Shannon Putter is Exhale Dance Studio’s Founder and Director. She began dancing at the early age of three and continued to train and perform throughout her teen and young adult years. Having fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher and choreographer, Shannon is now focused on her true calling: cultivating the most encouraging, safe, and inspirational dance studio in Winnipeg.

With over 20 years’ teaching experience, Shannon began growing her community dance classes in Winnipeg in 2010, and Exhale Dance Studio’s current location opened in 2014. In 2012, Exhale Dance Studio became the first Canadian member of More Than Just Great Dancing®, an affiliation program that specializes in high-level leadership, training, and curricula for dance studios. Shannon is also the proud recipient of the More Than Just Great Dancing® Growth Award (2014) and Winnipeg’s Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (2015).

Establishing Exhale Dance Studio has allowed Shannon to embrace her passion for teaching dance, create a place of meaningful work for her staff members, and have a positive impact on the lives of her students. Through her work at Exhale Dance Studio, she has also been able to expand upon another goal: growing outreach programs to serve the greater community around the studio.

Though dance is truly a part of everything in Shannon’s life, her greatest personal accomplishment will always be her family—her amazing husband and two wonderful children.

Megan Tedham is the Studio Manager at Exhale Dance Studio. Miss Megan started dancing at the age of 6 and quickly fell in love with it! She danced and competed in a variety of styles including ballet, jazz, modern and hip hop until she was 18. After graduating high school in 2005, Miss Megan pursued a career with animals, her other passion in life. After 8 years in the veterinary industry as a Veterinary Assistant and Client Service Leader, Megan moved to the business world as a member of the HR team for a large corporation and then most recently as the Office Coordinator for a non-profit. Joining Exhale Dance Studio in 2017 as the Studio Manager was a joy as she was once again part of the dance community! Miss Megan enjoys each day working with the Exhale family as she blends her business acumen with her love of dance. When not at the studio Megan spends her time coaching club volleyball with her husband, spending time with their many animals, and traveling as much as possible.

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Born and raised in Winnipeg, MB. Miss Shea began dancing at the age of 4 at Marquis Dance Academy where she continued on and was invited to join their Intensive program at the age of 9. Miss Shea trained in all dance styles but has had prominent training in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, and Hip-hop. Beginning her teaching career as a teacher's assistant at the age of 9-18, she then progressed to substitute teaching as well. At the age of 21 Shea completed school with a diploma in business from Herzing College with Honours. After trying several different job fields using her business acumen, Miss Shea pursued her first love and passion in dance when she joined the Exhale faculty in 2019. In her own words "Dance is an outlet, it's healthy, and it's more than just entertainment. I wouldn't be where I am today without it." Miss Shea is extremely happy to have found a new dance family here at Exhale Dance Studio where she can once again share her love for dance with our studio families!

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Kamryn Dyck began dancing at the age of five at Stoney Brook Dance Company in Steinbach, MB. She has trained in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary and modern over the years. She participated in many competitions, festivals and conventions in Winnipeg, Regina, Moose Jaw, Minneapolis and more. She is currently studying at the University of Winnipeg and The School of Contemporary Dancer’s Senior Professional Program for her BA honours degree in dance. Kamryn is so excited to be teaching at Exhale Dance Studio this season and cannot wait to share her love of dance with the students.

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Shawn Maclaine is originally from Toronto where he started dancing at the age of 7. While training for four years in the Professional Division at Canada's National Ballet School, Mr. Shawn performed in a variety of productions including the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Madame Butterfly, Don Quixote and Petrushka. At the age of sixteen, he moved to Winnipeg to attend the Professional Division at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. After his graduation, Mr. Shawn switched his focus to contemporary and attended the Senior Professional Program at the School of Contemporary Dancers where he received his Bachelor of Arts - Dance. Since completing his degree, Mr. Shawn has worked with the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, Collectivo 1.618, Gearshifting Performance Works and Gaile Petterson-Hiley. Mr. Shawn is excited to share his passion for dance with Exhale Dance Studio families this upcoming season!

Miss Anna is a dancer and circus artist originally from Thessaloniki, Greece but currently living in Winnipeg, Canada. She graduated from the School of Contemporary Dancers in Winnipeg with a BA Honours in Dance.

Anna started dance at age of seven training in ballet and is R.A.D certified. Her love for contemporary dance took over when she became a teenager. Since then, she has participated in many workshops and intensives, and has performed in multiple shows. Some of her recent performances include works by Odette Heyn and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Stephanie Ballard and the Winnipeg Preservation Initiative, Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers and Peter Quanz. She has also worked with out of province choreographers such as Harold Rhéaume and Le fils d'Adrien danse in Quebec City, and in Toronto for the New Blue Dance Festival. In the summer 2019 she participated in Creando Lazos a Traves De La Danza with Ilse Torres and Roberto Mosqueda in Mexico. Anna is currently an artist in residency at New Dance Horizons in Regina.

She started training in contortion and hand-balancing five years ago with Samantha Halas, and has been certified in Acrobatic Arts. Miss Anna has performed as a circus artist for many private functions and shows over the past few years! Some include performances with Frostbite Circus, One Trunk Theatre, Hit and Run Dance Productions in Toronto and more. Her long-term goal is to be able to perform and travel as part of a company. Her practice as a circus artist also includes training in aerial hoop with Kimberly Craig and Liz Cooper.

Miss Anna loves teaching acro, contortion, contemporary and hand-balancing and has been teaching group classes at different studios in Winnipeg as well as privates as an independent artist up until she joined the Exhale family in the fall of 2020.

Miss Anna always aims to give individual progressions based on each student’s individual level. What she enjoys the most about teaching is seeing her students progress and accomplish their goals all while, learning more about herself through them! We are excited to add Miss Anna to the studio faculty and look forward to bringing her unique skill set to our students!

Shayla Rudd has been dancing for fifteen years, starting at the young age of three with ballet, tap and jazz. Her mother started off as her teacher, she then moved to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. For the past five years she has been training to be a modern dancer at the School of Contemporary Dancers in the Junior Professional Program and is currently in the Senior Professional Program getting her BA Honours in dance. Miss Shayla completed her RAD Intermediate ballet exam with distinction in 2015. In 2016 she was the recipient of the Senior modern scholarship from the Manitoba Provincial Dance Festival. She has also competed in multiple competitions and won gold and gold honours.

Miss Heather began dancing at the age of 3 and has trained in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, modern and musical theatre. Her love of ballet became her main focus over the years, as she continued her training. She completed her Advance 1 Cecchetti Ballet exams, as well as her Advanced 2 ISTD Tap exams. Miss Heather graduated from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School - Professional Division, Teacher Training Program in 2009. In addition, she holds her Associate Teaching Designation with the Cecchetti Society of Canada. Since graduating, she has taught in various dance and public schools throughout Manitoba. Her love of ballet has developed into a passion for teaching, as she enjoys bringing the love of ballet to all her students. Miss Heather is thrilled to be teaching at Exhale Dance Studio this upcoming season!