Contemporary Workshop with Natalli Reznik
August 28, 2010
We had a fantastic workshop with the one and only Natalli Reznik! What an inspiring teacher! I’m sure the students learned so much from her!
Thanks to everyone for coming!
Intermediate Sexy Street Jazz with…Carla Catherwood
August 28, 2010
Intermediate Sexy Street Jazz with…Carla Catherwood
Ever wanted to dance sexy like ‘The Pussycat Dolls’???
…Now is your chance!! Come and play with us!
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When: Thursday September 2 @ 7:30pm-9:00pm
Where: Canada’s National Ballet School - 400 Jarvis Street, Toronto
Price: $20
**Please note: Intermediate level….if you’re a beginner…give this workshop a try!! The focus is on STYLE not technique!!**
ABOUT CARLA:
Vivacious, courageous, and a fun loving workaholic would be the best way to explain Carla Catherwood. Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada she has worked professionally in the entertainment industry for 10 years. She is most known for her producing, directing and her Nuvo-Burlesque style choreography and is currently represented by Toronto’s very own Do-Dat Entertainment with Manager Wayne Samuels. Carla has been blessed to work beside such celebrities and amazing professionals like Michael Buble, Shania Twain, Kelly Osbourne, Russell Peters, Hugh Hefner, Jessica Alba, and Halle Berry.
She has also had the chance to produce and direct shows for the infamous Playboy Mansion, Club Intrawest, Heineken, Grey Goose, Much Music, Vancouver International Children’s Festival, and For the Luv of It! Live entertainment showcases (www.fortheluvofit.com) which has successfully helped both fellow professional entertainers and youth grow, develop and gain more momentum in their career, along with the many burlesque show’s that she has created and produced for her cabaret group “The Burlesque Beauties” (www.burlesquebeauties.com)
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to work with an extremely talented lady!
**Carla has already chosen a few dancers to work with from our last set of Workshops!**
Don’t miss out…get noticed and have fun!
See you soon!!
Kevi Katsuras
August 23, 2010
Kevi Katsuras
A young, creative, bold girl who has been dancing since the age of 3. Starting off with just ballet, by the time she was 5, she was not only into ballet, but tap and jazz as well. Approaching the age of 10, Kevi started getting into competitive dance and competed in tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, and pointe. Jazz/Contemporary, and Pointe being her favourite styles, really helped her decide that she wanted to pursue dance as a career later on in life. By the age of 12, Kevi realized that she wanted to be a performer and become something big in her later years to come. Also having acting skills in her background, this made Kevi even more of a performer and helped her really express herself more in dance.
Dance is Kevi’s greatest passion and she would love to do nothing else but dance, dance, dance. Her personal meaning of the word Dance, is that it is a way of feeling and expressing your inner emotions by the physical movement of the body. At the age of 15, Kevi started doing more and more dance auditions. Such as auditioning for the summer programs at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Quinte Ballet School of Canada. Getting accepted into both summer programs, it was a hard decision for her, but she decided to go with Quinte, and spent the month of July one summer in Belleville, Ontario, dancing 5 days a week, 9am-5pm. The following year, Kevi travelled to New York City to audition for the NYC Rockette Summer Intensive. With the acceptance into the summer intensive, Kevi took the plunge and spent a week living in NYC and being a Rockette for an entire week.
Since then, Kevi has been going to various auditions for many things hoping to push her way into the dance world! She recently auditioned to be a back up dancer for Katy Perry at the MMVA’s, sadly she didn’t make it but, what an experience!
She is starting the two-year dance program at George Brown College in September, 2010, and can’t wait to experience working and training even more there.
Kevi can not wait to work, and be a part of LR Productions, experiment, and grow from working with the wonderful Lindsay Ritter!
Visit: http://www.lindsayritter.com/company-dancers/kevi-katsuras/ for bookings and to leave a comment!
