- 902-455-1924
- edgettdance@gmail.com
- 59 McQuade Lake Crescent Halifax, NS
- 902-455-1924
- edgettdance@gmail.com
- 59 McQuade Lake Crescent Halifax, NS
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If you want the best instruction, you need the best instructors. We love teaching people to dance, but we love even more being involved in guiding people back to wellness.
Our team includes a Canadian champion and world finalist, a coach to champions, and an international judge as well as a kinesiologist, yoga teachers, therapists.
Brenton Mitchell is a Halifax native who was introduced to ballroom dancing in second grade gym class by Evelyn Edgett, who went on to become his mentor. He took his love of music and movement to Dalhousie University where he earned a Bachelor Degree in Kinesiology and a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy.
Brenton has represented Canada internationally on many occasions. He was the 2016 & 2017 Canadian 10-Dance Champion, the 2015/16/17 Canadian Ballroom Vice-Champion and the 2017 World 10-Dance finalist representing Canada in Linz, Austria.
Brenton knows and has worked with some of the World’s top coaches.
Cheryl is a freelance senior arts administrator who has worked at the national level in theatre, music and dance. Invited by Brenton to invest in his dream, she did not have to think twice about getting on board. Cheryl loves to try new things and has been instrumental in designing two very unique programs introducing children and youth to the performing arts.
World registered adjudicator, and coach of dancesport competitors from Halifax to Vancouver, Jane started dance training as a child by helping in her mother Evelyn’s school in Moncton. Moving to Halifax to join the CBC’s Don Messer’s Jubilee, she became one of the Buchta Dancers. From there, Jane trained to become a full time dance instructor. Her love of dance, music and movement is what makes the Dance Centre a special place to be.
CDF Fellow Standard/Latin – ISTD Fellow Standard/Latin
CDF, ISDF, and National Championship Adjudicator
Barb emigrated to British Columbia after a dance career in England that began in her teens. She divides her time between teaching at our studio and in Vancouver. Barb is experienced in working with dancers from beginners to competitors, and training dance teachers.
CDF Fellow Standard/Latin
ISTD Fellow Latin – CDF, ISDF, and National Championship Adjudicator
Kathy is a mainstay of our social dance programs. A graduate of the Nova Scotia Teachers College, she spent 32 years teaching in the school system. Her sense of humour, coupled with her belief that having fun and enjoying yourself is the primary goal of dance, keeps her classes entertaining and eventful.
Janet, a retired elementary school educator, joined Edgett as a student. She quickly became addicted to the joy of music and movement combined and is now passing this on to our students. She brings great enthusiasm and an infectious laugh to helping people learn the basics.
Laurel is a self-identified multipotentialite (a person who has many different interests and creative pursuits in life): she is a part-time yoga and fitness instructor, a part-time university instructor in the field of sustainability, and the Co-Director of foundns.com, Nova Scotia’s first food-rescue organization. A common theme: she is teaching all the time! When it comes to yoga and movement, her passion for variety is evident: she enjoys finding the balance of ease and challenge, stillness and sweat, and quiet introspection within community.
Whether you are a social dancer or a competitor, a beginner or a more experienced performer, you’ll find a warm welcome and exceptional instruction at Edgett Dance & Wellness.
Come and check out our magnificent new dance centre!
Edgett Dance & Wellness is where you can learn, rehearse, create, collaborate and grow. We cater for all ages and all levels of dance. We are experienced – so you don’t have to be.
We pride ourselves on providing a fun and friendly environment. We want to see each dancer use dance as a way to follow their dreams, whether dancing for fun or dancing on the world stage.