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Sheila Gibson Says Goodbye to the Glass City and Positive
Force
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Positive Force, the dance
studio that Sheila Gibson founded 13 years ago, presented
its annual June recital last month … and its final one.
Gibson, a Toledo native who has been teaching dance in this
area for over 30 years and has instructed over 500 students
during that time, is taking her talents to Florida where her
three children reside.
Her departure, and her
long-time service to the community, was recognized by
parents of her students during that last performance as they
gathered on stage at the end to present her with a plaque
commemorating her many years of service and thanking her for
the many gifts she has bestowed upon her students.
Over these 13 years, and
13 annual recitals, Gibson, a graduate of Rogers High School
and Bowling Green State University, has tutored students
ranging in age from five to 18 years in ballet, as well as
jazz dancing. She sometimes has an enrollment of more than
100 students in as many as 13 different classes at any given
time.
A serious student of dance
from an early age, Gibson has trained under Gail Grant,
author of the Technical Manual & Dictionary of Classical
Ballet, jazz master Gus Giordano and other respected
instructors. She also became a model and a model instructor
with John Casablanca School of Modeling here in Toledo. She
eventually travelled to Europe and co-owned a modeling and
dance company in London.
The annual recital is a
culmination of a year’s worth of planning, choreographing
and directing for Gibson, who generally participates with a
solo performance at some stage of the event.
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