award, finalist for Monday Magazine’s Best Dance company, awarded the LOLA Project International, working with Gabi Beier from Berlin, Germany, presented with the title of B.C Cultural ambassador due to her work with community engagement and recognition of artistic excellence and most recently completed her Masters thesis in Sociology at the University of Victoria with a focus on movement and bodies through the lens of gender, race, history, and ballet/contemporary dance works. Dyana prides herself on her unique and inclusive teaching style and boasts over 20 years of teaching dance ages 3 all the way to 80. Her students have grown as artists and gone on to work professionally but most importantly, everyone who takes a class with Dyana is imbued with a love of movement and dance. Dyana’s goal is to inspire others to explore movement and fall in love with dance as she has.
Dyana is excited to share her philosophy, knowledge, passion and love of teaching with the Dance Camp Leaders for Rhythms 2024
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Katrina Mackoway
Katrina is an accomplished dancer and a passionate dance educator from Edmonton, Alberta. With a diverse training background encompassing Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, and Lyrical styles, Katrina has developed a well-rounded and versatile skill set. In 2021, she moved to Victoria to join the prestigious Victoria Academy of Ballet’s post-secondary Bridge program, where she continued to hone her pre-professional training.
Katrina has just successfully graduated from the Bridge program in June 2024 and is remaining deeply involved in the dance industry. She has a wealth of experience and brings a nurturing teaching style to the Broken Rhythm dance camp. Katrina is eager to inspire and guide the next generation of dancers. Her journey reflects a commitment to artistic growth and a dedication to sharing the joy of dance with others.
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Timothy Cameron
As a lover of dance, and a passionate educator, Timothy is thrilled to be joining the Broken Rhythms family as a dance teacher for this summer’s Dance Camp program. Timothy Cameron is an emerging artist, and a recent graduate of the three year diploma program at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. In addition to being a singer, actor, dancer, and performer, Timothy is also an eager Writer, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Composer, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Deviser, and Collaborator. Some of Timothy’s most recent acting credits include Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Krasin in Lenin’s Embalmers by Vern Thiessen, and George/Underling in The Drowsy Chaperone.
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Alexis Harley
I am a fourth year student at the University of Victoria, taking a Bachelor of Arts undergraduate degree. I have danced my whole life and want to introduce young minds to the dance world. With experience teaching young dancers in many genres, I am thrilled to be apart of the Broken Rhymes Victoria Society’s summer dance camp.
I started dancing when I was two years old and pursued it until my high school graduation in 2020. I danced competitively, performing in many competitions every year, doing group, duet and solo performances. In addition to that I completed my technical training through ballet, tap and modern exams. Dancing was an outlet for me and taught me many valuable skills I still use today!
I seek to make the dance studio a welcoming place for all levels of dancers, new and experienced. I hope to foster a space of creativity, kindness and encouragement while offering technical training.
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Camély Rouleau
Camély is a recent graduate of the Studio ensemble at the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA). Born and raised in Gatineau Qc, she moved to BC after high-school to pursue her career as an artist. Apart from being a dancer, actor, signer and choreographer, Camély has spent the past many summers teaching at various dance and musical theatre camps. She is very excited to now be taking on the role of camp coordinator for Broken Rhythms’ Rhythms Dance Camps. Camély has joined Broken Rhythms as a dancer in 2023 for Chirao:Scuro at the Victoria Fringe festival. She has since been in Knotted at the McPherson playhouse and is currently rehearsing for 1000 pieces of pi which is touring to the Winnipeg Fringe. Her most recent CCPA credits include, Joan in The Weight of Ants, Robert/Gangster 2 in The Drowsy Chaperone, Benjamin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She hopes that the Rhythms Dance camps can inspire and make people discover the pleasure of dance and movement!
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“Instilling the joy of movement, music, rhythm and dance to the younger generation”
Broken Rhythms is offering summer dance camps with a focus on celebrating the mover in all of us.
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