Candy Sherwin has been on The Performing Arts Center faculty since 2001.  She brings with her a wide range of experience as an actress, dancer, teacher and choreographer.  She began studying ballet at the age of nine, and never stopped, adding jazz and tap to the mix along the way.  She performed with Ballet Des Arts as a teenager, and in various local theatrical productions.  She continued to perform and teach while she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts at California State University, Northridge.  Candy trained with Paul Maure, Salle Whalen, Joe Tremaine, Joe Bennett, and Doug Caldwell just to name a few. 

She has appeared on over 100 industrials, videos, and musical theater productions.  Her choreography credits include, but are not limited to, Once Upon a Mattress, Peter Pan, Wizard of Oz. and Fiddler on the Roof.  Candy has taught ballet, jazz, and Musical Theatre at California State University Northridge’s Teenage Drama Workshop every summer for over 20 years.  She continuers to head up its’ dance division.  Candy’s desire to share her love for dance and theatre infuses her classes with positive energy, as she addresses proper technique and styling.