Melania Pawliw is a graduate of L’Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec and received her diploma in Dance from C.E.G.E.P. du Vieux-Montreal, in Montreal.
She was a soloist and principal dancer with various classical ballet companies in Montreal and abroad. In 1989,by invitation of the Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Melania performed with the Kiev State Opera and Ballet Theatre, and became the first Canadian to dance with the company.
From 2003 to 2009 Melania was also dance-educator for the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Learning Through the Arts program, for school boards across the regions of Niagara, Brant, Kitchener/Waterloo and Halton. Melania taught Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum subjects through movement and dance.
From 2005 to 2007 Melania was Ballet Mistress for the CBYE’s The Nutcracker ballet in Hamilton, working in partnership with the National Ballet of Cuba and Ballet Ouest de Montreal.
In 2009 Melania was a founding member and Associate Artistic Director of the Hamilton Academy of Performing Arts in Dundas, an independent day school offering elementary and secondary students the opportunity to pursue excellence in both the Performing Arts and Ontario Ministry of Education enriched academic curriculum.
In 2011, Hamilton City Ballet Dance for Parkinson’s was established, becoming the first ballet school in Canada to offer this innovative program. Melania is the head teacher of the program.
Melania is Artistic Director of the annual Nutcracker ballet presented in December at the McIntyre Performing Arts Centre in Hamilton.
Melania is the recipient of the 2015 Dundas Valley Sunrise Rotary Club – Paul Harris Fellowship Award for her artistic contributions in the community. In 2017, she received the City of Hamilton Arts Award for arts education and community arts. Melania is a member of CID – UNESCO, and an Honorary Member of the Vancliffen Arts Foundation.
Biography
Melania Pawliw is a graduate of L’Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec and received her diploma in Dance from C.E.G.E.P. du Vieux-Montreal, in Montreal. She was a soloist and principal dancer with various classical ballet companies in Montreal and abroad.
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