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Keaton and Brooklyn designed the SaskPro Dance Intensive as a workshop to give the students of Saskatoon a look into life as a professional dancer as well as experiencing a taste of what it’s like to train at a high intensity level. A heavy focus of both Keaton and Brooklyn’s profession is classical ballet. They want to create programs that are primarily based with ballet classes, but also focus on furthering the students in other genres of dance. ​
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Keaton and Brooklyn founded SaskPro Dance with the inspiration to create a portal for dancers within Saskatchewan to have a look into the professional ballet world. Both of them growing up in Saskatchewan felt that there was a major lack of perspective of what it really meant to become a professional. This is why SaskPro Dance was created.
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The classes provided are designed for students looking to further the development of their technical and artistic journeys. We created the programs to provide information and insight on professional training while always including time allotted for a Question & Answer period.
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Our goal is to inspire young Saskatchewan dancers to find their path and unlock their fullest potential.
Keaton Leier, Founder
Brooklyn Marshall, Founder
meet the Directors
Keaton Leier
Keaton Leier grew up in the city of Saskatoon. His love of dance started at age of 7, when he took his first hip hop class. He continued studying dance with Brenda’s School of Baton and Dance for 9 more years. At 17 he auditioned for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School where he was accepted into the professional division. After three years with the school he graduated with distinction. The next progression in his career was becoming a member with Houston Ballet II, taking his first step in the professional world. Keaton is currently dancing in his 4th professional season with the Atlanta Ballet (America’s longest running ballet company) and is continuing his passion for the arts within the company. His most recent highlight was getting to perform the Nutcracker Prince at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Some more highlights include dancing Gurn in La Sylphide as well as the lead in Liam Scarlett's Vespertine. Throughout his career he has worked with many world class choreographers and teachers and has performed on stages all throughout Canada as well as the United States. Keaton is passionate about sharing his knowledge and love for dance with his home, Saskatchewan.
Photo © Brian Wallenberg
Brooklyn Marshall
Brooklyn Marshall is a Canadian freelance dancer based out of Toronto. Originally from Saskatoon, she trained in all styles at Brenda’s from a young age. After completing her Advanced 2 RAD ballet exam with distinction, she trained in Toronto to participate in the Solo Seal Award. She has had the opportunity to perform in theatres and on screen, nationally, and internationally. She’s performed with Ballet Ouest de Montreal for the past three seasons, most recently for her soloist role of the Winter Fairy in their touring production of Ella. She has also performed on many TV shows, dancing in Titans, American Gods, V-Wars, Mary Kills People, and Reign. Other various performances include a special dance showing involved with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Brendan Fernandes’ art installation Reverence, MAC Cosmetics Nutcracker Campaign, and Harley Valentine’s sculptural art installation and performance. She has also been a backup dancer for artist Alice Glass, and for the HUM Awards. She is always excited to teach and to share her knowledge and experience.
Photo © Nathan Cyprys