Artistic Director Bio

Lynda Yee Shioya is Principal Instructor and Artistic Director of Pointe Grey Dance Centre. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Lynda took her first ballet and tap lessons at age five. After studying under Florence Clough, Wynne Shaw, Gweneth Lloyd and other respected teachers, Lynda went on to dance professionally with the renowned Komaki and Asami Maki Ballet Companies of Japan.

She has performed numerous dance and musical theatre roles on stage and on TV in Canada and in Asia. Most recently, she appeared in Triptych Theatricals' production of “Lucky Stiff” at the Jericho Performing Arts Centre.

Lynda has also had more than 25 years experience teaching children and adults in public and private schools in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. She was part of the team that developed and selected resources for the British Columbia Ministry of Education's first dance curriculum.