Rachael Withers was born in North Vancouver, Canada and is twelve years old. She attends the prestigious Danzmode Productions dance studio where she trains with the Senior Company for over 16 hours a week. She was recently chosen to be the Provincial Representative for two years in a row through the Surrey Festival of Dance.
Rachael has been taking dance from an early age. She started “dancing” when she was about 2, but started formal training at age 4. She loves to try new styles of dance but regularly trains in jazz, lyrical, tap, hip hop, musical theatre, stage, ballet, contemporary, modern and acrobatics. She has also taken some different classes and learned different styles such as latin, salsa, jive, pasodoble and German dance. This year she is joining the Showstoppers group where she will perform many times during the year as a part of a professional show choir, “Glee” style.
Rachael’s biggest strength in dance is her ability to pick up choreography very quickly. She loves finding patterns or similarities in the combination and can apply it right away to become “muscle memory”. She has taken classes and workshops at festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Portland.
Rachael has already established herself as a triple threat, and wants to take singing, acting and dancing to a professional level. She has already been cast in professional productions with the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver in “Beauty and the Beast” as Chip, “Les Miserables” as Little Eponine, and as Susan in “White Christmas” for two years. She finds her dance training has allowed her to excel in this field of performing, and give her the confidence to go for the stars.
When Rachael is not performing, she likes to bake cupcakes and play volleyball, soccer, basketball, track and field. She also plays percussion and flute in her school band.