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Nicole Davis (Associate Diploma CC-CICB, HBA BEd) is a passionate Cecchetti teacher. She is dedicated to creating more accessibility, inclusion, and fun in the ballet world. She has extensive experience offering preschool to pre-professional level ballet programming. She currently works as the Provincial Representative for Cecchetti Canada. This past year she was the recipient of the Margaret Saul Scholarship, which helped her to establish the Licentiate Study Group; a group of advanced ballet teachers from all parts of Canada who collaborate with national experts in their pursuit of higher qualifications. As a young dancer, Nicole spent her summers training at Alberta Ballet School and Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. She continues to make training a top priority, attending many conferences and workshops including the Florence, Italy Cecchetti Competition and the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science Conference in Montreal. In 2007, with strong encouragement from the late Glenn Gilmour of the National Ballet, she obtained her Associate teaching level in the Cecchetti Method. In 2012, she obtained her Advanced 2 level, and in 2017, she obtained her Associate Diploma. She continues to work towards her Diploma and Licentiate qualifications. She has won awards for her choreography, notably for her pieces 'Secrets of the Lamp' and 'Pizzacato Pointe.' Nicole's skill set is diverse, as she has worked as an actor, Children's Theatre director, event planner within the non-profit, and the lead for a pilot project to establish a safe centre for homeless youth. She also has worked with international students, using dramatic arts as a vehicle to teach English. Her background in dance includes other genres - jazz, lyrical, tap, modern, musical theatre, hip hop, acro - but her first love will always be ballet.