Caydance Cristofaro is a dancer from Amherstburg Ontario and is currently teaching, coaching and choreographing at Rivertown dance academy in Amherstburg, ON. She will be starting out at the University of Windsor as a French major and is a part of the Lancer cheer team at the University. She has been training in dance for 16 years and has been competing for 14 years. Caydance is trained in various styles of dance which include Ballet/pointe, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, lyrical, contemporary/modern, Heels, Musical theater, Ballroom, Bollywood and Acrobatics. This past summer she has been selected as a finalist for the Disney Entertainment auditions. Caydance is an award-winning dancer at many competitions and dance conventions some of which include “Showstopper awards” at dance attack competition in 2022 and 2024, was awarded “Most potential teen dancer” in 2021 and “Light up the stage award” in 2022, she was also awarded a scholarship at Runway dance convention in 2023. She also won highest scoring character pointe soloist at Dance rage competition 2023. And has received multiple awards as an “improv soloist.” Caydance has been in opening dance competition numbers such as the “Cadence national dance competition dance pageant opening ceremony number” in Niagara Falls in 2023 and was a part of “Dejan Tubics opening hip hop number” in the closing ceremony at Dance makers competition in 2024 in Lansing Michigan. She has also stayed very involved with her elementary school Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Amherstburg, ON by running their dance team and volunteering her time running masterclasses on event days. Caydance was awarded the position as choreographer for her high school Villanova in Lasalle for their dance program, team and choreographed for their play Mean girls in 2023 and will be returning to choreograph for their Production Chicago for this upcoming year. Finally, Caydance has had the opportunity of taking on the role as a choreography assistant for “World performers Canada” this past summer. She assisted Katie Chartrand for contemporary and Christelle Jean Chow for hip hop. Caydance is beyond excited to take on this amazing opportunity with Dancing with the stars easter seals 2024!