Fort MacMurray, Uptown Dance

Rhea Bowman is the newest addition to the Fort MacMurray Uptown Dance studio, and she recently started at the school as a dance instructor. Bowman comes to Fort MacMurray from Toronto and she brings plenty of dance experience with her, as well as the joy and love for this activity that she has always had. When interviewed Rhea Bowman explained “I love the relationships you build with your students and the chance you get to see them grow. You see your work in them. You see how much you’re putting into them and you see the growth from the beginning of the year to the end of it.” As soon as the new instructor came to Fort MacMurray she was already extremely involved, acting as an instructor for the Summer Dance Intensive Camp.

Many people would be surprised to find out that Rhea Bowman, the new Uptown Dance instructor in Fort MacMurray, has trained professional football players to dance in the past. When asked about this she replied “I taught ballet to a couple of CFL players through a company called DBA Elite. I helped them with their flexibility, so the program was made for them. I took ballet and flexibility training and combined them together to work on their hips and their co-ordination. The football players are so shy, believe it or not, and even though they’re so big, they lack confidence, so I think getting them to break out of their shell and get them to do certain things helps me to come back to little kids. If you can encourage a full-sized man, talking to a child is really easy. Just seeing the development and difference in training a child and training an adult, it’s a really interesting process.”