Miss Ryan 
Mrs. Ryan Wilson
Bus. Admin. Diploma – Distinction,
ADAPT, ESB TTP & JR. GRAD.
I have had over 26 years dancing and over 12 years teaching experience in the Vermilion area and am committed to enhancing the lives of youth through creativity, musicality, coordination, determination, self-discipline, team effort and positive attitude. By teaching internationally recognized dancing techniques in an encouraging and motivating environment, my dancers are able to achieve their personal bests and excel both in and out of dance.
For two years, while continuing to teach and pursue a career in dance, I also studied Business Administration with a Professional Accounting Major at Lakeland College. In the spring of 2000 I graduated at the top of my class with a GPA of 3.93 out of 4.0 and along with many scholarships and awards, earned a Diploma with Distinction. The next summer, I decided to combine all my areas of interest, experience, and professional education and invest it into one entity - Dance Impressions by Ryan.
As an innovative, progressive, local instructor, I am dedicated to life-long learning. I continually strive to improve my knowledge, my skills, and myself as an instructor by attending esteemed Workshops and Teacher’s Training Courses across the country. I am a Certified Instructor of both the ESB Junior Grades (Ballet) and the ADAPT (Jazz & Tap) Syllabi. I also graduated with Distinction from the Junior Teacher’s Training Course at the Edmonton School of Ballet . Currently, I am enrolled in the exclusive Professional Teacher’s Training Program at the Edmonton School of Ballet and am working towards my I.S.T.D. Associate (Cecchetti Branch).
As a teacher, I have received numerous awards for “Outstanding Choreography” and my students have received many distinguished “Outstanding” and “First Place” awards. My dancers are renowned for not only their amazing performances and technical abilities, but also for their friendliness and sportsmanship attitudes as well as polite and professional demeanors.
I am very optimistic about the 10th season of Dance Impressions, and look forward to my 13th year as an instructor in Vermilion and all the challenges, opportunities, and rewards it will bring.
Miss Lindsay
Lindsay has over nineteen years of teaching and dance experience in the disciplines of Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Musical Theatre and Ballet
As a dancer, Lindsay trained under some of North America’s most well known teachers/ choreographers such as Mia Michaels (Choreographer, Celine Dion’s New Day, and Judge/Choreographer for You Think You Can Dance); Jay Fagan (Tap Dogs); and Al Gilbert, to name a few. Lindsay won numerous scholarships and top awards for her dancing and participated in numerous workshops and shows around Canada and the US. She has also completed her training in the Al Gilbert Graded Tap Syllabus from Primary grades to Grade Nine.
As a teacher/choreographer, Lindsay has taught for five studios in and around Edmonton, and has won numerous Choreography and Outstanding Group Awards in the disciplines of Lyrical, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern, Ballet, and Musical theater. She has successfully put students through the Al Gilbert Graded Tap Syllabus Exams, from grades Four through Eight, and her students have won many top awards in festivals and competitions in this discipline also. In addition, Lindsay had the opportunity to put her knowledge and love of dance to use as an Adjudicator for the For the Love of Dance Festival in 2005, which was one of her most thrilling accomplishments to date.
Lindsay is well known for her high energy classes and creative teaching methods, and loves to work with students of all ages. She is currently attending Concordia University College of Alberta and is working on her Bachelor of Arts and Education Degrees. She looks forward to an exciting and energetic year working with each and every one of you, and wants you all to remember to Dance with your heart, and your feet will follow!!!
