Catharine Duncan
email: downbeatscanada@hotmail.com
web: www.downbeatscanada.com

Stage 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.
What’s 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
What’s 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 Women’s College Hospital, 2003
Royal Conservatory of Music Canada, Grade 8 Piano and Grade 2 Theory




 

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