Yukon dancers will have a rare opportunity to receive instruction from one of the best in the ballet world on Tuesday.

Chan Hon Goh is a former principal dancer of 20 years with the National Ballet of Canada and now the director of Goh Ballet in Vancouver.

Tomorrow, she will bring her masterclass to the Northern Lights School of Dance in Porter Creek.

Goh has also been part of juries on several international dance competitions.

She is a founding member of Vancouver’s arts and culture policy council and has received numerous awards throughout her career.

Those include the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the YWCA Women of Distinction Award and the New Pioneers Arts Award.

This marks the first time Goh is bringing the masterclass ­– which she takes on the road each year – to Whitehorse after travelling to seven other cities in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia to teach the class.

In an interview Friday, she noted it was a student of her husband – former dancer and now teacher Chun Che – who had grown up taking ballet in Whitehorse and who suggested Goh bring the class to the Yukon.

“She had done all her foundational training in Whitehorse,” Goh said.

“She was the one who planted that little seed.”

For Whitehorse dancers, it means they will get to take a class from Goh without having to travel Outside as Goh brings her experience to a new generation of dancers.

“I would like to continue on this important journey, which started in 2014, to create access for young dancers across the vast Canadian dance community to receive instruction which will propel their artistry and benefit their future goals,” Goh said.

She hopes dancers in the class will see how the day-to-day exercises and process at the dance studio can help them onstage when performance time comes around, drawing focus to artistic interpretation.

Students taking the one-hour junior level session with Goh must have completed their Grade 5 RAD in ballet while those wanting to take in the senior level session while those planning to take part in the senior level session must have completed at least two years of pointe work and Grade 8 or Advanced 1.

Goh noted it can be a challenge for dancers to make the connection between the work in the studio and their performances.

When a dancer isn’t able to make that connection, she noted, it impacts the stage work.

“It becomes quite mechanical,” Goh said.

She pointed o the difficulty for dancers to elicit an emotional response and be in character for their performances when that connection hasn’t been made.

Along with the instruction Goh offers in the class is a question and answer session as well.

“It’s quite a jam-packed session,” she said.

While February marks a busy time of year for her as she takes her masterclass on the road, she’s happy to meet with such a variety of dancers.

“It is a very intensive month, but we are thrilled to reach young dancers across the country, to foster and grow the incredible dance community in Canada,” she said.

“It gives me so much joy to be able to meet aspiring artists; their enthusiasm and talent continue to engage my desire to give back.”

The class costs $25 (participants can register at www.gohballet.com/performance/canadian-masterclass-series), though Goh also provides scholarships of up to $5,000 for students who stand out in the class and may want to pursue their training further during the five-week intensive session her studio offers in Vancouver over the summer.

Goh noted last year, the scholarship was divided up among 15 dancers.

As expressed by one scholarship winner, Madison Dewart: “It’s a gift to take part in (Goh’s) masterclass.

“Through her guidance, she helped me explore the artistic and emotional elements to elevate my dance performances. Ms. Goh is a very encouraging and inspirational mentor; the class was truly an unforgettable and enriching experience.”

Throughout her career, Goh has seen numerous changes to ballet in Canada as more types of dance have been incorporated into performances.

That means dancers have to be quick to adapt.

At Goh’s studio, dancers are trained in both classic and contemporary dance, she said.