Amanda Van Den Bussche was first introduced to line dancing in 2009, long before it was "trending"! Her friends taught her the Electric Slide at a rodeo dance and needless to say, she was hooked! She started learning new dances from YouTube and in 2010 she began teaching classes. Amanda took a hiatus from teaching for a few years when her children were young, then jumped back in in 2023. It was around this time that line dancing was becoming quite popular around the world so she and her friend Olivia Simpson decided to start up Grace & Grit Dance Co. 

They post demos and tutorials on their Grace & Grit Dance Co Facebook and Instagram accounts, where their following has grown substantially over the past 6 months. 

When she's not dancing, you can find Amanda on the farm she runs with her husband Kyle and 3 children, near Sidney. They raise Quarter Horses and Black Angus cattle. Her other passions include traveling, hunting, quadding, snowboarding, anything outdoors!

Amanda teaches weekly lessons throughout the winter months in Sidney and Carberry. She also does private lessons/events. 

Curtis Dooma, or Thatlinedancecowboy, is a line-dance enthusiast, instructor, choreographer & multiple winner at both the 2024 & 2025 Calgary Dance Stampede.

In the Line-Dance Choreography Division, he has been awarded 5 First Place Medals for his following original choreographies:

1.  Ride On Time" (48C, 4W, Beg) [2024];
2.  Don't Wanna Dance Alone" (32C, 4W, Beg) [2024];
3. Beautiful As You" (32C, 4W, High Beg) [2025];
4. Calma" (32C, 4W, Beg) [2025]; and,
5. Love We Lost" (64C, 4W, Phrased High Beg) [2025].

He has also received 1st Place in the DanceHall Country Line Dance - Upper Level Division [2024], dancing Rachel McEnaney's "Drinkaby" & 3rd Place in the Social Bar Line-Dance Competition [2025], dancing Jonno Liberman's "The Wolf."

Curtis' Line-Dance journey began in April of 2023 when he took his first line-dance class. He immediately fell in love with it - so much so, that he began instructing, developed his own choreographies, started competing & has never looked back since. 

Thatlinedancecowboy has also hosted numerous community events, including:

• The Children's Hospital Foundation's Ice Crystal Gala "Rhinestone Rodeo" (September 2024);
•  Wonderful Winter Weekend in Winnipeg Beach (February 2025);
• Springfield Canada Day Celebration in Dugald (July 2025);
• "Footloose Fridays" at the Cargo Bar, Assiniboine Park (July 2025);
• 2025 Manitoba Stampede in Morris (July 2025);
• "Zoo Nights" at Assiniboine Park Zoo (August 2025); and,
• The Children's Hospital Foundation's Teddy Bear's Picnic (September 2025).

Curtis was also the sole organizer for the 2025 International Line-Dance FlashMob (Winnipeg & Area) held at both The Forks & at Assiniboine Park in May of 2025, where we danced "A Bar Song" & "Do It All Again." He also helped organize the 2026 International Line-Dance FlashMob of 2026 held at the same places as the year prior.

He even created a fun Video Series, entitled Line-Dance On Location, or LOL's, where he performed Line-Dances at various locations throughout the city/province, each pertaining to the name of the song or dance choreography (101 LOL Videos in total!). For example, his first LOL was "Dance Monkey", which was performed publicly in front of the Assiniboine Park Zoo. So much fun!

He teaches up to 6 times a week during the fall/winter sessions (in Winnipeg as well as in Oakbank, Landmark & Cooks Creek, Manitoba). Currently he teaches at Assiniboine Park on Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30pm and Sundays from 12:30-2:30pm.

Deb Clairmont has taught many forms of dance including: ballet, tap, jazz, line dancing, partner line dance, and a bit of ballroom basics.

She also has a theatre background, and has choerographed performance numbers for conventions and amatuer productions.

She's been teaching in the city of Winnipeg for ~21 years! 

Deb offers free classes at the Silver Spike Saloon (202 Bond St.) on Tuesdays from 7-8pm.

She also offers classes at 1100 Dance (1100 Pembina hwy) on Thursday (Beginner from 11:45am - 12:45pm and Beginner Plus from 1 - 2:30pm).

Deb also teaches at private residences in Winnipeg. 

Contact her by email: dancingdebc@gmail.com

Line dancing began for Heather Schwartz as a girls’ night out with friends from work and quickly grew into a lifelong passion. More than 30 years later, she loves it just as much as she did when she first started.

