Katie is a dance educator and former professional dancer in Calgary, AB. Her over 20 years of experience in all areas of professional dance brings a unique perspective to her teaching.

Katie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance (with a focus on Ballet) from the University of Calgary, in conjunction with the School of Alberta Ballet. She is a certified Ballet Beats® instructor and REALTOR® with Sotheby’s International Realty Canada.

Katie’s lifelong love of dance began at the age of three when she saw The Nutcracker for the first time. Her early training consisted primarily of ballet, jazz, lyrical, modern, adagio, tap, and musical theatre, as a high level competitive dancer. Katie danced professionally for over ten years performing to crowds around the world. A highlight of her career was as a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines where she performed as both Dance Captain and Lead Dancer.

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Avery is one of our Pilates instructors here at the clinic and has graduated with a Bachelor in Kinesiology from the University of Calgary. Growing up, Avery was a competitive dancer and competed in multiple styles for over 10 years. She is fascinated by how the body moves and is certified in clinical Pilates. In the future Avery hopes to become a Physiotherapist!

Fun fact: Avery enjoys reading and doing yoga in her spare time!

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Leah has completed her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Calgary and her Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Alberta. She has worked as a physiotherapist for the Alberta Ballet School and Alberta Ballet Company. She hopes to continue to use her knowledge to help benefit dancers of all ages and levels of experience.

While she specializes in dance physiotherapy, Leah is happy to treat all populations to help them return to their optimal level of function and to achieve their goals. She also has a special interest in dizziness/vestibular conditions and chronic pain. She strives to bring her unique perspective, both as a long term physiotherapy patient and as a health care professional, into each clinical interaction. She is an advocate for working with her patients to develop a treatment plan that is individualized, realistic, and goal-oriented. She has completed courses including: Ortho Level 1, Functional Dry Needling (FDN), Mulligan lower quadrant, vestibular rehabilitation, and Clinical Pilates.

Physiotherapy has always been a part of her life. She began dancing when she was four years old and had her first physiotherapy session was at age eight. She trained in a variety of dance styles and also completed different levels of RAD, Cecchetti, and ADAPT dance exams. In addition to dance, she also grew up playing volleyball. Leah has been a physiotherapy patient throughout her life and recognizes the importance of movement and understanding your injury. Currently she enjoys participating in spin and pilates classes, as well as a variety of sports including volleyball and slow-pitch.

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Nancy holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology from UBC and her Masters of Physiotherapy from the University of Alberta. Nancy grew up in Calgary and was an avid dancer for more than a decade, practicing in tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and modern styles. Her love of dance was one of the primary reasons she pursued Physiotherapy, and she is excited to now be able to get back into the dance community in a new way.

Nancy managed the Vancouver General Hospital Falls Prevention clinic for 2 years. Here she found a passion for working with geriatric populations and for showing people how dramatically exercise can improve quality of life.

Nancy also currently works as part of the Physiotherapy team for the Calgary Canucks rugby club, where she gets to assess and treat sport-related injuries and help players get back to the game as quickly and safely as possible.

Nancy loves working with a variety of populations, from experienced movers to those totally new to exercise. She loves teaching people to connect with their bodies through movement and help people to live pain-free and strong.

When she’s not in clinic, you can find Nancy taking long walks with her dog at the dog park, taking barre and pilates classes, and getting outdoors as much as possible.

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OPEN STUDIO is available only to our current Clinical Pilates clients who have completed our Level I Training Course and/or have received special permission from one of our Physios to use the pilates equipment.

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Dani West holds a BA in Dance with Distinction (Contemporary Stream) from the University of Calgary, a Master of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Alberta and her Teacher Training Certification in Classical Pilates. Her dance training has included a wide variety of genres including tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary and African dance and has been an instructor in the Calgary community since 2007. She currently holds her Grade 9 Al Gilbert Tap Certification as well as her Intermediate Level in the RAD Ballet Syllabus. Dani is the owner of Indepth Physiotherapy in Canmore, AB; a practice that prides itself on “using movement as a modality” with a strong interest in dancers and chronic pain patients. She also is the author and creator of the YouTube Channel, THE SOAPBOX- an online physio-based platform she designed for the purposes of educating patients and colleagues about movement tools, treatment ideas and injury prevention topics that she uses daily in her practice. Dani is a strong advocate that more studios should model themselves around a multifaceted approach to pre-professional training. Quality- not quantity- of dance training- is a key concept that is often overlooked can be one of the main precursors to overuse injuries. Dani is adamant that by introducing other elements of training- such as anatomy, injury prevention and cross training- that it will not only aid in the reduction of injuries but add to the efficacy of a dancer’s training regime.

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