Kat Baranowski |
Co Founder
She / Her |
Born to share her love of performing is probably the best way to describe the complex background of training, teaching, directing and choreographing that brought Kat to being Co-Artistic Director of Curtain Call PAC. The Binbrook/Hamilton area will always hold a special place in Kat’s heart. This is where she trained and competitively danced for over 20 years in various styles including Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, Musical Theatre and Acrobatic Arts. Kat participated in a specialized performing arts program called ArtSmart where she appeared as featured dance ensemble in Beauty and the Beast and Scarecrow in The Wiz. In later years, Kat appeared in a variety of musical productions such as Cabaret (Featured Dancer, Neverland Project) , Godspell (Featured Ensemble, CCPAC) and joined a Contemporary/Heels/ Hip Hop performance group where she was able step out of her comfort zone and try new things! This love for performing arts quickly grew into wanting to share her knowledge and passion with the community. She went on to teach dance, choreograph musicals, competitive routines, direct musicals and dance companies in various places throughout the GTA. She is thankful for all the connections and amazing people she has been able to work with along the way. Kat has been teaching dance and theatre for over 10 years and is Acrobatic Arts Certified. She now strives to continue learning new ways of instructing and movement to better serve her students by attending local and international dance/theatre workshops and conferences. Igniting the love of theatre in youth and adults brings fullness to her heart and she is so glad you are here!
Danielle Viola
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Co Founder
She / Her |
Danielle Viola has been teaching dance, music and directing for children’s productions for over 17 years and loves every minute. She participated in competitive dance for 15 years including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Musical Theatre; completing exams in both Jazz and Tap. She has studied in voice, piano and theory with completed Royal Conservatory exams for voice and has performed in several musical theatre productions with different companies over the years. Recently she has performed in Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas; CCPAC) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive Ostrovsky; CCPAC), Next to Normal (Diana Goodman; CCPAC) and Legally Blonde (Paulette Bonafonte; Brock Musical Theatre). She is thrilled to be one of the Artistic Director's of CCPAC and has loved the amazing family that has been created over the years. Danielle has written and produced various children plays in the Hamilton area, as well as written and produced One Second, a musical short film that has won International Film Awards. Danielle was the musical director and choreographer for the production of Little Shop of Horrors for Brock University Musical Theatre in 2015 and the Director of their production of The Who’s: Tommy in 2017. In high school, she participated in the ArtSMART program onstage as a performer and went on to Stage Manage and train future technical theatre students in that same co-op program, being involved for over 10 years. Currently she teaches voice privately in Hamilton, is a HWDSB Teacher and is an Artist Educator in the greater Hamilton and Toronto area. She has attended the Conference of Ontario Dance and Drama Educators and has taken various theatrical and production workshops with Brock University. Danielle is a graduate from Brock Universities Bachelor of Arts Honours Program (2018) where she studied theatre specifically; drama in education, technical theatre, directing and performance, as well as completing her Bachelor of Education J/I/S (2019) she also holds her Instrumental Music, Librarian, Special Education and ELL additional qualifications. Currently she is teaching for the Elementary Hamilton Wentworth District School Board. She is excited to welcome you to the Curtain Call family; everyone has a place here.
Board members
Chair & Treasurer: Danielle Viola (She / Her)
Chair: Kat Baranowski (She / Her)
Vice Chair: Zachary Viola (He / Him)
Secretary: Irene Viola (She / Her)
Directors at Large
Joshua Coulter (He / Him)
Jacob Rushton (He / They)
Chair: Kat Baranowski (She / Her)
Vice Chair: Zachary Viola (He / Him)
Secretary: Irene Viola (She / Her)
Directors at Large
Joshua Coulter (He / Him)
Jacob Rushton (He / They)