Our Faculty and Staff
Caroline Bentley
Artistic Director, Faculty
Caroline Bentley is a professional dancer specializing in ballet, contemporary, and modern dance. She founded Bobcaygeon's Creative Movement Centre of Dance in 2021 as well as Caroline's Creative Camp and Initiatives, which has been running out of Bobcaygeon ON since 2018. Caroline has also taught for Leslieville School of Dance (Toronto ON) and as a guest artist for many studios and schools.
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Originally from Oakville ON, Caroline began her dance training at the age of three through Fleming's School of Performing Arts, which later became Balletomane Inc. She later went on to study as a dance major at performing arts high school, Etobicoke School of the Arts (Toronto ON). While at the school, Caroline was a dance company member in grades 11 and 12, and a leadership demonstrator for the grade 10 dance classes in her graduating year. Caroline was also awarded the Arts Showcase Award and Edward Lam Scholarship at graduation. Since graduating, she has been back as a professional Guest Artist and Rehearsal Assistant.
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Caroline is a graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre (Toronto ON) and was the recipient of their Pedagogy Practicum Award for teaching the Martha Graham Technique. She has also completed two terms as a virtual student of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance (Manhattan NY) in their graduate level Advanced Studies Certificate program. To further her own pedagogical training, Caroline has attended the Martha Graham School's Teacher Training Intensive, the Limon Company's Teacher Training Intensive (Manhattan NY), and the SUNDANCE/RAD Teacher's Seminar (Toronto ON). To further her academic education, Caroline is currently a masters thesis student at York University researching dance, education, and kinesiology.
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Additionally, Caroline has studied in summer programs with the Martha Graham Dance Company, The Limon Dance Company, Pro Arte Danza (Toronto ON), The Joffrey Ballet School (Manhattan NY), and The Royal Academy of Dance (London UK).
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Caroline's goal for the studio is to bring high quality dance education and an appreciation for the art of dance to the local community.
Brooke Conroy
Substitute Faculty
Brooke Conroy started dancing at a young age studying Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Hip Hop, and Acro. Later in her training, she joined a competitive team in Peterborough where she competed in many competitions across Ontario for 5 years. Brooke also trained under Susie Clarke at Thomas A. Stewart (TAS) in the high school's integrated arts dance stream and competed with their dance team that won First Overall School. Brooke is currently studying at Trent University to get her teaching degree which she hopes to use to teach dance in schools across Ontario in the future.
As a performer, Brooke has been part of the Peterborough Lakers Dance and Cheer Team for many years where she has had the privilege of dancing in front of crowds of 4,000 people and had the opportunity to dance at the Mann Cup Championships. Brooke recently took on the role of Assistant Coach for the Senior, Junior, and Mini dance teams. One of Brooke’s biggest accomplishments is being featured in the “I Don’t Dance” music video by Lindsay Barr.
Brooke's teaching career began at a local Peterborough Studio where taught children ages 0-18 in various styles including Hip Hop, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz, Wee Wigglers, and Improvisation. Many of the competitive team routines Brooke choreographed won awards, including Top Overall Large Group for one of her Hip Hop pieces. Brooke has also continued her connection with Susie Clarke since graduating the TAS integrated arts program by volunteering and teaching in the dance stream. Brooke has always enjoyed helping to inspire the next generation of not only dancers, but young people in all aspects of their lives. Her top priority is ensuring every dancer has the tools they need to be successful in and out of the studio. She lives by the motto instilled in her by her mentor, “More than Moves”.