Students from the Drewitz School of Dance were recently tested in the Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers (ADAPT) syllabus jazz and tap examinations.
Examiners were Sherri Oberholtzer from Calgary and Gwen Bloom from Toronto.
In Junior 1 tap, Brooke Dzeryk, Grace Styre and Levi Stepp were highly commended. Hunter McNabb earned a commended plus, while Sydney Ross, Mya DesRosiers and Cana Marsh were commended. Sienna Kuntz and Sierra Mantei passed.
In Junior 2 tap, Ava Laevens was highly commended, Kylie Paterson and Sadie Smith were rated as commended plus, and Rowyn Siever and Levi Stepp were commended.
Gabrielle Gedak and Samantha Carritt received a pass plus, and Alexis Paton received a pass.
Katelyn Zukewich and Randi Milbrandt were commended plus dancers in Junior 3 tap, while Marley Nashiem and Halle Adams were commended.
Taya Saigeon, Mackenna Empey, Alecia Wiebe and Bryanna Morrow had pass plus, while Brooklynn Ruzicka, Bryanna Morrow and Alyssa Saccary had a pass distinction.
In Pre-Intermediate 2 tap, Jersey Long, Kaitlin Milbrandt and Tiana Seeman had a commended plus, while Lauren Kobitz was commended. Emily Phillips and Kailey Kowalchuk were pass plus, and Brielle Wakely had a pass.
In pre-junior jazz, Taylor Ellis and Morgan Hase were highly commended. Aspen Mayuk, Gabrielle Deitz and Sophia Heidinger-Fornwald were commended plus, and Allie Lainton, Avery Talsma, Aubree Drabek and Tyler Zabel were commended.
Kenley-Grayce Richardson had a pass plus.
Grace Styre and Brooke Dzeryk received a highly commended plus distinction in Junior 1 jazz, while Summer Gardiner and Sophia Fleck were highly commended. Ella Duke, Kasia Harding, Marin Burnett, Gabrielle Gedak and Josie Hurren had commended plus distinction, and Sydney Lainton, Rylee Johnston, Mya Desrosiers, Ali Laevens, Tegan Mosley, Kelsie Wilson and Naveah Lang were commended.
Tyann Babyak earned a highly commended plus mark in Junior 2 jazz. Peyton Irwin, Hunter McNabb, Amariah Logue and Makenzie Onrait were highly commended. Rowyn Siever, Mercedes Irwin, Kaitlyn Desrosiers, Lindsay Mack and Paige Petersen were commended plus, and Ekko Sanguin, Layla Kitz, Scarlett Mercer, Miley Granberg, Sydney Ross and Rya Strilaeff were commended.
Aurora McCutcheon, Emma Morhart and Alexis Paton earned pass plus, and Abbigail Duke and Sienna Kuntz received a pass.
In Junior 3 jazz, Randi Milbrandt and Ariadne Nagel were highly commended. Marley Nashiem, Katelyn Zukewich and Halle Adams were commended plus, and Brooklynn Ruzicka, Ava Laevens and Sadie Smith were commended.
Bryanna Morrow, Jayla Memory, Logan Hase and Amarra Pine had a pass plus, and Samantha Carritt, Maya Sands, Hailey Taylor, Kate Schmidt, Mackenna Empey and Alecia Wiebe received a pass.
In Pre-Intermediate 1 jazz, Lauren Kobitz, Kaitlin Milbrandt and Jersey Long had commended pass distinction, while Emily Phillips, Kelsey Kowalchuk and Elsie Alexander were commended. Shayna Fichter, Codie Lemcke, Tiana Seeman, Shayla Gill and Brook Strutt earned a pass plus, while Savannah Perry, Lyssa Strilaeff, Madison Hrywkiw, Jenna Fleck and Eva Salamon had a pass.
