Dance Intensive for ages 9 and older
Monday, July 7 - Friday, July 11, 2025
(must be Level 2 or higher in ballet / contemporary)
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interested in a rigorous training experience
but would like to stay closer to home?
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For more information, or to register,
Contact us at Office@trokanski.com
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In alphaetical order, meet this year's faculty for the intensive:
Crystal Canepari started dancing at 10, beginning her training with jazz and later branching out to ballet and modern. Although most of her training has been with ballet for the past 14 years, she has also trained in modern for 7 years. She attended and trained at the Performing and Fine Arts Academy, in addition to the training she received at her studio (River City Dance Academy). She recently transferred to California State University Sacramento where she is pursuing her degree in dance.
Erin Dunning grew up in Davis, involved in gymnastics, theatre, and dance, including performing with Jazz Choir and Momentum at DHS, and later with PTDT and The Third Stage. Erin currently enjoys assisting Pamela with the Dance for Parkinson's class. She attended Bikram's Yoga College of India teacher training in 2003, and brings over 20 years of teaching experience, and a deep love of yoga and dance, movement in general, and meditation. She is the owner/director at Hot Yoga Davis, established 2005.
Katelin Halstead began her early training at Steps, where she studied ballet and tap. At six, she transitioned to The Studio School of Classical Ballet, where she continued her ballet education and expanded her repertoire to include modern and contemporary dance. Participating in the LINES Ballet Summer Intensive and The Ballet Alliance, she gained broader exposure to professional-level technique and performance.
​Pamela Trokanski has been teaching, choreographing, and performing for over 40 years. She is the Director of both the Dance Workshop and the Pamela Trokanski Dance Theatre, a contemporary company, based in Davis for 40 years. She has been the recipient of numerous arts contracts & grants, supporting the development of various community outreach programs including performances and lecture demonstrations.
Heather Wysong Heather Wysong is the creator and co-founder of the North State Ballet school in Chico, CA. Heather has been trained in multiple pedagogies, including the Cecchetti, French, and Italian styles. Additionally, she has been tutored in and examined throughout the levels of the Royal Academy of Dance system, passing each successive level with honors and high commendations by multiple examiners.
Heather has been hired by the International Institute of Education Through the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to choreograph and direct original full length ballets, Into the Wardrobe and Ballet Cirque: Under the Big Top. Both productions were hailed as immense successes and have returned to the stage multiple times over. Heather is an ABT Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the Ⓡ ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the Ⓡ ABT National Training Curriculum.
Ina Wang is a UCD undergrad who has a background in Chinese Traditional Dance, Latin (Cha Cha and Rumba), Jazz and K-pop. She has completed level 7 in Beijing Dance Academy Chinese graded exam, and scored second prizes in multiple Youth Latin regional competitions.
After her Chinese Traditional Dance and Latin journey, Ina studied Jazz for years before she stepped into the K-pop world in high school, and has continued dancing by joining Sone1 in her first year. The team performed in SYNK in San Jose, a survival themed K-pop dance showcase hosted by SJSU.
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Aside from dancing, Ina gained her experience in teaching as a scuba diving instructor and mermaid instructor. She is also hoping to become a wildlife vet or conservationist in the future.