Jacquelyn has been involved in the arts since the age of three, when her adoptive parents enrolled her in dance classes, prescribed by their family doctor as a treatment for rickets. What they didn’t know then is that this therapy for strengthening the legs would open up a whole world of creativity for their daughter.

Throughout her elementary and secondary school years, Jacquelyn studied dance extensively — acrobatics, tap, ballet, jazz, modern and baton. She toured in Canada and the United States as a contortionist and had her own touring majorette corps. During high school, she was an Ontario gold medalist in floor exercise, and much later, in her 30s, became an 11-time gold-medal winner in ballroom dancing.


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