Kiana Unger grew up in a small town in Southern Alberta and began dancing at the young age of 2. Competitively training in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, voice and musical theatre at Dance Images, under the direction of her mother, Gerry Unger. Kiana used her summer as stepping stones to further her training with a variety of audition based summer intensives across Canada and the United States. She feels grateful to have trained with companies such as In’trinzik Dance Project based out of Toronto, River North Dance Chicago, The Breakthrough Movement in New York and Axis Connect in New York and Los Angeles! After high school she was accepted into the Source Dance Company under the direction of Joanne Pesusich in Vancouver! Source allowed her to work with industry leading choreographers, performing at a variety of showcases and events. Kiana loves all aspects of dance; from teaching, performing, training, choreographing all the way to MCing at competitions! You can find Kiana keeping busy Co-Owning & Directing KC Dance Workshops, teaching Progressing Ballet Technique in person & online, completing her Module One Course for International Dance Teaching Standards this Spring, setting choreography and adjudicating! Kiana has a one of a kind approach when teaching, balancing the very fine details of technique while teaching the importance of artistry and self worth not just as a dancer but as a human as well. She loves to share her passion for dance and life with all the dancers she has the pleasure of meeting! Kiana’s favourite quote that best suit her is “Work hard. Stay humble. Be Kind.”

Kandis Span-Howells began her dance training at Van Dance/Studio One in Taber, Alberta, at the

young age of four. She has been studying various forms of dance such as tap, jazz, contemporary, ballet, lyrical, hip hop, ballroom, acro and musical theatre for the past 24 years. Kandis has also been trained with various acrobatic specialties such as the web, hoops, silks and bungee. She has been awarded numerous scholarships and awards that have taken her around North America to study at numerous conventions and schools; places such as Vancouver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York. Kandis’ early credits include training with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School as well as being featured in a production of Nutcracked. She then began working with Jean Ann Ryan Productions (JAR), a company based out of Miami, on various cruise ships such as the M/S Norwegian Dawn, Star, and Crown for 4 years touring around numerous countries. Kandis also was featured as a Magicians Assistant/Dancer in a variety of magic shows. Miss Kandis has received full certification in the Acrobatic Arts Pre-Primary levels through to level 10 and has most recently been certified in the Progressing Ballet Technique. She began teaching at Turning Pointe Dance Studio in the Crowsnest Pass eight years ago and has thoroughly enjoyed being able to share her artistic passion and deep love for dance with her students. She stands by the belief that teaching strong work ethic, creative expression, personal motivation, self-love and compassion for others, connection, and the courage to embrace and share their individuality will serve as valuable attributes in their lives.

One of our lovely Alumni's who is sharing her love for Jazz, Ballet & Lyrical with our students!

Bio to come soon!