ADTC’s BC Canada Dance Camp!
At ADTC’s BC Canada dance camp, you’ll take 4 – 5 dance classes per-day, Mon through Fri. Classes are taught by our professional choreographers. The core dance disciplines you’ll take are contemporary, hip hop and jazz (styles vary and may include Bwy or lyrical). Elective dance classes include ballet, tap & world dance.
No matter what your dance level or background, our BC Canada dance camp curriculum is designed to challenge you. You’ll be organized into groups by age & ability and get to perform in a big Friday Show.
Life @ ADTC in British Columbia
Our BC Canada dance camp home is Quest University, a fully accredited liberal arts school set amid the spectacular scenery of British Columbia’s Coast Mountains. Located between Vancouver & Whistler on the famous “Sea to Sky” highway, the campus is big enough to contain everything for a stimulating dance camp experience, and small enough to feel like home.
At ADTC “ULTIMATE Coast Mountains” in BC Canada, campers and staff live together in a traditional residence hall. Each room is single occupancy (no roommate), but rooms are part of a “suite” where two bedrooms share one bathroom, so campers will be able to walk through their bathroom to the adjoining bedroom of their roommate. Hallway blocks are organized by age and ADTC’s staff is housed in suites on each floor, providing campers with 24-hour supervision & support.
AWESOME ACTIVITIES AT OUR BC DANCE CAMP
At ADTC’s BC Canada dance camp you can enjoy awesome activities & extras like hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, rock climbing, stand-up paddle boarding, swimming, a ropes course & more!
Just Some of Our Amazing BC Canada Dance Camp Staff
Ashley Peter
Ashley Peter is a New York City based professional dancer, choreographer, adjudicator and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a concentration in Jazz and Ballet from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA.
Ashley grew up in Central Florida, but she holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. She travels all over the US and Canada to dance competitions & conventions such as Beyond the Stars, Breakout Dance, SHINE, Starquest, Legacy Dance and Impact Dance in pursuit of her passion – to educate young dancers.
Ashley has been on staff with Universal Dance Association, DivaDance NYC, the Broadway Theatre Project (founded by Ann Reinking), and The Jimmy Awards. Ashley has choreographed for Flash Mob America, the OMMA Awards, Florida Dance Masters, and singer/songwriter Joey Contreras.
Some of Ashley’s favorite performance credits include the Brooklyn based contemporary dance company, UrbanHumans, the NYC Jazz Dance Festival, the Walt Disney Company, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, and RWS & Associates. She has also done national industrials, original Broadway workshops, and numerous shows & festivals throughout NYC.
Ashley has been a Program Director and Instructor-Counselor at ADTC in Vermont, Maryland, Illinois, Colorado, North Carolina & virtually since 2016. She has a twin brother and is obsessed with her senior dog, Trotter. Another passion of Ashley’s is painting with acrylics – especially painting nature and pets!
Ellen Mihalick
Ellen Mihalick grew up dancing at NJ Ballet and the NJ Dance Theater Ensemble. She live in NYC where she has been a Radio City Rockette since 2013.
In addition to performing at Radio City, Ellen’s professional dance credits include the Broadway National Tours of An American in Paris and South Pacific.
Other favorite career moments include West Side Story (Graziella/DC), Shrek the Musical (ensemble/DC), TV appearances on Amazon’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and HBO’s Succession, as well as walking in NY Fashion week.
When not performing, Ellen is a personal trainer, barre teacher & choreographer. Her recent choreographer credits include Matilda The Musical!
Ellen has been an Instructor & Director at ADTC summer dance camps in California, Colorado, Texas & Maryland since 2017. She’s an #adtcidol and wants to inspire other girls to stay true & believe in themselves. “Dream BIG because hard work pays off.”
Outside of dance, Ellen’s loves include her cat Toni, her six nieces and nephews, and traveling the world… 29 countries and counting. You’ll always see Ellen with her coffee in hand and lots of energy!
Katelyn Martin
Katelyn Martin is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in Los Angeles. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University with a BA in Dance and Communication Studies.
