Instructors
Christine Rosenberger together with Randi Larway, Heidi Overguard and Alana Hoever joined creative forces in 2009 to offer an exciting new dance program for youth and adults in Sundre. Our instructors specialize in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Tap, and Musical Theatre. Our students range in ages from 3 to adult, and beginning through advanced level of training. We look forward to having a performance troupe which will be entertaining and delighting audiences throughout the community with free performances and fundraising events. Keep an eye out for us! We are excited to be a part of the community and offer positive, professional dance training to dancers of all ages and experience levels. Be sure to leave your contact information so we can keep you informed of everything that will be coming up this season!
Our Instructors:
The Move Yourself Dance instructional team has about 75 years of combined international dance experience! (Who would ever guess from such youthful ladies?!)
Christine Rosenberger
Christine has studied Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern and Musical Theatre, completing her R.A.D. Ballet exams from Grade 1 – 8 as well as Pre-Elementary and Elementary. She also completed all levels in CDTA Jazz. In 2003, while living in Grande Cache, she started her own dance studio, “Centre Stage”, teaching Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Lyrical and Musical Theatre. In addition to her leadership with Move Yourself Dance, Christine serves as President of the Olds Gymnastics Club. She is a substitute teacher and a member of the Parent Council for École Olds Elementary School. She is also Mom to four children under the age of 10 while her husband works away from home… and soon one more baby will be welcomed to her home! Little wonder we call her Superwoman!
Alana Hoever
Alana began her dance training at age 5 with Martin School of Dancing in Regina, SK where she studied Tap, Jazz and Ballet. After high school, Alana moved to London England where she worked in the Theatre District and took advantage of every opportunity to see Musicals and Dance Shows. A former RCMP officer, Alana moved to Sundre in 2002, and has taught many different dance and group fitness classes throughout the years. In the first year of Move Yourself Dance, Alana won a Choreography Award for Tap at the Terpsichore Dance Festival in Calgary. Alana is a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer with a private studio in her home. She also runs a year-round Bed & Breakfast just outside Sundre.
Heidi Overguard
Heidi is a Sundre native who studied Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical and Acro in Caroline with Dance West and Olds at Divine Dance. During our first season she shared her passion for dance with our Dance, Dream and Discover classes, and enthusiastically substituted when called upon. Heidi is also an amazingly talented photographer, whose work has been featured in our calendar and other marketing materials. She also distributes our monthly newsletter. Heidi runs two of her own businesses: HMO Photography and Rural Route Tours. She is an executive member of the Sundre Economic Development Committee and the Sundre & District Chamber of Commerce. A proud new home owner, she and her husband farm in the Sundre area.
Tana Graham
Tana began dancing 23 years ago and became a professional dancer at the age of 20. She performed for various dance companies, on cruise ships, and appeared on the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This summer Tana trained with Tap Legend Jim Hibbard at Harbour Dance Centre in Vancouver. She recently returned from a Hip Hop Workshop ‘Groove Wit It’ in Edmonton hosted by White Chocolate. In her teens she found yoga to be beneficial for preventing and healing injuries from dancing and discovered the balance, focus and peace that yoga brought to her life. In 2011, she completed the Registered Yoga Teacher 200 course in Vancouver with East to West Yoga. She is thankful to have yoga in her life and for the chance to share the beauty and power of yoga with her students. “I hope that I can inspire you and bring as much strength, joy and well-being to you as yoga has brought to me. Namaste.”
Wendy Read
Wendy started dancing at age 5 with Starlite in Calgary, and continued on with MacDonald Wilson Dance Academy (Tap, Jazz and Ballet). As she was growing up Wendy juggled a busy schedule that included dance, soccer, gymnastics, volleyball, track and field, badminton and basketball. In her 20ʻs she continued her dance training in Tap, Jazz & Ballet with Kel Soloway in Calgary. Wendy rediscovered dance again when she moved to Sundre in 2006, taking Adult Tap & Jazz classes with Julie Coleman, then Ballet & Jazz with Randi Larway in the inaugural year of Move Yourself Dance. Wendy is an administrator for Read Controls & Energy Services Inc. She is a soccer coach in the spring and is a member of the Sundre Gymnastics Board. She enjoys spending time with her husband, 2 kids and 44 animals on her property near Sundre.
Annica Larsson
Annica began dancing at the age of 4, starting in Ballet before finding passion for Jazz, Lyrical, Tap, Modern, and Musical Theater at Miss Joanne’s School of Dance in Breton, Alberta. She began assistant teaching at age 15; after graduation she continued to teach while getting her ADAPT Teaching Certificate in all levels of Jazz and Tap. Annica has completed her Grade 6 studies in R.A.D. and Cecchetti, and studied dance in Sweden for a year. She is now living in Calgary and working as an Educational Assistant at Foothills Academy. She loves working with kids and dance – both inspire her to teach, have fun, and above all, keep dancing! Annica is a big music fan who will travel the world to get to a great concert! She is currently completing her Educational Assistant Certificate at the University of Calgary.
Angela Sandberg
Angela grew up in Sundre and attended university in Calgary and Edmonton, as well as Red Deer College. Her love of the small town atmosphere called her home to raise her family. She has a Degree in Recreation Administration and has been the Recreation Therapist at the Olds & Sundre Care Centres for the past 13 years. Angela has been certified with the Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association (AFLCA) for 12 years holding her Group Exercise and Resistance Training Specialties. She has taught a variety of group fitness classes, including Step, Ball, and Aerobics. She recently discovered a new passion for Zumba™ Dance Fitness classes and has her Level 1 and 2 Instructor Certifications. When Angela’s not working or teaching, she enjoys spending time with her husband and 3 children aged 8, 6 and 3.
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