Abigail Woods
Abigail began her dance career at age 3 and quickly realized her love for dance and started competing at age 8. She continued to train competitively at The Dance Pac. As a competitive dancer, she attended many regional and national competitions with her studio. She received many top marks and special awards for her solo’s and group work and received the “Most Entertaining” number for her solo at Move Dance competition.
Following her days at her home studio, she carried on with her professional development and in 2018 she graduated from Centennial College - Dance Performance Program. Under the direction of Celestine Eagle, Patrizia Ferlisi, Leah Totten, and Jamie Lynne Harper, Abbey trained in, jazz, lyrical, contemporary/modern, acro, hip hop, musical theatre, ballet and Pas de deux.
Abigail has also performed around the greater Toronto area with various professional dance companies performing in shows that provide creative, innovative and custom performances. Abigail performed as a back-up dancer in the summer and fall of 2017 for an International Classical Guitarist Pavlo Simitkidis. Since 2015 she has worked with a theatre company as the dance director creating choreography for their theatre productions as well as helping direct the show.
Most recently, she has become a certified yoga instructor where she received her training at the YogaTree Studios in downtown Toronto and in April 2022 Abigail successfully completed a Business Administration program through George Brown College.
As a certified ECE and dance teacher, Ms. Abbey enjoys working with children. She is very passionate about teaching the next generation of dancers and working with them to achieve their goals.
We are excited to have Ms. Abbey join us for her 2nd year on faculty in both our Recreational and Company Divisions.