ANTOINETTE VAN WYK-REID

WADF INTERNATIONAL JUDGE

Dance Genres: Acrobatics, Contemporary, HipHop, Tap & Jazz

Started dance career at the age of 11. With the leadership of her teacher Annemarie

Santowski (Director of Modern Freestyle Dance Association) gained experience in

most fields of Artistic Stage Dance though competing in various

competitions and championships through the years and during her early years already achieved gold

medalist status at the Wold Championships of the Performing arts.

During her residency at the academy started choreographing and after completion of written examinations, workshops & grade examinations to enable her to teach full time took on full time employment and headed a branch studio at age 18.

In 2006 started Living Arts Dance Studio who this year (2018) celebrates it’s 12th birthday.

In 2013 with the assistance and guidance of fellow teachers and experts in the fields developed a “Stage Dance” curriculum that exposes dancers in most fields of artistic dance. (Modern, Hip-hop, Contemporary, Tap, Ballet Principles & Acrobatic Dance).

The curriculum includes, theory and terminology, practical and artistic exploration work to “ready” dancers for prosperous careers in the dance world. This curriculum allows students to prepare for the annual WADF (World Artistic Dance Federation)

Student Teacher’s seminar (for students 18 and above).

In 2015 started the South African Artistic Dance Association in partnership with the "Dance Traveler” initiative to establish a platform for dancers, teachers, studios clubs and crews in SA to compete & train at international level.

Affiliations, Qualifications & Memberships include: Pro Dance International, Integrated Artistic Acrobatics Association of South Africa, Modern Freestyle Dance Association, South African Artistic Dance Association, WADF Master Dance Instructor

- Stage Dance, WADF Championship Adjudicator,

WADF Ambassador in South Africa - Stage Dance Division.