Posted: 03/03/26​

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Versastyle Dance Challange Workshops

March 8

Charlie White Theatre

2243 Beacon Ave W, Sidney, BC V8L 1W9

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Join the Exclusive Workshops with Versastyle Judges!

Versastyle is thrilled to offer an incredible lineup of workshops led by our esteemed judges and emcee. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

📅 Date: March 8th
🏷️ Dancer Cost: $25 (cash only) per workshop
🏷️ Spectator Cost: $20 (cash only) per workshop
📍 Location: Mary Winspear Centre 2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney, BC V8L 1W9

 

Please have one labelled envelope per studio with payment ready at the start of each workshop for all participants. Wristbands or tickets will be provided for each dancer and spectator.

Payment is collected 15 minutes prior to the workshop start time. Cash only.
Please indicate how many spots you’d like to reserve for each workshop session below.

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KCDS NOTE:  Workshops are optional. Please email the studio by Thursday, March 5 - noon, with the workshop you are interested in. Please list the Workshop number, time and name. If there is space available we'll let you know. There will be no KCDS Faculty on site during workshops. Dancers will be responsible for handing in their own payment. 

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Schedule

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Workshop 1 (1:00 - 2:00pm)

Jazz Technique Lab: Turns, Leaps & Dynamic Transitions w/ Cassie Rigler

Jazz

A high-energy technique class designed to sharpen precision, power, and performance. Dancers will refine their turns, elevate their jumps, and learn how to connect movements with clean, musical transitions. Class finishes with a combo that puts all the skills together in classic jazz style.
 

Workshop 2 (2:00 - 3:00pm)

Level Up Your Floorwork: Tricks, Transitions & Technique w/ Cassie Rigler

Contemporary

Take your floorwork to the next level with creative drills, signature transitions, and conditioning tools that enhance strength, mobility, and control. This class focuses on smart technique, clean lines, and fun tricks that dancers can incorporate into choreography and improvisation. Perfect for dancers looking to add polish, power, and originality to their movement.

 

Workshop 3 (3:00 - 4:00pm)

Afro/Jazz! w/Sherrie Scherger

West African and Classical Jazz - All levels
Move to the rhythm, roots, and soul of African jazz. This workshop blends traditional African dance with jazz influences, focusing on musicality and grounded movement.

 

Workshop 4 (4:00 - 5:00pm)

Theatre Jazz w/Sherrie Scherger
Jazz with theatre influences - All levels

This theatre jazz workshop focuses on bold movement, musicality, and storytelling. You’ll explore classic and contemporary jazz techniques used in musical theatre, with an emphasis on performance, character, and stage presence.

 

Workshop 5 (5:00 - 6:00pm)

Flying and Fabulous w/Jessica Vandenberg

Flying and Fabulous

Partner /Group Lifts & Stunts
Join us to observe, learn, and work HANDS ON with LIFTS and STUNTS, not just one-on-one with a partner, but also in both small and large groups. We will be playing together on everything from basic but choreographically EFFECTIVE lifts, up to advanced and elaborate THROWS, drops, shoulder stands, and catches- guided by a former official NCA Cheerleader. We will be building pyramids, trying out different SAFE transitions in and out of various tricks, and working together to create exciting LARGE shapes and pictures with many bodies. You will meet new friends and have FUN putting yourself in different roles inside of all the stunts we construct. Put on your imaginary wings, and lets FLY!

 

Workshop 6 (6:00 - 7:00pm)

Broadway Heels w/Jessica Vandenberg
Music Theatre

Come imagine your name in LIGHTS and step into the world of dancing in heels.
Heels are optional if you want to learn the style without the new element, but if you want to take the next step into your Radio City Rockette dreams- bring along some character or ballroom shoes, any height (Must have straps!). We will be working not only on the unique STYLE and steps that heels help deliver, but also on the PERFORMANCE aspect of dance and how integral it is. Bring your unique personality and character, and be ready to SHINE! Come learn some classic Vegas Showgirl moves, and add LITERAL new heights to your talent!

 

Workshop 7 (7:00 - 8:00pm)

Mind, Body, Spirit of dance w/Will Jeffs
Self-care
How to look after oneself as a dancer and develop healthy habits and understanding for mind, body and spirit to have the option to do it, and feel good doing it for as long as you want to. It’s mindset, awareness around true strength rather than ego muscles and kindness to oneself to sustain you through, even when the body is in age-related decline.​​

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