Myles & Tessa Combined Resume
Training:
Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet: Harbour Dance Centre, Vancouver,BC
Lindy Hop & Balboa: Doug Silton & Sylvia Sykes (US Champions), Los Angeles, CA
Aerials and Acrobatic Lifts: Ninon Parent (Cirque du Soleil), Vancouver,BC
Modern Swing Theory: K. Redd/S. Vann Drake, J. Frisbee/T. Mollmann, W. & S. Bott, M. Robau, R.Royston.
Film/TV:
National Commerical: Humira (Featured Dancers). 2014
The Damn Thorpes (Series): Special Ability Extra (Dancer). April, 2010
The Wedding Dance (Feature Film): Special Ability Extra (Dancer). October, 2008
Night at the Museum 2 (Feature Film): Special Ability Extra (Dancer). September, 2008
Blonde and Blonder (Feature Film): Chorepgrapher. October, 2007
Interview with Shaw TV: The Express. May 31, 2007
Guiness World Record: Largest Dance Class hosted by Big Brothers Vancouver: Dance Class Instructors, March 2007
Fantastic Four 2 (Feature Film): Special Ability Extra (Dancer) September, 2006
Married Life (Feature Film): Special Ability Extra (Dancer). August, 2006
Blade (TV Series): Special Ability Extra (Dancer). June, 2006
Chasing Christmas (Feature): Special Ability Extra (Dancer). September, 2005.
Murder in Medina (Feature): Special Ability Extra (Dancer). October, 2005
City TV Breakfast Television (2003): West Coast Swing, Vancouver, BC
Principal Instructors on 12 instructional videos for Swing Dance, produced by GabFilms, 2003-Present.
Stage:
Guest Performers: Morgana, stage dance production, DancaBH, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2009
Featured Performers: For The LUV Of It, stage dance production, Michael J Fox Theatre, 2008
Featured Performers: ScotiaBank Dance Centre’s Night of Swing at the VAG, International Dance Day, 2007
Principal Dancers: FOREVER SWING, stage production, Vernon, BC, 2007
Guest Performers: David Foster Star Search Charity Gala, River Rock Show Theatre, 2006
Guest Performers: Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club Fireworks Show, 2006
Guest Performers: Pacific National Exhibition, Festival Square Stage, 2006
Producers, Performers: EVOLUTION OF WEST COAST SWING, DanceSportBC’s Summer Dance Series 2006
Guest Performers: Danzmode Productions Semi-Professional Showcase, 2006
Producers, Performers: EVOLUTION OF WEST COAST SWING, stage production, Discover Dance Noon Series, ScotiaBank Dance Centre, 2005
Producers, CANADIAN SWING TEAM SHOWDOWN: DanceSportBC’s Robson Square Summer Dance Series 2004, 2005
Performers, DanceSport BC Snowball Classic 2005 , 2008
Myles and Tessa have taught extensively at events large and small throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Brazil, for the past 12 years, including the US Open Swing Dance Championships, Los Angeles, CA (NASDE)
Chief Judge (Myles only):
The Hungarian Open
Reno Dance Sensation
Chico Dance Sensation
San Francisco Dance Sensation
Bridgetown Swing
Corporate Performances:
Dance Entertainment Agent, 2003-Present
Global TV 2006 Season Launch Party, Irizawa & Assoc Inc. 2006
Intrinsyc Systems, December, 2005
Blue Indigo Event Entertainment, Sept 2003
Eventful Event Management, Sept, 2003
Team Choreography/Coaching:
Swing Affliction, Vancouver Performance Team, 2014-Present
Junior National Figure Skating, 2010-Present
iYi Inspired Dance, 2011
“Cool Shoes”, Oregon State University Performance Team, 2007-Present
UBC Swing Kids Performance Team, 2008
Killarney Secondary WCS Performance Team, 2008
Swing Bootcamp: Competitive Dancers of Vancouver, 2007
Harbour Dance Freshman WCS Team, 2006
Canadian Swing Performance Teams, 2004-Present
Vancouver Peer Jam Sessions, 2005-Present
Coquitlam Synchronized Skating Club 2005 Routine
Educational Presentations:
Artist-in-Residence, Prince George BC Secondary Schools, 2009
Social Dance Unit, Various Lower Mainland Schools 2003-Present
SWING:REINVENTED Workshop Presentation, BC Dance Educators Association Professional Conference, 2004
SLDM Teacher Training Intensives
Paris, France
Tampere, Finland
Vancouver, BC
Seattle Easter Swing
Sweet Side of Swing: Atlanta
Palm Springs New Years Dance Camp