The Hill Dance program was created to give dancers a multi-disciplinary approach to hone their craft for professional careers in the performing arts. This intense program offers dancers many levels of training, including classical techniques, flexibility and core strengthening, competitive choreography, and performance opportunities. This program will expose the dancers to many disciplines and styles of the performing arts including, but not limited to: classical ballet, jazz, modern, tap, hip hop, lyrical, drama, singing, Yoga and Pilates. In addition, we offer support in body and mental awareness, nutrition, career consultation and injury prevention. This broad spectrum program was designed by Jenn E. Young and Jessica Fallis who have over 20 years of dance and drama training, including international and competitive professional work. The aim of The Hill Dance and Performance Arts Program is to give individual dance students intense multi-faceted training. With a proper foundation, we believe our students will be well equipped for various types of professional dance opportunities.

Outline of the Hill Dance and Performance Arts Program
Students of the Hill Dance will train extensively in the following:

Jenn E. Young – Director of the Hill Dance

With over 20 years of intense dance training in Southern Ontario, she has been taught from such inspirations as Lorie Martin, Siona Jackson, Carol Longlade, Cathy Duncan, Nicole Garland, Paula Thompson and Suzy Stiperski. Her choreography credits include: “Fish Out of Water” Human Puppetry (Rob Levine, 2002), Musical Theatre and Jazz competitions (Turning Pointe Academy of Dance, Toronto 2006), and “The Way”, a Collective Collaboration Movement piece (Bareback Theatre, Earth Week 2006). She is an Associate Member of the P.A.E.C. and the C.D.T.A. in Ballet Instruction. In 2001, she was a professional dancer/cheerleader on the Budweiser Dance Team for the Toronto Argonauts CFL team.

She received her Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre at York University through the Acting Conservatory Program. Some theatre credits include: “Richard III” as Queen Elizabeth (Charles Roy, Shakespeare Project, 2004); “Secondary Wishes” as Genie and the choreographer (David Matheson/Tom Kerr, Toronto Fringe Festival 2006). In high school she competed with the O.D.S.S. Improv team nationally for 4 years, under the coaching of Gord McGiverin. Currently, she is a professional TV and film Actor featured in various international commercials (Alberto VO5), small film credits (“The Robber Bride”, CBC), and a recurring role on the new series “Smart Woman’s Survival Guide” (W Network).

Jessica Fallis – Co-Director of the Hill Dance

Jessica Fallis is a recent graduate of the Dance Performance Studies program at George Brown College in Toronto.

International performance contracts include: “Club Maeva” (Manzanillo Mexico, 2007); “Huis Ten Bosch Resort” (Nagasaki Japan, 2006); “Canadian National Tap Team” (Reisa Germany, Gold Medal 2004).

Choreography credits include: “CBC Children’s Music Video” (Choreographer and Casting Director, National 2006); “Toronto Rock Jr. Gems Dance Team” (Head Choreographer/Coach, 2005-2007); “DownBeats” (Toronto-based Tap Team, Director Cathy Duncan, 2005-2007).

Performance credits include, “Experience Impossibility Tour” (Ryan Joyce Magic Show, Nov. 2006); “The Award Winning Nickelodeon Parade” (Canada’s Wonderland, Aug. 2006); “Toronto Rock Dance Team” (Air Canada Centre Toronto Ontario, 2004-2007); “Quinte Ballet School of Canada, Professional Summer School” (Kingston Ontario, 2003); “La Bayadere”, Director Chan Hon Goh; spots on Breakfast Television and YTV.

Jessica is certified through P.A.E.C. in both Tap & Jazz; she also frequents Broadway Dance Centre in New York City to continue her professional dance training.