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Judith Davies Judith Davies holds a Bachelor of arts in Fine Arts from Concordia University, and is a Registered Teacher and Life Member of the Royal Academy of Dance, London, England. She has been awarded both the Teaching Certificate and Teaching Diploma, with Distinction, of the Academy and has spent forty-two years in the field of Dance Education specializing in the teaching of children.

Ms. Davies performed professionally as as apprentice with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, and as a full company member of the Judy Jarvis Dance & Theatre Company, Toronto, Ontario. She was the founding artistic director of Ottawa Dance Theatre from 1976 to 1986, and the recipient of two Ontario Arts Council awards for choreography. As well, from 1972 to present, She has taught and directed the Ottawa Dance Centre Schools. Graduates have been accepted by major companies in Canada and abroad, as well as major universities in related fields.

Since 1991, Ms. Davies has been Artisit-in-Residene for the Summer Program 'A Chance to Dance' with Dance Works at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, Tennesse, U.S., where she has taught both classical ballet, Modern Dance, (graham Technique and others), Creative Movement and Composition. Her work in Contemporary Dance Education has earned her recognition in both Canada and the United States. This past year (2004-2005) she was invited, under a Tennessee arts Council Grant to set a choreography on Advanced students of Dance Works, based on the technique and Dramatic structure of Martha Graham, as part of a Celebration of Great Choreographers of America.

Ms. Davies' training in Contemporary Dance includes study at the Martha Graham school, NYC, as well as with noted choreographers, Twyla Tharp. Paul Taylor and Alvin Ailey. She continues to actively teach in both Classical and Contemporary idioms.