Four local dancers stood on the podium for Canada at the recent International Dance Organization world championships in Poland.
The dancers from Burnaby's Douglas Ballet Academy were in Mikolajki, Poland from Dec. 7 to 15 competing in the championships.
Caroline Kiddie and Jenny Lian were competing with the Canadian junior team, while Morgan Bringeland-Powell and Emily Wismer were with the adult team.
Caroline and Jenny were part of Canada's gold-medal finishes in junior small group ballet and junior large group ballet. They also helped the team to a fourth-place finish in the junior large jazz and sixth-place finish in the junior large modern.
Emily and Morgan were part of the adult small group ballet's bronze-medal finish and a silver-medal performance in adult large group ballet. Emily also ranked seventh in the world in adult solo female ballet.
The Team Canada ballet groups were choreographed by Josh Beamish, and the jazz and modern groups by Danielle Gardner of So You Think You Can Dance fame.
The world championships brought dancers from 24 countries together to compete. Canada emerged on top, with the national director, Bonnie Dyer, taking home a trophy for Team Canada's top standing for the second year in a row.
