JUDGES

Spring #1 - Moncton            March 14-16, 2025
The Centre - Casino NB

Marcel Tremel

Marcel Tremel is a highly respected dance educator, choreographer, and adjudicator based in the Vancouver area. With extensive training and certifications, he is a fully accredited dance teacher with the ADAPT Syllabus (Jazz, Tap), Canadian Dance Teachers’ Association (Jazz, Tap, Acro), Acrobatic Arts, Progressing Ballet Technique, and Alixa Flexibility. Marcel is also a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA), where he completed the full three-year program, earning a Diploma in Applied Performing Arts. As a recognized adjudicator, he holds certification with ADA Adjudicator (ADTA) and is a proud member of the Professional Adjudicators Alliance.

Marcel’s career has taken him across North America and beyond, allowing him to showcase his talents both on stage and behind the scenes. Performance and choreography highlights include: touring Western Canada and the United States with the song and dance group Saskatchewan Express, co-choreographing Young Frankenstein at CCPA, starring in Lend Me a Tenor, choreographing Hello, Dolly! with Fraser Valley Stage, setting and performing choreography in The Nutcracker for The Sunshine Coast Youth Dance Association, and dancing in England at the Gilbert and Sullivan International Festival in The Gondoliers.

A passionate educator, Marcel is committed to inspiring and empowering dancers to reach their highest potential. His choreography has been recognized with high score, overall, and choreography awards, and his students have gone on to train at prestigious post-secondary institutions, with many establishing successful careers as performers, educators, and choreographers.

Marcel continues to train and perform professionally throughout the West Coast, always pushing the boundaries of his artistry while fostering the next generation of dancers.

“This is your moment to shine—don’t hold back!”


Jennifer Mote


Jennifer is a multi-faceted performer that has had an exciting, jam-packed professional career since 2002. Growing up in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, she trained in Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Modern, Hip Hop and Ballet (including training at the Toronto National Ballet School and Royal Winnipeg Ballet School). On top of a busy competitive dance schedule, she juggled being a competitive gymnast at a US National level, she has also danced alongside artists such as: Katy Perry, Akon, Kardinal, Dragonette, Suzie McNeil, Kreesha Turner, Naughty by Nature and New Kids on the Block.


Her film and television credits include Suits (NBC), Designated Survivor (ABC), Hometown Holida (MOW), Christmas in the Wilds (Super Channel), The Wedding Planners (Prime), Dark Matter (SyFy), So You Think You Can Dance Canada (First Season Top 25), Warehouse 13, MuchMusic Video Awards, and Degrassi: The Next Generation. 


Jennifer has numerous stage credits, including but not limited to: Mirvish Productions: Rock of Age (Waitress # 1), Stratford Shakespeare Festival: West Side Story (Velma), and Cyrano de Bergerac, National Tour: We Will Rock You, Ross Petty Productions: The Wizard of Oz (Assistant Choreographe Christmas Carol, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan in Wonderland, Cinderella, RGA Music: Return to Grace (Montreal and Thailand), Drayton Ent: Mamma Mia, Chicago, The Music Man, Sheridan College: Chelsea Sunrise (Choreographer),Linda Garneau’s Helix Dance Project: The Waiting Room, Unearth, West Side Stories, Evolve, Every Now and Then, Rain and Verbatim, and preformed with the Canadian Opera Company: Iphigenia in Taurus, Gadfly: Klorofyl (Dora Award Winner for Best Ensemble), Celebrity Cruise Lines. She is also founder of Gloss Entertainment and has choreographed numerous industrials throughout Canada and the USA. Most recently she choreographed the opening performance for the David Foster Foundation Miracle Gala “A Night on Broadway"


Good luck to all dancers this weekend!!!