Growing up in New Hampshire, Katelyn’s mother always encouraged her to be a performer and she has been dancing and performing since she was three years old. In addition to dance, she loves theatre and performing in musicals.
While at LMU, Katelyn danced with Radix Dance Crew and Kuumba Beatz Dance Crew. She also trainined with Jason Myhre, Chad Michael Hall, Tony Czar, and Rogelio Lopez, and performed works by Marjani Forte, Holly Johnston, Paige Porter, Laila Abdullah, and J.T Hornstein.
Katelyn started as a Junior Instructor-Counselor (“JIC”) at ADTC in Vermont in 2010. She’s been an Instructor-Counselor (“IC”) in Vermont, California & Maryland for more than 10 summers, as well as Program Director (“PD”) at ADTC in Colorado for 2 summers.
CJ Johnson
Christina Johnson (“CJ”) is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in New York City. CJ fell in love with dance back in the 1900’s in Oregon.
CJ began dancing professionally with BodyVox, Bent, and Kinetic Images in Portland, then moved to Seattle, where she spent quality time learning and performing with many prominent dance companies and choreographers, including Cheronne Wong; BetterBiscuit; XODO; Alethea Adsitt; Fusion; and Seattle Jazz, to name a few.
In 2003 CJ co-founded her own eclectic modern dance company, Jerboa Dance, where she choreographed, co-directed, co-produced, and starred in many successful shows, including a special guest appearance with Dance Masters of America.
CJ joined the NYC dance scene in 2005 and is proud to have shared the stage and performed all over the world with The Love Show and Shir Dance Theater, She also choreographed and produced the Jerboa Dance NYC premier “Back from the Brink.”
CJ’s choreography has been featured on Fox 5, America’s Got Talent, and “Loosen My Tie” video. She has also performed for P Diddy, Beyoncé, Martha Stuart, and was an opening soloist for Diana Ross.
CJ has directed and taught at ADTC locations in California, Colorado, Vermont, Texas, New Jersey, Maryland & Wisconsin since 2010.
Kierstyn Sharrow
Kierstyn Sharrow is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in New York City. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Dance & Minor in Musical Theater from Marymount Manhattan College.
Kierstyn has taught ballet, pointe, partnering, tap & jazz at renowned NYC-area studios like the Broadway Dance Center, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Her performance credits include the National Tour with CATS (swing) and American Dance Machine (dance captain). She was also the dance captain of the Off-Broadway show, Idol: the Musical.
Kierstyn has been on staff at ADTC dance camps in Colorado, California and Wisconsin since 2017. Kierstyn has an amazing sense of humor and loves to make our campers & staff laugh. She also loves having such an important impact on the lives of our campers.
Kierstyn wants girls to learn from her that change is OK! “Life doesn’t stop when something shifts, so we can’t stop either. It is scary and empowering to all of a sudden be pushed outside our comfort zone.”
Corinne De Beer
Corinne De Beer is a professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher in South Africa. She is the owner of Diversify Dance Studio in Cape Town.
Corinne has studied with the Cape Town City Ballet, Gaynor Harris School of Dance and Fantastic Flying Fish Dance Co in South Africa. She is classically trained in ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern and contemporary, and also well-versed in African, African Gumboot Dancing, African Pantsula, Broadway, Disco, Fusion and Street Dance. Corinne also has a Certificate of Higher Education in Contemporary Dance, Primary-Advanced 11 in Imperial Modern, and Primary-Advanced 11 in Cecchetti Ballet.
After graduating from St. Mary’s DSG, Corinne moved to London to train at the prestigious London Contemporary Dance School, where she studied under big-name contemporary choreographers like Richard Alston and Matthew Bourne. She has since branched out into the commercial world, and teaches contemporary, hip hop, ballet, lyrical, street and jazz workshops in London and South Africa, and works with various international artists, shows and TV programs.
Corinne has choreographed for London’s fashion week, So You Think You Can Dance South Africa, BBC’s “The Hussle,” the “Kylie Minogue Special,” and BBC’s “Doctors,” and performed for crowds of 30,000 + on famous world stages like Wembley Stadium and London’s West End Theatre. She has taught contemporary, jazz and hip hop workshops from Glasgow to Liverppol, Birmingham & beyond at numerous schools and studios, including Oxford University.
