Our Instructors

Rachel Chernosky, Director & Owner of Art in Motion 

Rachel is committed to providing an environment that stimulates creativity and opportunities to explore and inspire movement through dance. As director of the school, she aims to work towards developing each student's full potential by instilling a love for dance and understanding of proper technical training. Rachel began dancing at a very young age, and the art form quickly grew into a life long passion.

Rachel has extensive experience and dance training attending the Quinte Ballet Summer School Professional Division (2002 and 2006), Royal Winnipeg Ballet Intensive Summer School (2003), and Sundance – Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre (2005). Rachel was accepted into the School of Alberta Ballet Senior Summer School Session (2007) and was later accepted their Professional Division Full Year Program (2007/2008). At the School of Alberta Ballet under the direction of Principals Mr. and Mrs. Kilgour, she completed her Advanced 1 Cecchetti Ballet Examination, and has recently been successful in passing her Advanced 2 Cecchetti Ballet Examination. The following year Rachel was accepted into the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Teacher Training Program Summer School as well as the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Teacher Full Year Training Program. Here Rachel gained valuable teaching experiences through comprehensive classes, observing and assisting students of various ages in Pre-Ballet, Creative Movement, Parent and Tot, as well as a 6-7-year-old all-boys classes.

As an educator, Rachel is dedicated to her professional development. She has attended many dance workshops, lectures, and masterclasses, including the Ideas Exchange (2017) at world-renowned Canada’s National Ballet School for a week of professional development, as well as a Creative Movement for Young Children workshop (2017). Rachel became certified in Progressing Ballet Technique (2020), and later completed the three year Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers (ADAPT) syllabus Teacher Training course.

Graduating with her HBA Bachelor of Education from Lakehead University (2014), Rachel is also a Qualified Primary and Junior Division teacher with experience supply teaching in London England, and with the Lakehead Public School Board. It is Rachel’s goal to take from her extensive background in education and dance, to provide the community of Thunder Bay with exceptional and quality dance training.