Our Instructors


Emily Clements – Owner
Pilates, Burn @ The Barre, Fitness Fusion
Emily has always had a passion for working with people, educating them and inspiring them to achieve their very best. Emily earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and English as well as a Bachelor of Education Degree in 2004. She has been teaching since then.

Olivia Boudreau – Owner
Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Company
It seems that Olivia has spent most of her life in a dance studio. As a small child Olivia was introduced to dance the day she learned to walk as owning a dance studio has been in the family. Going to work with her mom became a daily occurrence.

Candace Ammerman
Ballet, Modern, Pilates, Adult Ballet
Candace has had the privilege of studying ballet and modern dance under leading artists in both disciplines: Alan Howard, a principal dancer with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo; Dimitri Romanoff, regisseur (reconstructing the classic ballets) for American Ballet Theater and Cliff Keuter & Elina Mooney, my mentors in modern dance, who directed companies in NY and on the West coast.

Gregg Perry
Musical Theatre Production Director
Gregg started teaching high school drama in 1977 in Calgary. In 1992, he was invited to be the first producer/artistic director of the Chemainus Theatre. In 1998, he started Alderlea Performing Arts Company, and ran a summer program called “Putting On A Show!” for 8 to 16 year-olds at Queen Margaret’s School.

Tanya Guillespe
Drums, Songwriting, Guitar, Ukelele
Accompanist Tanya’s training began with piano in the Suzuki Method and later with the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music. Here she graduated with First Class Honors in Piano, theory and harmony and from that foundation, went on to become a multi-instrumentalist with her focus being teaching others in Piano, Guitar, Drums/Percussion and Song writing Coaching.

Robyn Anderson
Jazz, Contemporary, Stretch & Company
Robyn began dancing at age 3 and since then has trained and competed extensively in various styles of dance including jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary and musical theatre. Robyn started her training in Winnipeg, Manitoba where she has had the opportunity to perform and train with very talented dancers.

Jeremy Miton
Tap, Jazz, Jazz Tech
BC born and bred, there has never been a time when Jeremy wasn’t dancing. Studying all forms of dance, his training led him all over the world. On top of competing across Canada, the US and Europe, Jeremy was part of the original touring company, Tap Co. with the Vancouver Tap Society.

Tiffany Miton
Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical
Born and raised in England, Tiffany has been dancing since the age of 2. With a passion to further herself, she was accepted to the Arts Educational School, Tring Park. Immediately upon completing her 2 year intense course, she was hired by Carnival Cruise Lines and began traveling and dancing on their ships in March 2006.

Sylvia Webb
Hip Hop
Sylvia brings to Adagé Studio extensive experience in leadership and excellent communication skills through her many years in management. Sylvia’s enthusiasm for life, along with her empathy and kindness, make her a one of a kind teacher.

Alora Killam
Musical Theatre, PreBallet, Mini Hip Hop
Alora started dancing at the age of 3, and has loved it ever since. She is educated in many styles of dance such as Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Pointe, Street Jazz, Contemporary, and Lyrical. Alora also has a passion for musical theatre and hopes to pursue a career in the arts one day. This is Alora’s sixth and final year at adage. She has learned many dance and life skills from Adage and is thrilled to be able to share her passion and skills with her students.

Robyn Fortunate
Piano & Voice
Robyn started her musical learning journey at one year old and has been drawn to the stage since the age of five, after her very first dance recital. Since then, she has looked for every opportunity to perform and learn as much as she can in numerous disciplines.

Lisa Metz
Jazz Tech & Solos
Bio coming soon.

Christine Shaw
Ballet
Christine began taking ballet at Kirkwood Academy in Nanaimo, B.C. at the age of 4. As her love for dance grew, she began taking tap, contemporary, modern, jazz, song and dance, and hip hop, later sampling flamenco, yoga, salsa and contact improve.

Deanie Coleman
Fitcore
Deanie has been highly involved in fitness most of her life, and lives in the Cowichan Valley with her two awesome boys. When the boys were toddlers she took up a more serious focus on weight training and high intensity cardio work (HITT). When she is not at the gym she is coaching sports, walking, hiking and teaching elementary school.

Roslyn Pringle
Zumba
Roslyn was born in the Caribbean on the island of Trinidad. She moved to Canada when she was six years old and then moved with her family to the Bahamas between the ages of 9 and 13. She started dancing Jazz at age 12 and continued when she moved back to Canada until she was 18 years old.

Maya Weckesser
Musical theatre & mini classes
Maya started dance when she was 10 years old. She started with ballet but quickly expanded her dance to jazz, contemporary, pointe, street jazz, and lyrical- in addition to ballet. This is her 8th and last year dancing at Adage, and she has loved and still loves learning and growing as a student and teacher.

Brittany Millard
Mini Jazz & Tap
Brittany has been dancing for 11 years. She enrolled in Ballet with Adagé at the age of 3 and later on started learning more styles of dance such as Jazz, Modern, Tap, Lyrical, Pointe, Contemporary and Street Jazz. Brittany loves to try new things and is always eager to learn. She is excited to share her passion and everything she has learned over the years with her students.

Emily McQueen
Office Assistant
Born in Victoria BC, raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Emily grew up with a passion for gymnastics and competitive cheerleading. After graduation she moved back to the Island and started a family. When her daughter showed an interest in dance and the performing arts it re-sparked her passion and soon after she began assisting Acro classes. In the spring of 2020 Emily successfully completed the Acrobatic Arts teacher certification program and is certified to teach levels 1 – 6.