Jaime has been dancing since she was 3 years old. She began her dancing career at Eileen McGrath’s School of Dance, where she had the honour of having Anne Stephen as her 1st dance teacher. Jaime began competing solos at the age of 8, being one of only a few competitive dancers at the time. She was asked to join the school’s first dance troupe shortly after.
Jaime travelled to Montreal to compete a solo when she was 12 years old and came home with a 1st place. Throughout the years with her solos, duos and troupe dances, she has won numerous awards in competitions throughout Canada and the United States.
In 1997, she travelled with her dance school to Boston to compete and take part in workshops at Dance Olympus. Jaime also auditioned for the Dance Olympus VIP summer tour. Hundreds auditioned and she made it (one of only 2 Canadians on the tour). She toured around the States (Orlando, Chicago, Boston, Houston and Las Vegas), danced at all the conventions and was part of the faculty shows, performing as a VIP. She was also an assistant to the choreographers during each convention. It was an opportunity of a lifetime having taken classes from, and assisting such choreographers as Frank Hatchett, Steven Boyd, Debbie Dee, Jo Rowan, and Gregg Russell to name a few.
Jaime went through an extensive “teacher – in-training” program and did many exams with Al Gilbert and BATD. At the age of 16, Jaime was asked to become a dance teacher at Danceability when it opened it’s doors for the first time. It was then that her passion for choreographing and teaching became apparent. Her troupes have won many awards in Canada and the US and Jaime has won numerous awards for her choreography.
This year marks her 26th year of teaching at Danceability. Jaime is also a Dental Assistant and for the last (almost) 20 years she has worked in oral surgery and general dentistry. When she’s not at dance, she can be found working full time at her dental clinic making people’s smiles beautiful and healthy! Jaime is married to the love of her life, John and couldn’t manage this crazy hectic, life without him and his support. She is also fortunate to share her love of dance with her daughter Emma, who is in one of our competitive troupes. Between school, dance and acro, Jaime couldn’t be a more proud mom!
Throughout the years, Jaime has been very fortunate to do what she loves and to be surrounded by positive, inspiring people. She is so very happy to share her passion with her students and so proud to be part of the Danceability family.