The Christian Dance Fellowship of Canada Presents
The 2008 Heal Our Land National Worship Dance Conference
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The conference has been canceled due to lack of registrations.
Presenter Bios
 Karen Sudds
Recognized as one of Canada's leading pioneers of Christian dance, Karen Sudds continues to push the boundaries and raise the standard of dance as a faith-infused art form. With over 20 years of experience as a dancer, teacher, choreographer and speaker, Karen continues to inspire her students with a vision to achieve their God given artistic destiny. Karen is the Founding Director of the Christian Dance Fellowship of Canada, Founder and Director of Crossings Dance Ministries dance school and Executive Director of Corps Bara Dance Theatre.
Pilates/Dance Fusion
This progressive workshop will focus on equipping dancers with a series of exercises designed to increase core stability and mobility along with providing basic dance technique. Each class will move from floor exercises to centre work and finally to dance combinations (choreography) using the techniques learned in class. Pilates/Dance Fusion is designed for any level of dancer - all are welcome.
Karen Sudds has been studying the Core Dynamics method of Pilates for over 7 years and teaching dance for 20 years. The Pilates/Dance Fusion grew out of a demand for training methods designed for the aging dancer.
 Belma Vardy
For 22 years, Belma Vardy has travelled to Europe, South Africa, Asia, and throughout North America inspiring people of all ages and denominations to discover intimacy with God through creative movement and worship dance. Her ministry touches people in areas such as inner healing, deeper experiences of the Father's love and new levels of freedom in worship. Producer of 13 worship dance videos/DVD's for children, youth and adults, she is a frequent guest on the Miracle Channel and 100 Huntley St. She is the National Co-ordinator for adult worship dance for the Christian Dance Fellowship of Canada and International Joint-Co-ordinator for Children's Dance Ministries based out of Australia.
Belma lives in Ontario Canada, the home base for her Celebration of Dance ministry.
 Chantal Hunter
Chantal Cecelia Hunter is a graduate of the University of Calgary, BA dance program, and a member of Corps Bara Dance Theater. Through both school and Corps Bara, she has danced in several works that were perfomed in Regina, New York City, Kansas City and Houston. Currently she has been teaching Modern and Jazz dance for Crossings Dance Ministries and choreographing for Glenmore Christian Academy for their annual musical. She has recently had experience working with Rocky Mountain Bible College teaching Jazz and Movement for Actors. It has been through the mentorship of Corps Bara that she has taken on the role of Rehearsal Mistress and Artistic Director for the premier of "Ripple." She has also been a student of their Choreographic Mentorship Program and has created works on both the Company and Youth Company.
For the progressive workshop: This class will explore movement influenced by Limon, Graham, and Horton techniques as well as Luigi Jazz. Throughout the week we will build on a combination in each class that will challenge the dancers technically as well as emphasize the integration of our spirituality with our physicality.
 Eddie Miller
Eddie is a second generation artist-dancer. Upon moving to Canada in the 70's, he helped his parents promote top level Filipino and Asian entertainers for Canadian tours. Eddie founded XCOMPANY in 1996 first as men's and boys martial arts/dance company that focused on mentorship, growth and accountability.
Eddie has worked professionally for numerous shows as dancer, choreographer and stunt person. His work and initiatives have been featured on local, regional and national news. Eddie is a Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness & Pilates Instructor. He is Executive & Artistic Director for the values-first XCOMPANY; representing both private and non-profit organizations of Physical Arts Schools, PhAT Camps, Performance Teams, a Boxing Academy and a Wushu School.
 You will see him this spring on a Western Canada tour with his current project: ONE Performance Collective, a collection of independent semi-professional Martial Artists, Dancers, Musicians. Eddie believes the arts are for everyone and his goal is to use the incredible power of the arts to build community, promote positive personal change and to share and teach solid values in kids and adults, including his own 3 beautiful children.
 Diane Sekuloff
Dancing for the Lord began for Diane about 35 years ago at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Edmonton. Since then, she has participated both in the secular dance and liturgical dance world in Britain as well as in British Columbia, where she currently lives.
