The Cecchetti Society of Canada presents:

Jane
Wooding
Jane
Wooding
started
her
ballet
training
in
Ottawa
with
Jacqueta
Northcote.
Entering
Canada’s
National
Ballet
School,
she
studied
with
Betty
Oliphant,
Nancy
Kilgour,
Daniel
Seillier,
and
Grant
Strate.
After
graduation,
Jane
continued
her
training
in
England,
Holland
and
Germany.
Ms.
Wooding
danced
with
the
National
Ballet
of
Canada,
performing
Romantic,
Classical
and
Contemporary
repertoire
from
1972
to
1978.
This
allowed
her
to
work
with
exceptional
mentors
including
Mikhail
Baryshnikov,
Erik
Bruhn,
Celia
Franca,
Karen
Kain,
Rudolf
Nureyev,
and
Veronica
Tennant.
Jane
then
joined
Canada’s
National
Ballet
School
staff
teaching
ballet,
repertoire,
pointework
and
pedagogy
for
eight
years.
Presently
teaching
for
Canada’s
National
Ballet
School
in
the
Teacher
Training
Program,
and
for
George
Brown
Dance/Ballet
Jörgen
Canada,
Jane
has
also
taught
ballet
on
the
faculties
of
York
University
and
the
Quinte
Ballet
School
of
Canada.
She
examines
annually
for
the
Cecchetti
Society
of
Canada.

Guest
work
includes
summer
courses,
classes
and
workshops
across
Canada.
Kathryn
Jones
(special
History
of
Dance
lectures)
Following
ballet
training
in
Winnipeg,
France,
and
Ottawa,
Kathryn
expanded
her
interest
in
ballet
by
pursuing
studies
in
Russian
history
and
in
the
fine
arts,
earning
a
Master’s
Degree
in
History
and
a
Bachelor
of
Fine
Arts.
Before
joining
the
teaching
staff
of
the
Royal
Winnipeg
Ballet,
Kathryn
worked
in
the
school
programs
of
the
Winnipeg
Art
Gallery’s
Education
Department
and
taught
art
in
the
Gallery’s
Studio
Programs.
From
1998‐2010,
Kathryn
taught
art
and
dance
history
in
the
Royal
Winnipeg
Ballet
School’s
Professional
Division,
and
in
its
Teachers’
Training
Program.

Since
the
winter
of
2011,
Kathryn
has
given
talks
on
the
history
of
ballet
for
the
dance
department
of
the
National
Arts
Centre
in
Ottawa,
including
topics
such
as
“Ballet
in
the
Baroque”
and
“The
Russian
Nineteenth
Century
Classics.”