Stephanie Papaioannou
August 23, 2010
Stephanie Papaioannou
TTP (Dip)-NBS, R.A.D. RTS
Stephanie, originally from Calgary, Alberta grew up playing hockey, eventually finding dance as a
teenager. She then began to train intensively in a variety of styles including ballet, jazz, hip hop,
contemporary and tap. While dancing all over Canada and in New York City in various competitions and
workshops, Stephanie’s achievements include winning first place soloist at a national competition for
her first piece of choreography. Stephanie was a semi finalist in the Calgary Stampede’s Youth Talent
Showdown and was a recipient of the Tammy Lynn Powers and Jamie Hill Memorial Award for a dancer
who demonstrates commitment, talent and perseverance. She has completed her Advanced 1 RAD and
Cecchetti ballet exams, Advanced 1 National exam (ISTD) and her Advanced CDTA jazz exam (honours).
Stephanie is a recent graduate of the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School
where she received a diploma in teaching, as well as Registered Teacher’s Status with the Royal
Academy of Dance. During her time in the program she studied under such notables as Glenn Gilmour,
Jane Wooding, Richard Sias and Anuschka Roes. This year she will complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Dance at York University where the faculty includes Susan Cash, Carol Anderson and Donna Krasnow.
After intensively training in ballet for the past two years, Stephanie is excited to be returning to the
world of jazz and is looking forward to performing with LR Productions.
Visit: http://www.lindsayritter.com/company-dancers/stephanie-papaioannou/ for bookings and to leave a comment!
Check out Stephanie’s Demo Reel:
Twisting Reality Magic Show
August 19, 2010
LR Productions performed on the Sheridan Main Stage in the “Twisting Reality” Magic Show!
Dancers: Lexy Cox, Tuba Cafri, Brittany Robinson, Julie McLachlan
Check out these wicked photos! 
Megan Oko
August 19, 2010
Megan Oko
Megan has had a remarkable passion for dance ever since she saw her first ballet, The Nutcracker as a child. She loves to express a story or style through her body while listening to inspirational music. She enjoys stylized dancing, jazz, contemporary and athletic dance and puts her own spin on pieces of choreography. She danced ballet, jazz and modern competetively for numerous years and also competed in various festivals around Canada. In Calgary during high school, she attended the pre professional program for a year at the Alberta Ballet School where she worked hard to improve her technique. It was there that she determined that a career in dance and the arts was what she wanted. Back home in Ontario for Grade 12, Megan began taking acting and singing seriously and performed in and choreographed musical numbers in plays such as West Side Story and Jesus Christ Superstar at the Grand Theatre in Kingston, Ontario. She went on to graduate from George Brown College in the two year dance program and trained with Karen Andrews, a Toronto performer turned Studio Director. There, she taught jazz dance and assisted with stretch and strength classes. Megan receives a lot of satisfaction from instructing children and youth in dance and is energized by their enthusiasm. She performed as a fosse dancer in numerous pieces in the Toronto Jazz Festival in 2009. Megan also trained at theatre school for a year and felt she became a more well- rounded performer. She continues to take numerous acting and dance classes to push her limits and perfect her technique. Megan is a proud Canadian artist, an excited new company member and cannot wait to shake things up with LR productions in the future!
Visit: http://www.lindsayritter.com/company-dancers/megan-oko/ for bookings and to leave a comment!
Contemporary Workshop with NATALLI REZNIK!
August 19, 2010
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Contemporary Workshop with NATALLI REZNIK!
Intermediate Level (whether you’re a beginner/intermediate or an advanced dancer…this class will focus more on STYLE than technique)
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WHEN: Thursday August 26, 2010 @ 7:30pm
WHERE: Canada’s National Ballet School (400 Jarvis Street, Toronto)
PRICE: $25 at the door
($20 in advance by emailing: me(AT)lindsayritter.com)
ABOUT NATALLI:
In season 1 for SYTYCD Canada…Natalli wowed the entire country and it didn’t stop there…..
Her recent credits to date are:
- Enrique Iglesias – “I Like Video”
- Kelly Rowland – Promo Tour, Commander Video
- Lady Gaga – Grammy Awards Performance
- Janet Jackson – American Music Awards, “Make Me” Video
- Ne-Yo – One in A Million Video, SYTYCD (USA) Performance
Natalli’s charisma and knowledge have led her to be one of the most inspiring teachers.
Natalli choreographed on Season 2 of SYTYCD Canada (and the piece went on tour)!!
Check out Natalli’s choreography this year on SYTYCD Canada Season 3!
Don’t miss this ONE NIGHT ONLY opportunity to dance and learn from this talented dancer and choreographer!
