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Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 5559) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: rjerred@haltonsearch.com W K D N K SD A Y . SI ] ' 11Ml*.! K 27,. 2 0 0 2 · I'a^'C C l A R TSC EN E Ballerina and instru cto r L au ra Dacyshyn adjusts the position of Lucia Commisso's arm s (left and right) as Alana Ratcliffe-Lake and Celine G oulart watch Oakville Beaver photographer Peter C. M cCusker take pictures durin g one of th e ir lessons at M aple Grove United Church. The new dance academ y opened its doors earlier this m onth. New dance academy keeps ballerina on her toes By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL T O THE BEAVER aura Dacyshyn's whirlwind, world tour of dance has landed the 26-year-old ballerina on Oakville turf. Specifically, every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday she can be found in Maple Grove United Church, which is aptly located on Maple Grove Drive. Dacyshyn owns and operates Allegro Dance Academy at the east end church. It opened earlier this month. Her modus operandi is to teach a love of dance L through ballet, of learning to feel music and find individual ways to express that among three to 12year-old girls and boys. "A lot of teachers focus on passing the exams, and creating a line of clones so that the hour lesson feels more like school and not so much about hav ing fun," she said. Technique and posture are emphasized in her classes, primarily to avoid injury. After years of daily, hours-long workouts she knows how hard ballet can be on a body, especially on those, like hers, who are bom without natural turn out (plac ing feet heel to heel with toes facing out) and arched feet.. Dacyshyn also knows well of what she speaks. She has gained perspective as a teacher for the last couple of years (working at another studio), and as a longtime student. She's been dancing since she was seven years old. By nine she was a student of the National Ballet School in Toronto pirouetting with other ballerinas from all over the world. For three years she danced with the national company as an apprentice and core member, per forming in contemporary and classical ballets. A summer at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia, several others spent in classes run in New York and tours with dance companies all over Europe has filled Dacyshyn's passport several times over. Her bio reads like a who's who of famous names. She has danced with Mikhail Baryshinkov, Gelsey Kirkland, David Howard, Karen Kain, Frank Augustyn, Rex Harrington, Veronica Tennant, and Kimberly Glasco. As a body double in her spare time, Dacyshyn has stood in for actresses Jennifer Lopez, Christina Applegate, Kirsten Dunst, Tara Reid, Brittney Murphy, Andrea Martin, Maire Whinningham and Jenny Garth. For more information, call Dacyshyn at 905815-9239. 1 i m PURCHASE UAS£ Pown Payment Payment for 90 days Interest for 90 Pays U V [town Payment Security Peposit First Month Paymnet Oner ejjtis l/toiuiuy ijcj'iewk'r vOiii Our best offer! This weekend only! Ja n A N e # 2002 Taurus SES · · · · · · 4 door · Auto transmission 3.0 Litre 24 valve Y6 Power windows filt steering Speed control Pual a ir bags NO Oh most new in stock 1 0 0 1Fords NO 5*8 On most new in stock ZOOZ Fords PIUS, ALSO (rETLOW Purchase Financing for ud to 60 months on selected ZOOi Models v im NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE. 2002 Windstar ONLY 10 LEFT! W indstar is the only minivan to earn a Five Star Crash Test Rating eight years in a row fo r fro n t im pact fo r both driver abd fro n t passen ger in US Government testing 2002 Focus SE |jj 2002 Mustang Pemo Stk *FS9177 m m Huge Savings Oh All Remaining 100Z Models ` Ad disclaim er hot line 845-1646 ext. 210 PEMO OR NEW YEAR ENP SALE PRICEP ^ 0 Capital of Ford Country SURF: WWW.KENNEDYFORD.CA TURF: 280 SOUTH SERVICE at Dorval Drive RD. VL 845-1646 SVT