Master classes with Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal

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Posted: September 25, 2016

Master classes with Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal

Stages School of Dance is hosting Master Classes in Cranbrook with Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal on Tuesday October 11.

There will be a Junior repertoire Master class with Ashley Werhun from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

And an Advanced repertoire Master Class with Jeremy Coachman from 6:45 to 8:15 p.m.

Ashley Werhun began her formal training in Edmonton, Alberta. Her training was supplemented by attending The National Ballet of Canada, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Banff Centre, and The Juilliard School.

Werhun later studied at The Alberta Ballet School and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. Before joining Trey McIntyre Project in 2008, she performed with NorthWest Dance Project and Ballet British Columbia. She has had the privilege to perform the works of Lauri Stallings, Thaddeus Davis, Septime Weber, Alonzo King, Maurya Kerr, Yannis Adoniou, and Trey McIntyre. In six seasons with TMP, has inspired the creation of numerous new works and world premiers. As an Artist in Residence at St. Luke’s Children Hospital, she uses dance as therapy to promote joy and healing. She cherishes these experiences and finds inspiration in each moment. Ashley began her first season with Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal in 2014.

Jeremy Coachman was born and raised in sunny Riviera Beach, Florida. In his early teenage years, he began his preliminary training at the Palm Beach Ballet Center, under the direction of Joan Miller for six years.

While training, he worked and performed with members of Ballet Florida as well as other companies around the country. After his initial process of discovering the world of dance with Ms. Miller, Jeremy spent two years training full-time with Ballet Florida. During his time there, he performed full-length ballets such as The Nutcracker, Copellia, and Cleopatra, as well as appearing as a dancer in the Palm Beach Opera’s production of La Traviata in 2007.

Soon after completing his work there, he went on to study under the direction of Heather Lescaille and Tina Martin at the Florida Dance Conservatory in 2009. While completing his conservatory studies, Jeremy graduated from the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in 2011 and in the same year, had the great opportunity to become a finalist in the YoungArts National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts (NFAA) competition. While experiencing this moment in life, Jeremy worked with – and continues to be able to work with – notable performers and choreographers such as Desmond Richardson, Aubrey Lynch, Camille A. Brown, and Bill T. Jones.

During his summer recesses he has continued to refine his craft; attending intensives such as the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive, Joffery Jazz and Contemporary summer program, and Springboard Danse Montreal. Jeremy also takes great joy in teaching and choreographing for local dance studios around his native south Florida. Since his first experience working with notable artists in 2011, Jeremy continues to have the pleasure to work with choreographers such as Troy Powell, Margo Sappington, Christopher Huggins, Johannes Weiland, Larry Keigwin, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Emery Le Crone and Monica Bill Barnes. Jeremy has just graduated The Juilliard School with a BFA in dance, and is excited to embark on this wonderful journey with BJM.