Chelsea Schurko

Chelsea was born and raised in Vancouver, BC and has been performing and teaching professionally for 20 years. She has had years of extensive training in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Modern, Acrobatics and Hip Hop. As a dancer Chelsea was crowned Miss Teen Canada Global in 2003, continuing to place runner-up in the Miss Teen Global pageant.

Other awards include multiple Dancer of the Year titles, Provincial Representative for Ballet, as well as many bursaries and scholarships awarded throughout Chelsea’s career. In 2005 Chelsea was chosen to compete at the IDO World Dance Championships as a soloist for Showdance and as a group member of the Western Canadian tap team. Chelsea has completed all of her advanced AIDT Modern exams and received a bursary two years in a row.

Chelsea’s performing credits include the Girlesque performing group “Magic Box”, the movie “The Cleaner”, and multiple guest performances for local events and conventions. Chelsea has completed many teacher training programs to hone her skills as an instructor including the Association of International Dance Teachers (A.I.D.T.) Jazz exams (Junior levels), Acrobatique in association with Associated Dance Arts For Professional Teachers (A.D.A.P.T.) (Junior levels), Acrobatic Arts Module 1 & 2, Alixa Flexibility Level 1 & 2, the Edmonton Ballet Syllabus for Young Children, and Progressive Ballet Technique (P.B.T.)

Throughout her years of teaching Chelsea has had the pleasure of creating many award-winning routines as well as being recognized for outstanding choreography. She continues to cultivate her passion and love of dance into each and every student. We are so excited to have Chelsea join our CentreStage Dance teaching staff!

We are thrilled to welcome Chelsea to the CentreStage Dance teaching team!