Melissa Page-Webster, RAD RTS, CBTS, TTD
Owner/Artistic Director
Registered Teacher with Royal Academy of Dance
Ballet Exam Prep Program Director, Contemporary Faculty, Jazz Faculty, Cobequid Young Company Director
Melissa is a dance artist, choreographer, producer and fitness instructor based in Truro, Nova Scotia, whose work spans over 20 years of professional experience in performance, creation, and arts leadership. Rooted in contemporary dance and ballet, her practice is driven by a deep commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and community-centred presentation. Her choreography explores themes of musicality, identity, resilience, and shared human experience, often bringing professional dance into accessible, non-traditional spaces where new audiences can encounter it on their own terms.
Melissa has trained with and been shaped by some of Canada's most respected dance artists and educators, including Peggy Baker, Irene Dowd, Sally Brayley-Bliss, Robert McCollum, Suzette Sherman, Michael Trent, Christine Wright, and Darryl Tracy. Her formal credentials include Registered Teacher status with the Royal Academy of Dance, Certified Rambert Grades instructor, graduation from the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts Teacher Training Program, Barre and Pilates Instructor currently on staff at Studio Seva in Truro, and member with the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science. She has also pursued advanced professional development through Peggy Baker's Annual Educator Seminar and Canada's National Ballet School.
As co-founder of KickTalkDance Productions (2018–2024), Melissa built a platform dedicated to the creation, presentation, and promotion of professional dance and multidisciplinary work in community-focused settings across Atlantic Canada. Under that banner, she launched Night Market in 2019 — a free, accessible community event bringing together professional dance, music, visual art, and multidisciplinary artists — and led the commissioning and producing of new artist-driven works throughout the organization's lifespan.
Her choreographic works include the upcoming original work The Perfect Game (premiere June 2026), supported by the Cobequid Arts Council Performing Arts Award (2025); To And Fro, presented at Carte Blanche in Moncton (2026); Get Some, premiered at Art At Night in New Glasgow (2018); original solos and duets for Ballet Jörgen Canada; and A Collection of Main Characters, developed during the New Music | New Dance Residency with Connection Danceworks and Resonance Music (2020). As a performer, she has worked with independent choreographers across Atlantic Canada and appeared in notable productions including Edge of Chaos by Amanda LaRusic at the St. John Contemporary Dance Festival (2017).
Melissa is currently performing in a new contemporary ballet work by former Royal Winnipeg Ballet Principal Dancer Liam Caines, weaving together contemporary ballet with the music and stories of the Maritime provinces. Two preview performances of the work have taken place at the Springtide Shantyfest in St. John, NB in March 2025 and 2026. A third preview will be presented at the St. John Contemporary Dance Festival in July 2026. The work is set to premiere in August 2026 in St. Martins, NB.
Alongside her creative practice, Melissa is deeply invested in the sustainability of Atlantic Canada's dance ecology. She serves as a mentor in the DANS Ready to Rise Program for emerging artists and recently launched the Anchor & Flow Movement Artist Residency Program, which provides dance artists at all stages of their careers with access to studio space and optional mentorship in a supportive, low-pressure environment. She is a four-time nominee of the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards (Women of Influence, 2021–2024) and has served as a panelist and speaker at forums including the Fundy Female Leadership Network, the Royal Academy of Dance Canada Online Symposium, and the Women's Social Network.
