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  • Catherine Glasser

  • Assistant Professor

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E cglasser@yorku.ca

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BIOGRAPHY

Catherine began her training as a teacher of Classical Ballet at The Canadian College of Dance, Ryerson Theatre School (now Toronto Metropolitan University). She then studied at Canada’s National Ballet School under the directorship of Betty Oliphant. After graduating from the Teacher Training Program, she spent nearly two decades as Manager of the Ballet Program at the Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto and was a faculty member at The Etobicoke School of the Arts. Catherine then accepted an invitation to join Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School as a full-time member of the Artistic Staff. Under the directorship of Arlene Minkhorst, she taught in the RWB School’s Professional Division, Teacher Training Program and the Recreational Division, Intensive Training Program.

After a number of years in Winnipeg, Catherine returned to Toronto and directly accepted a part-time faculty position in the Department of Dance at York University. Additionally, she joined the faculty of Canada’s Ballet Jörgen (George Brown Dance), after contributing to their programs for many years as a guest teacher and adjudicator. In addition to teaching in these post-secondary programs, Catherine has been a supply teacher for Canada’s National Ballet School. In this capacity, she provides syllabus and pedagogy classes in the Cecchetti method of ballet within the Teacher Training Program.

A dynamic member of Cecchetti Canada, Catherine has served as an elected director on the National Administrative Council; has acted as treasurer on the Ontario Committee; and is currently the Toronto Central Examinations coordinator. She is a member of the esteemed Advisory Panel for the Margaret Saul Scholarship Fund (a grant that assists experienced classical ballet teachers in Canada to further their education and research). Catherine has become a highly respected consultant across Canada and continues to prepare dancers and teachers for Cecchetti professional examinations through mentoring and private coaching.

As a guest artist, Catherine has taught for Canada’s Ballet Jörgen Company; Jörgen Dance Academy; Quinte Ballet School of Canada; The National Ballet of Canada, In Studio; Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School; Saskatchewan School of Performing Arts; and Cecchetti Canada. She has been an adjudicator for Etobicoke School of the Arts (Ballet, Modern); Randolph College for the Performing Arts (Ballet, Pointe); George Brown Dance (Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz); and Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School (Ballet, Pointe, Pas de Deux, Modern, Character). She has delivered presentations at Canada’s National Ballet School Teachers’ Conferences and has been a panelist at On the Move Conferences held in Toronto.

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