He/Him Samuel Stychyshyn began his dance career when he was 6 years of age at Dance Unlimited’s Ukrainian program. He danced there for many years until he decided to make a change and joined Shumka School in 2019. After that, he auditioned for Studia Shumka and danced there for a year in 2022. After being with Shumka School and Studia…

He/Him Mark Rachmistruk began his dance career at the age of 5 at Dance Unlimited, under the instruction of Douglas Rachinski. At the age of 13, Mark joined the Shumka School of Dance. When Mark graduated from the SSD program, he then continuing his dance journey with Studia Shumka. Mark is excited to join the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers as an…

She/Her Abigail’s dance career started when she was just four years old with the Avrora Ukrainian Dancers in Fort McMurray. Following her family to Edmonton, Abigail joined the Shumka  School of Dance where her love for the Shumka family grew. In 2022, she successfully auditioned for Studia Shumka where she could have training to guide her towards her goal of Shumka.…

She/Her Ukrainian dance has been a part of Malia’s life for as long as she can remember. She began dancing at the age of 3, and later started ballet training when she was 11, along with other dance disciplines such as jazz and contemporary. Then in 2020 she joined Studia Shumka and was able to dance and train with them…

She/Her Kieran Waller began her dance training at the age of three. She started to train competitively at the age of six in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, lyrical and acro. Throughout her years of competitive dance,she received multiple scholarships to expand hertraining via intensive programs in New York, Las Vegas, Hawaii, LA, Greece and locally throughout Alberta and BC. Kieran was first introduced to Ukrainian dance at the age of seven and quickly fell…

He/Him Joseph Ewaskiw began dancing at four years of age with Dance Unlimited’s Ukrainian program.  In 2018 he joined Shumka School of Dance where he was taught by company members who quickly inspired his dreams of one day dancing with Shumka. At age thirteen, Joseph’s dancing hobby quickly turned into his passion and that passion has only grown since. Joseph’s parents…

Rachel began dancing at the age of 3 in Beaumont where she trained in RAD ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and contemporary while dabbling in Ukrainian dance with various Edmonton groups along the way, including Shumka School. She was an assistant instructor for tap and ballet classes where she was able to share her passion with younger dancers. Being a part…

He/Him — Joe started dancing with the Thorhild Ukrainian Dancing Club at the age of 5, and then continued to dance with Shumka School of Dance when he turned 10. Throughout his years at SSD, he was involved in a few Shumka shows such as Kobzar and The Nutcracker (previously Clara’s Dream). Throughout his dancing career he dreamed about being…