Catharine Duncan
email:
downbeatscanada@hotmail.com
web:
www.downbeatscanada.comStage Shows and Events
Takin the Rhythm - Train 2006 - Toronto,
Producer/Dancer/Choreographer.
Winter Salsa Carnival 2006 Toronto, On, Dancer/Choreographer
Must be the Shoes 2006 Mississauga, Dancer/Choreographer
Fourth Annual Choice Night Out 2006 Orangeville, On, Dancer/
Choreographer.
Tap A Gala Performance 2005 Toronto, Performer.
Live with Culture Campaign 2005
City of Toronto in conjunction with TTC
Embrace the Rhythm 2005 Toronto, Producer/Dancer/Choreographer.
A Choice Night Out 2005 Orangeville, On Dancer/Choreographer.
Unleash Your Rhythm 2004 Calgary, AL Dancer/choreographer.
Slide 2003 New York, NY Dancer.
Vancouver Tap Festival showcase 2003 Vancouver, BC
Choreographer/Dancer.
World Pavilion at Disney World 2002 Orlando, FL Dancer.
Whats On? Tap! 2003 Toronto Dancer.
World Tap Dance Championships 1999 Germany - Dancer/Choreographer.
Lottario Ontario Dancer.
Breakfast Television CityTV Toronto Dancer.
National Tap Dance Day events Burlington and Toronto, On
Professional Companies
Downbeats - Artistic Director/Performer
Whats on? Tap!, Toronto Dancer, Soloist
Dance Olympus, USA Dancer, Touring Company
Hamilton Tigercats, Hamilton - Field dancer
Organization and Management
Performing Arts Educators of Canada
Executive Board, Tap Committee and assisted in creation of Tap
Syllabus
World Jazz Championships Toronto Staff
Snowshoe in Tap Workshop Director
Swing N2 Rhythm Tap Workshop - Director
Training
Peacock School of Dance: Helen Peacock, Derene Venturini,
Lesley Krieger, Lynda VanHoeckel, Pamela Hensler
Professional Tap Dancers: Ted Levy, Van Porter, Mathew Clark,
Dianne Walker, Jimmy Slyde
York University Toronto, Dance Department
Broadway Dance Center, NYC, Scholarship student
Kenneth Green Atlanta, GA - Spellman College
Royal Conservatory Music Ontario
Teaching
Tap Dance Festivals:
National Tap Dance Day Event 2005-2006 Burlington, ON Guest Teacher.
East Coast Tap Collective 2005 Mississauga, ON Guest Teacher.
Sycopation City 2005 Hamilton, ON Guest Teacher.
Unleash Your Rhythm 2004 Calgary, AB Guest Teacher.
Dance Workshops:
Dance Master of America Chapter 38, Canadian Dance Masters, Guest
Teacher 2006.
Chapter 8, Western New York, Guest Teacher 2005, 2006.
Randolph Academy of Performing Arts (Toronto) Guest Instructor,
2005.
Canadian National Tap Team Assistant Choreographer 2003-2006.
PAEC Guest Teacher and Syllabus Workshops, 2004.
Munson Williams Proctor Institute NY - Guest Teacher, 2003.
Brisbane, Australia Guest Teacher/Choreographer, 2003.
CDTA Guest Teacher Workshop, 1999.
The Dance Shoppe (Milton), Elite Danceworx (Markham), Rising Star
(Waterdown), Peacock School of Dance (Fort Erie), Clark Academy
(Buffalo, NY), Burlington Footnotes Company (Burlington), Pizzazz
n Jazz (Bolton), Dance Extreme (London), Academy of Performing
Arts (Orangeville), Dancemakerz (Waterdown), C.B. Dance Academy
(Richmond Hill), Somerville Dance Academy (Aurora)
Adjudication:
Canadian National Dance Championships
Orillia Opera House Dance Festival
Star Catchers
Toronto Kiwanis Dance Festival
NY State Tournament of Dance
Education
Master of Science, Physical Therapy, 2004
University of Toronto
Honors Bachelor of Physical Education, Kinesiology, 2002
Brock University
Physiotherapy for Dancers, Sunnybrook and Womens College Hospital,
2003
Royal Conservatory of Music Canada, Grade 8 Piano and Grade 2 Theory |



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