Mike Glenney - CANADA
Mike started dancing at the age of 6 and realized his love of the art shortly thereafter. Throughout his career, Mike has trained intensively in tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, ballet and partnering as well as performing in musical theatre and modern.Mike was the was World Tap Dance Championin the “Battle of the Feet”in both 2016and 2018. Along with his title wins, he won a total of 12 medals in his appearances at the World Tap Dance Championships in Germanybefore being asked to return to teachmaster classes and judge at the event. The students Mike has trained have also had their share of success; winning Silver twice at the “Commonwealth Dance Cup”, and Goldmedalsat the “German National Tap Championships”,the“World Dance Cup”and the “World Tap Championships”Mike is thefounder of "Music in Motion", which aims to enhance the training of dancers while bridging the divides between studios, and working to strengthen the sense of “Community” through workshops and classes both in person and online. Mike wasalsoa founding member of Everett Smith’s tap company “Bringing Tap Back”(Where he also had the chance to showcase hisownchoreography), and has performed withShawn Byfield’s “Funk Factory”, and Suzy Guarino-Hall’s “Tap 24.7”, in additional to creating work for the “Detroit Tap Repertory”. Other projects have included: “The Miss America Pageant”,the“Humber River Hospital Benefit”,“Southlake HospitalGala”, featured performances for “McDonald’sCanada”, “Geosyntec Consulting”, and “Delta Hotels International”, and a guest solo performance with the “True Jive Pluckers”and the “Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra”.Mike began teaching dance in 2009. He then went on to spend two years dancing aboard the “Disney Dream”and “Fantasy”cruise ships, before returning home to reignite his teaching career. Most recently Mike has become a choreographer for the “Canadian National Tap Team”for the “World Tap Dance Championships” in Germany,the“Commonwealth Dance Cup” in South Africa,and the “World Dance Cup”in Spain. He is also proud to have worked as a trainer and choreographer for the “German NationalDance Teams”(Tap, Jazz, Contemporary), and “Italian National Tap Team”(Tap, Jazz, Contemporary), whose members have competedMike’schoreography at the European, and World Dance Championships.Mike is proud to have become sought after performer, instructor, choreographer, and adjudicator throughout the GTA and beyond. Mike cherishes his time spent encouraging and inspiring his students, and imbuing them with the same love of dance and performance that has him shuffling down the street.
Mike started dancing at the age of 6 and realized his love of the art shortly thereafter. Throughout his career, Mike has trained intensively in tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, ballet and partnering as well as performing in musical theatre and modern.Mike was the was World Tap Dance Championin the “Battle of the Feet”in both 2016and 2018. Along with his title wins, he won a total of 12 medals in his appearances at the World Tap Dance Championships in Germanybefore being asked to return to teachmaster classes and judge at the event. The students Mike has trained have also had their share of success; winning Silver twice at the “Commonwealth Dance Cup”, and Goldmedalsat the “German National Tap Championships”,the“World Dance Cup”and the “World Tap Championships”Mike is thefounder of "Music in Motion", which aims to enhance the training of dancers while bridging the divides between studios, and working to strengthen the sense of “Community” through workshops and classes both in person and online. Mike wasalsoa founding member of Everett Smith’s tap company “Bringing Tap Back”(Where he also had the chance to showcase hisownchoreography), and has performed withShawn Byfield’s “Funk Factory”, and Suzy Guarino-Hall’s “Tap 24.7”, in additional to creating work for the “Detroit Tap Repertory”. Other projects have included: “The Miss America Pageant”,the“Humber River Hospital Benefit”,“Southlake HospitalGala”, featured performances for “McDonald’sCanada”, “Geosyntec Consulting”, and “Delta Hotels International”, and a guest solo performance with the “True Jive Pluckers”and the “Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra”.Mike began teaching dance in 2009. He then went on to spend two years dancing aboard the “Disney Dream”and “Fantasy”cruise ships, before returning home to reignite his teaching career. Most recently Mike has become a choreographer for the “Canadian National Tap Team”for the “World Tap Dance Championships” in Germany,the“Commonwealth Dance Cup” in South Africa,and the “World Dance Cup”in Spain. He is also proud to have worked as a trainer and choreographer for the “German NationalDance Teams”(Tap, Jazz, Contemporary), and “Italian National Tap Team”(Tap, Jazz, Contemporary), whose members have competedMike’schoreography at the European, and World Dance Championships.Mike is proud to have become sought after performer, instructor, choreographer, and adjudicator throughout the GTA and beyond. Mike cherishes his time spent encouraging and inspiring his students, and imbuing them with the same love of dance and performance that has him shuffling down the street.