Our history

Pegasus Performing Arts was founded by the husband and wife team of Wayne West and Fabienne Le Panse in 1992. It began as an amateur production company, and enjoyed early success touring the island of Montreal with fairy tale productions for very young children.
 
After sold out  productions of "Beauty and the Beast" ; "Aladdin" ; and "Sleeping Beauty"; they had gained the interest needed - and opened their school in the fall of 1993. Now each year, over 250 students participate in Annual and Summer Camp programs held by Pegasus.

Our Director


Wayne West is a professional actor, playwright,
director, and producer. He graduated from the
Professional Theatre program at John Abbott
College in 1985, and then continued to pursue
studies in radio, television production, film. and
photography.

Wayne began his teaching career in 1998, but
five years later he opened Pegasus, and for the
past fifteen years he has served as the artistic
director producing over 100 stage productions
and over 30 movies mostly featuring many of
the talented young people he has taught on the
island of Montreal.

 

Our Film Training includes...

 * SCREEN ACTING TECHNIQUES
 * ON CAMERA EXPERIENCE
 * CLASS MOVIE PROJECTS
 * MOMENT TO MOMENT ACTING
 * CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
 * SETTING YOUR MARKS
 * PREPARING FOR AUDITIONS
 * SUPPORTING VOICE
 * ACTING FOR TRUTH
  and much more...

Our stage training includes

  * VOICE & DICTION
 * MOVEMENT
 * IMPROVISATION
 * CHARACTER MASKS
 * MUSICAL THEATRE
 * SCENE STUDIES
 * CHARACTER ANALYSIS
 * SUB-TEXT AND INTERPRETATION
 * COMEDY AND CLOWNING
 * STAGE COMBAT
 * MAKE -UP DESIGN
 * PUPPET THEATRE
 * SCENE PAINTING & PROPS
 * STAGE MANAGEMENT
 and much more...