Corinne was also the choreographer for South Africa’s most watched TV show, “South African Idols” for three years, choreographing pieces for top South African artists like Toya Delayze, Liquideep, Lloyd and Kurt Darren. Other choreography credits include Busta Rhymes/T-pain opening concert South Africa, Public Sector Summit with President Zuma, and the FIFA World Cup African Celebration Show (to name a few!).
Corinne is an annual judge for the South African Hip Hop Cup, South African Championships of the Performing Arts and Cape Town Eisteddfod. Her most recent credits include choreography for large corporate events like SAB and Total Mining Indaba, Nissan, British Airways and more. She also just completed work on the new music video for Die Antwoord, and is excited to begin an entertainment partnership with the South African Rugby Union.
Corinne joined the ADTC team in 2015. She has been an Instructor-Counselor at our dance camps in Vermont & California as well as virtually.
Inspiring Dance Camp Testimonials from Our Parent-Camper Surveys
We invite you to read the ADTC dance camp testimonials below (submitted by parents through our post-camp survey). Most testimonials below include an email for the alumni parent at the end of their review – please feel free to contact parents for more feedback about their ADTC experience.
Overall rating: 5 out of 5 based on 9 reviews.
Warm & Supportive
“My daughter had a wonderful experience. The environment is warm and supportive. Plenty of what makes summer camp great. tara.hausmann@gmail.com”
~ Tara P., Bainbridge Isl, WA
Communication was great.
“Communication was great. Everything overall ran smoothly. My daughter loved all the dance opportunities. Friday night show was very good. brenjone@yahoo.com”
~ Brennan J., Ontario, Canada
Made Great Friends
“My daughter had a fantastic time at camp in California! She was challenged by the dance instruction and made great friends. ADTC is fun, liberating, and memorable. alliholcher@gmail.com”
~ Allison H., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Professional, Communicative & Compassionate
“This was our first experience with ADTC, and I am appreciative of their effort in giving my daughter a wonderful experience! I’m so proud of her and what she was able to accomplish with the support of the ADTC staff. I’d describe ADTC as professional, communicative and compassionate. erichkroll@yahoo.com”
~ Erich K., Napa, CA
Self-esteem boost.
“My daughter enjoyed her ADTC camp at Squaw Valley. She has been dancing for several years, but even after 1 week of instruction I could see improvement in her skills. I liked that several different types of dance were a part of the program…..and that there was a strong focus on DANCE (not on tumbling/gymnastics as some dance programs seem to do). I also liked that daily reflection and self-esteem activities were built-in to camp….such an important boost for young teens. There was also Read More
a nice variety of optional activities so girls could have fun experiences outside of camp. I thought the “no cell phone” policy was great and helped girls make new friends and connections with one another. She’s already talking about returning to camp next summer! Jhtrembley@prodigy.net”
~ Laurie T., Penn Valley, CA
Time of her life.
“My daughter had the time of her life. The three adjectives I’d use to describe ADTC are challenging, fun and inspiring. Her brain and body both got a great workout and she loved the extra activities, particularly the horseback riding where she got to cross a small stream on horseback!”
~ Kimber B., San Francisco, CA
Loved everything.
“My daughter loved everything about her ADTC experience! She loved the dancing, the counselors, and the friends she made. She was so excited to tell us all about her week and said she definitely wants to go again next year. timsamthk@gmail.com”
~ Samantha T., Hong Kong
Refreshing!
“After 9 months of competitive dance, it was refreshing to attend a camp just for the love of dance and share that with new friends. tinaflorian@cox.net”
~ Tina S., Laguna Niguel, CA
Thanks ADTC!
“This was my daughter’s second time at a sleep away camp and she couldn’t have been happier. The year before she attended a camp on the east coast and it was a disaster. ADTC was one of the best experiences she’s ever had. She felt welcome, accepted by the counselors and other campers, and felt great about herself and her dancing. Thanks ADTC! gershenberg@gmail.com”
~ Julia M., Menlo Park, CA