She learned her first dances in a bar in London, Ontario, and was hooked. Heather went on to become a member of the award-winning Out of Line Dancers, a dance team founded by Peter Metelnick, himself. The team earned multiple awards competing in Canada and the
United States. They also performed at numerous local events, including CCMA Awards Week and TNN’s Club Dance.
Teaching Experience
After relocating to Winnipeg in 1998, Heather continued line dancing socially and joined another dance team. She was later invited to teach at City Slickers, a local dance club, where she taught until the club closed in 2012. She has also taught through seniors’ active
living programs and for the City of Winnipeg.
To continue developing as both a dancer and instructor, she attends workshops throughout Canada and the United States and has completed Bronze Level certification with Max Perry and the International Line Dance Sport Federation, as well as United Country
& Western Fundamentals A and B certificate programs.
Country Couples Dance and Competition
In 2004, she took a break from most of her line dance classes to focus on country couples dance, eventually partnering with her local instructor to continue teaching at City Slickers, Dancing Under the Canopy, and their own local classes.
In 2010, Heather set a new goal: to learn all eight United Country Western Dance Association syllabus dances—Two Step, Waltz, Cha Cha, Night Club, Polka, Triple Two, East Coast Swing, and West Coast Swing. She began training with Keith Armbruster in Calgary and
competed in couples Pro-Am from 2011 to 2015, including at two World Championships.
Line Dance Winnipeg
After stepping back for a time to focus on work and family responsibilities, Heather returned to line dancing around March 2022 and resumed teaching that September.

In 2022, she started Line Dance Winnipeg, a private Facebook group created to help connect the local line dance community. More recently, she added Get in Line Dance Winnipeg, a public page where she can share dance information while keeping the group private. Everyone is invited to like and follow the page, and those looking for more active participation are welcone to join the group.

Current Classes and Events

Heather typically teaches seven to ten classes per week at community centres throughout Winnipeg. Fall schedules have not yet been released, but they will be posted in the Line Dance Winnipeg Facebook group as soon as they are available.

In addition to regular classes, Heather has been part of the organizing committee for the annual June Bug Line Dance event for the past three years. This summer, she will also help launch the first of planned monthly line dance parties at Norberry-Glenlee Community Centre. She also has a few other dance-related projects currently in development...stay tuned.

Where She Teaches

• Dakota Community Centre
• Linden Woods Community Centre
• Southdale Community Centre (during winter months)
• Norbert Community Centre
• Whyte Ridge Community Centre

Contact Information

Email: linedancewinnipeg@gmail.com

Facebook page: Get in Line Dance Winnipeg

Facebook group: Line Dance Winnipeg

Olivia Simpson was introduced to line dancing when she moved to Manitoba in 2010 by Amanda Van den Bussche. She slowly grew her line up of dances with her friends learning mostly from YouTube videos. 

She attended Amanda’s classes, and in 2024 decided to start teaching closer to home in Portage la Prairie while her kids are still young, thus beginning the journey of Grace & Grit Dance Co. 

Olivia continues to teach in Portage la Prairie, usually with a fall and winter session, and also does private events through Grace & Grit Dance Co.

Olivia teaches in Portage la Prairie, usually with a fall and winter session, and also does private events through Grace & Grit Dance Co.

Tiffany Parada is very excited to share her passion & love for dance to the community! Her dance background includes Ukrainian dance for 14+ years, which included ballet-infused warm-ups from Royal Winnipeg Ballet dancers. She has since dabbled in jazz, ballet & contemporary dance as an adult, and has more recently discovered her love for line-dancing!

She co-choreographed a sassy line-dance with Curtis Dooma (@thatlinedancecowboy) and successfully competed with it in the Calgary Line Dance competition of 2026. She's grateful to be able to do what she loves while witnessing new dancers light up when they learn a new dance on the dance floor - it brings her so much joy! Looking forward to more private events, instructor opportunities, and dancing with Curtis anywhere & everywhere she can!

Tiffany currently teaches:

• Mondays (1-2:30pm) & Thursdays (5:30-7pm), West St Paul curling rink (431 Grassmere), beginner
• To A Tee Line Dance Workshops, Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30pm, 641 Pepperloaf Crescent, all levels
• Fall classes: West St Paul, Selkirk, St James Assiniboia, To A Tee workshops (all to be determined closer to September)