Early on, Diane discovered the healing aspects of dance through the process of choreography with people in new situations. In the past two years, she has begun to learn how to be more intentional about that. This workshop will provide a time to open up to the Holy Spirit moving you: moving in you; moving through you. We always bring what we know of ourselves to what we know of God - hopefully this will be opportunity to learn to know a little more of both.
Diane is assistant National Coordinator for the Christian Dance Fellowship of Canada.
 Esther Wogberg
Esther Wogberg has been dancing for the Lord since 1980, when she first joined the Sacred Dance Group of Trinity. In 1989, she started teaching dance classes to children and adults, which continued until Christmas 1998. She led the Dance Troupe for the March for Jesus most years. In 1993 she started a group of Christian Dance leaders who became a chapter of CDFC. The chapter hosted the 2nd National Dance Conference here in Winnipeg, in August 1998. She served CDFC as Membership Secretary for 6 1/2 years.
Intercession and Prophetic Dance is based on Paula Douthette's Harmonics approach to movement, with yielding to the Spirit being the key element. There will be individual, partners and group improvisational exercises in Freedom in Movement; Worship; Intercession and Prophesy.
 Jennifer Yourk
Born in British Columbia, Jennifer fell in love with dance at age six, but wasn't able to take formal training until she was eleven. Since that time, she has received her teacher's certificates with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), and the Scottish Dance Teacher's Alliance (SDTA) and has been teaching professionally in Canada and the U.S. for the last 19 years. Jennifer has taught with examiner Lynnette Kelley, the Goh Ballet Company, and Spring City Ballet (Colorado Springs). She has owned and directed her own studio in Pemberton, B.C. It has been her desire for many years to incorporate dance into her Christian life, and so it is with great joy that she, in partnership with Lisa Calverley, pioneers a Christian-based dance studio and Youth Company in Three Hills, AB. Their goal is to give all who have a desire to dance (from three to eighty three) a safe but challenging environment.
 Jo-Ann Sass
Jo-Ann is a ministry team leader in A.W.E. (Arts in Worship & Evangelism), at Harvest City Church in Regina, Saskatchewan, where she has been involved in worship dance ministry for approximately seven years. She has travelled and taught dance, movement and prophetic art workshops within Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as on mission trips to Zambia, Africa and the Marshall Islands.
Jo-Ann has been married to Brian for 20 years, and they have two boys - Josh (18), and Dylan (14).
Children's Creative Dance & Movement (8-12 yrs). Using dance and movement as a form of teaching and communication, children in this workshop will be moving and dancing through the seven days of biblical creation from the book of Genesis. We will be exploring truths from scripture about questions like "How old is the earth, and was it really created in seven days?", and "What about dinosaurs?". A fun and interactive workshop for both boys and girls. No dance experience is necessary.
 Mico Russell
Mico Russell is born and raised in the Bahamas. He has trained in ballet, jazz and ethnic dance, and is a former street dancer and trapeze artist. He is now living for Christ. Mico got involved in his  Church's Fine Arts ministry where he ministered and choreographed mime, liturgical, and hip-hop routines. God helped him start a mission dance ministry "Break the Cycle Dance Ministry", where he gave talks, ministered, and choreographed and also brought this into other local churches in the Bahamas.
 Darlene West
Darlene West has 15 years experience in Worship Banners, Flags Ribbons, etc. Her Banners have been displayed in the Calgary Stampede Parade along side a Christian float for the last 10 years, and her Worship Flags have been used at the Calgary Saddledome during the 2006 Global Day of Prayer. Darlene has taught Praise & Worship Flagging at the Breakforth Conference in 2008 and has 5 years experience creating and worshipping with Techno-flags.
Technoflagging Come and learn Praise and Worship Flagging! Includes scriptural base and experiential learning of 6 styles of flags, focussing on techniques of Techno-Flags. Flagging is a passionate and exhilarating form of worship and warfare!
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