Christina Reitano
August 18, 2010
Christina Reitano
Christina’s passion for dance began in Ottawa, Ontario, where she trained at Extra Dance Academie in ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and tap.
During high school, Christina had the privilege of being the leader of the school’s dance team, while also choreographing and organizing performances for her troupe.
From the age of 3 years old and on she danced her little heart out and followed her passion which led her to Toronto.
She is now a graduate of Ryerson University’s BFA program, Theatre performance Dance. Christina also took part of the Ryerson Rhythm Dance Pak Team. During her four years at Ryerson University she had the pleasure and opportunity of working with renowned teachers and choreographers such as Nadia Potts, Vicky St. Denys, Karen Duplesis, Kenny Pearl, Tanya Evidente, Holly Small, Robert Glumbek, Darryl Tracy, Derek Sangster and Linda Garneau. She has taken part in several productions of Ryerson Dances as well as Choreographic Works which presents student choreography.
As a graduate, she is consistently auditioning and taking classes throughout the city of Toronto. She is thrilled to be a part of Lindsay Ritter Productions and to embark on a new adventure.
Visit: http://www.lindsayritter.com/company-dancers/christina-reitano/ for bookings and to leave a comment!
Check out Christina’s Demo Reel:
A lovely note by one of our beginner students: Viola!
August 17, 2010
One of our beginner students, Viola is leaving for Montreal and wrote this super nice note to me and Natasha today! Viola…you will be missed and please visit us when you come back in the summer! Much Love xo
Dear Natasha & Lindsay:
Thank you so much for all those great times in class. You guys put so much care into teaching your dancers, it really means a lot. You’ve helped me grow and improve my techniques. I’ll always remember the key things you guys have taught me about posture =P
I will miss Jazz on monday nights so much! Will be spreading the words for LR Dance in Montreal for sure =P And expect me to be back for the summer!
I’ll be waiting to watch the class videos every week =D xoxo
Viola
Chrisanna Yan
August 16, 2010
Chrisanna Yan
Born in England and raised in the GTA with a family from Hong Kong, Chrisanna (chris-an-na) is
as unique as her name. Chrisanna is an award-winning gymnast and dancer who has trained and
competed throughout North America. But before putting the brakes on, she is also a full-time
student at U of T specializing in Accounting. Born to perform .. with talent and brains.
She was first recruited in summer camp for the competitive gymnastics program at the
renowned Gymnastics Mississauga. She was recognized for her natural grace and elegance and
has had floor routines that range from ballet, Spanish and jazz music which have given her a
sense of versatility in her dancing today. She helped Ontario win the Provincial Championship
and was the silver medalist All-Around Provincial Champion. Despite success, she turned to her
true passion. She was referred to a ballet teacher and began studying ballet under the Russian
method. She has completed her Intermediate examinations under the Society of Russian Ballet
with top results.
It didn’t take long before she was invited to perform as a dancer with Royal Opera Canada in the
infamous opera “Carmen”. She performed in a total of 16 shows at the Living Arts Centre and
the Toronto Centre for Performing Arts. Following this experience, she was named Captain of
her high school Dance Team for 3 consecutive years. Combining her experience in gymnastics
and ballet, she choreographed the team routines ranging from Ballet, Jazz and Lyrical as well
as all of her solos during high school which were awarded Top Soloist and Overall Scores at
numerous competitions. In her last year of high school, she was offered a scholarship to Los
Angeles to train in an intensive program at Millennium, The Edge and Debbie Reynolds. She also
performed at the Grover Dale Agency Showcase and came home to sign a contract with The
Dance Company.
Chrisanna takes advantage of international training to advance her versatility with
choreographers including Mia Michaels, Brian Friedman, Bobby Newberry as well as Shing
Mah from Hong Kong. Despite having an unusual background, it has kept her humble and is a
force in nature to remember her roots. Currently, she is a free-lance dancer and choreographer
under her company CC Productions for Artistic Gymnastics choreographing floor routines for
several gymnastics clubs in Ontario. Now, she is beyond thrilled to be joining LR Productions as a
company dancer and be part of the world of Commercial Jazz!
Visit: http://www.lindsayritter.com/company-dancers/chrisanna-yan/ for bookings and to leave a comment!