Erin Kim Turnbull McCall
B.A., A.C.D.T.A.
Erin Kim Turnbull McCall, Owner and Artistic Director of N.D.S., opened her first studio in Head of St. Margaret's Bay in September 2001. She has gone on to open two more studios on the South Shore, in Chester and Bridgewater.
"Miss Kim" has studied and/or taught Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, Step Dance, Flamenco, Belly Dance, Character National, African, Social Dance and Country and Western dance forms. Her training began 37 years ago, leading to her professional qualification through the Canadian Dance Teachers' Association (C.D.T.A.) in 1985.
"Miss Kim" has held the position of Artistic Director of several multidisciplinary competition schools throughout her career. She has taught on the staff of 7 major schools coast to coast and has acted as an adjudicator for several Atlantic dance competitions.
Drawing from her extensive performance background in live theatre, television and film, Miss Kim has choreographed and/or guest performed locally with several Maritime theatre companies including Chester Playhouse and Neptune Theatre. She regularly M.C.'s for dance events throughout the region.
Other credits to her name include having been acknowledged for her contribution to "The Tap Dance Dictionary", published by McFarland & Company, acting as Competition Coordinator for the first two C.D.T.A. Atlantic Ballet Festivals and having been a director on the Board of Dance Nova Scotia from 1996-2003.
"I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.... In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes in some area an athlete of God." ~Martha Graham, c.1953
Currently, "Miss Kim" is entering her sixth year as the Atlantic Vice President of the C.D.T.A. and her ninth year as a satisfied studio owner. She resides in H.R.M. with her husband and two young dancing daughters.