Lynn Sheppard
Rehearsal Director, Senior Jazz, Repetiteur
Lynn trained at the Gladys Forrester School of Dance in Toronto and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. As a professional, Lynn danced for Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Judith Marcuse’s Repertory Dance Company of Canada, and JOE INK, where she worked with such choreographers as Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, David Parsons, Ulysses Dove, Brian MacDonald, Ginette Laurin, Danny Ezralow, and Margo Sappington. Lynn has been teaching at Arts Umbrella for 20 years.
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