Talk:Dance Studios of Thunder Bay
There are currently 7 "elite" dance studios in Thunder Bay, who teach children and teenagers at an elite level with the potential to take them to the heights of professional dancing internationally.
- Art in Motion
- Legacy Dance
- Spirit of Dance
- Studio One Dance (Horn)
- International Dance Academy (Horn / Goodings)
- Fay Gleeson (Horn)
- Dance Dynamics (Markall)
(Rank them by number of students)
Historically, from the 1960s, a quartet of ladies led the charge for dance in Thunder Bay:
- Sylvia Horn (died 2005)
- Betty Goodings (moved away 1975, died 1993)
- Amelia Jackson (1904 - 1990)
- Edith Markall (died ??)
Sylvia and Amelia: Similarities and Contrasts
I suspect these two ladies were rivals.
- Sylvia 1904 - 1990
- Amelia 1914 - 2005
- Both pioneered serious dance instruction for children, dance performances, in Thunder Bay
- Both were active from at least 1935
- Both spend their whole lives in Thunder Bay except for a few years for training.
- Sylvia attended St. Michael & All Angels Anglican Church, in Port Arthur
- Amelia attended St. Patrick's Cathedral, in Fort William
- Sylvia was a member of "Thunder Bay Society of Ballet and Dance"
- Amelia was a member of "Northwestern Ontario Ballet Guild"