MEET THE TEAM
Instructors & Choreographers
Head Instructors
Miss Paula Davey
Owner & Artistique Director, Choreographer and Recreational & Competitive Dance Instructor
Ms. Davey is, first and foremost, a sought out and multi-disciplined educator and adjudicator of dance who has trained and inspired countless students, from Recreational to Pre-professional, throughout her 40-year career in the Arts.
Ms. Davey is the owner and Artistic Director of the PAULA DAVEY DANCE SCHOOL, a business that has excelled in dance education for over 30 years. This past year, the Paula Davey Dance School received the "Excellence In Business Award" from the Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Davey understands what it takes to "build a dancer" from the ground up, and takes pride in nurturing and mentoring students of all ages and levels of talent/dance objectives. Her belief that, "every child deserves the chance to dance" is what makes her stand out as an established educator.
Ms. Davey's students have been the recipients of countless prestigious awards and scholarships, with many entering into full-time professional performance careers. Her qualified dance credentials include: Canadian Dance Teachers Association (CDTA); Performing Arts Educators of Canada (PAEC) in Classical Ballet, Tap and Jazz; Professional Adjudicators Alliance (PAA); Dance Masters of America (DMATTS) TTP 4yr. Grad Program, specializing in Classical Ballet, Tap Jazz and Acro, to name a few, and she remains diligent in keeping "current" by attending a variety of prestigious pro-development programs throughout Canada and the USA, all with the goal of educating and inspiring the dance community at large. Ms. Davey has earned herself the "Lifetime Membership Award" from the Canadian Dance Teachers Association through her thirty years of being a committed member.
Ms. Davey's choreographic works have also been widely recognized, and include the following endeavors: Full-Scale musical productions within her local area (New Liskeard, Ontario); Fashion/Parade/Skating/Syncro-Swimming and Equestrian-based events/trade shows; Olympic Torch Run (Large Group Choreo); Hollywood Stage (DISNEY), Time Square Flash Mobs (NYC); Canada's Wonderland (Main Stage), and the list goes on!
Her dedication to dance, and mission to "Inspire and educate the younger generation, while instilling life-lasting values and goals within their pursuit of personal excellence" is a gift to our industry, and she truly looks forward to inspiring many, many dancers and pre-professionals in the future.
Teachers
Mackenzie Koch
Koch is a graduate of the Paula Davey Dance School
She began dancing at the age of 3 and instantly fell in love with the art. She is a well-rounded dancer, having been trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and many more styles. Mackenzie joined Davey’s competitive team at the age of 5 and achieved many of her dance goals throughout her 14-year competitive career. She has won many titles while competing, such as “Most Potential Dancer” and “Most Outstanding Dancer”, as well as winning top of the category for many of her solos. Mackenzie has travelled with Davey to Florida, USA, to perform in the Walt Disney World parade, as well as perform on one of the Disney stages inside the park.
During her senior year of high school, Mackenzie accomplished many things. She competed at Xtreme Dance Champions where she was invited to be a part of the Canadian National Dance Team, titled “World Performer’s Canada”.
By being a part of this team, she would travel to Europe to compete in the Dance World Finals against 50 countries and 7500 dancers. In July of 2023, Mackenzie travelled to Portugal for this competition, where she placed 5th in the world for her Senior Tap Solo, and received 2nd place and a silver medal for her Senior Tap Small Group.
In the same year of her partake with World Performer’s Canada, Mackenzie competed at View Dance Challenge where she was invited to join 19 other dancers to travel to Greece. During this travel, she would experience an 8-day dance and performance intensive abroad, as well as put together a performance in a traditional Greek theatre.
Mackenzie wishes to pass down her love for dance to her future students and inspire them as much as Ms. Davey has inspired her.