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CDA Performance Company
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Ella Willis-McCann is an 9th grader at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and has been dancing since she was three years old. She started with Ms. Liz at Columbia Dance, then transferred to Liz Borromeo Dance when the studio opened. She now dances with Cottage Dance Academy and has been doing so since they opened. The dance styles she focuses on are contemporary & ballet. Besides dancing, Ella also enjoys drawing, sewing, and music. She plays the cello in her school orchestra.
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Averi Mason has been dancing since she was two years old. She stared at Columbia Dance, then transferred to Liz Borromeo Dance when she was seven. She now dances with Cottage Dance Academy, and has been doing so since they opened. The dance styles she focuses on are contemporary, ballet, jazz, and musical theater. Averi recently attended the Joffrey Ballet School summer intensive at Joffrey West LA. Besides dancing, Averi enjoys theater and singing. She is also excited to be teaching the Beginning Ballet class at the studio, and hopes to provide an encouraging environment where dancers can learn and have fun.
Kat Vavilin is 13 years old and is so excited to be joining CDA Performance Company! She has been dancing for seven years, and mainly has a passion for ballet. She loves ballet because of the gracefulness and emotion that can be portrayed through it. Aside from dancing, she enjoys cooking, reading, and being with her friends.
Savannah Rose Wahlberg is a sophomore at River HomeLink who has been dancing with Cottage Dance Academy for about one year. She took a couple of classes with Jeanna Reed when she was 9, mainly focusing on ballet and jazz. Savannah is so excited to have found her deep passion for dance here at Cottage Dance Academy. She is currently taking contemporary and ballet classes, which are her favorite styles of dancing. When she isn’t dancing, she enjoys listening to music, hanging out with friends, reading, taking walks, and experimenting with makeup, fashion, and hair.
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Clara Conklin has been participating in dance since she was five (she is now in the 9th grade). She started out with Liz Borromeo Dance and then switched over to Cottage Dance Academy when it opened. She usually partakes in Contemporary, Jazz, and recently just started getting back into Ballet. Her favorite dance thing to do is to choreograph, she likes using her love of dance and creativity to create something she is truly proud of. Other activities include: Orchestra (she plays the violin in her school’s orchestra), School Plays, NJHS (National Junior Honors Society), and ASB.