Bio

Amanda is the director and owner of Smith's Dance Academy. She began her dance training right here at Smith's Dance Academy as a child. In her teen years, she moved to Ontario with her family and continued dancing at the Studio in Brampton and the University of Guelph. At U of G, she completed her Bachelor of Commerce and then returned to New Brunswick to follow her true passion for dance at the studio she started at and loves so much. She is proud to have shared her love of dance with 1000s of children over her more than 15 years of teaching ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical and more in her studio, schools, daycares and many other venues. She is especially proud of her small but mighty competition dance team Dance Company which competes throughout the maritimes and just recently completed their most successful season with many high scores, overall high awards, and special awards and recognition from the judges.

Residency Project

We would have weekly sessions with students that would include: warm ups, choreography and creative movement. At the end of the sessions, we would have a completed "piece" they could present to the student body.

Teaching Experience

Yes, I have been doing this exact program in local schools for many years.