Wendy wood
TEACHER/CHOREOGRAPHER/ADJUDICATOR
Wendy is an accomplished, award winning teacher and choreographer in all forms of dance. Having run a successful dance studio for 28 years, she hasn’t looked back in her endeavour to share her love of dance with her students and her peers.
Wendy received her training in Toronto, attending dance programs through George Brown College, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and the Randolph School for the Performing Arts. Wendy belongs to several dance organizations including the Canadian Dance Teachers Association, International Teachers of Dance, Professional Dance Teachers Association, Acrobatic Arts, and is a member of the Professional Adjudicators Association. Wendy is an accomplished choreographer, trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, acro and musical theatre. Throughout her dance career, Wendy has been involved in sharing her teaching talents through workshops, seminars and choreographing for several musicals including Grease, Leader of the Pack, and The Wizard of Oz, just to name a few. Many of her competitive routines have won top scores and overall titles and awards at dance competitions throughout Ontario and North America. Many of Wendy’s talented students have also gone on to higher education through the National Ballet School in Toronto, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, represented Canada on the World Performers Dance Team, performed on Cruise Ships, as well as several former students have moved on to teaching careers in Canada, Europe and Mexico.
Wendy has had the opportunity to have worked with several great teachers, including Gus Giordano, Nadia Potts, Robert McCollum, Bob Rizzo, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Gregg Russell, Debbie Vogel, Shane Sparks, Brian Friedman, Wade Robson, Ben & Offer, and Rhee Gold to name just a few. Wendy continually evolves, and always pursues a higher education in dance by taking master classes at the National Ballet School, Steps on Broadway, and Broadway Dance Centre, as well as attending workshops and conferences to enhance her student’s achievements and dance training. A firm believer in good quality training to develop strong technical dancers, Wendy strongly encourages dance examination programs to promote her high standards in dance education. Wendy continues to be a much soughtafter instructor and adjudicator across Canada & North America. A sensitive and compassionate teacher and adjudicator, Wendy has incredible energy and shares her love of dance with everyone she works with.
Wendy is looking forward to sharing her love of dance with all the students that she teaches, and looks forward to working with the dancers at Extreme Dance Connection.