Premiere Dance Staff

Carla Premiere Dance Burlington Oakville Ontario
Carla Marques
is the owner and director of Premiere Dance Inc. Carla has over 21 years of teaching and choreography experience. She has been the driving force behind Premiere’s success and growth for the past 11 years.

Carla has taught workshops and adjudicated throughout Canada and the United States. Her students have won overall titles, for individual and group performances, at regional and national levels. Her choreography awards and studio choice awards are numerous, and continue to increase each year with her dedication and drive to provide the best dance instruction for her students. (...more about Carla)


Stacey Dance Instructor Burlington Premiere Dance Hamilton OakivlleStacey Aquila has had over eight years of teaching experience. She has 25 years of dance training experience in jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, modern, hip hop and pointe. Stacey loves and enjoys interacting with and teaching young children dance and the fundamentals of being a team player.

Stacey is a graduate of the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. She studied with many dance professionals such as Gregory Hines, George Randolph, Karen Andrew and Siona Jackson. (...more about Stacey)

Tracy Ballet Instruction BurlingtonTracy Dawn Pinch Lacroix began her dance training at the age of three in Toronto, Ontario. Her early ballet training was with Royal Academy of Dance method and she completed exams up to the Pre-Elementary level.

Along with her R.A.D. and Cecchetti training Tracy also teaches the Performing Arts Educators of Canada syllabus, (PAEC). Tracy is a Full Member of their Ballet Division, and D.M.A.; Licentiate, CSC-CICB
T.T.P.-Dip.
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Caroline Torti Premiere Dance Instructor Burlington OntarioCaroline Torti has performed on stages worldwide and is sought out as a choreographer by some of the most prestigious dance organizations in North America. Some of her recent credits include Top 14 finalist for the premiere season of “So You Think You Can Dance Canada” and a member of the innovative, renowned dance company Helix Dance Project. (...more about Caroline)

Rebecca Mills Dance Instructor Premire Dance Burlington Oakville Jaclyn Tarnoweckyj - B.F.A. (Hons) – Theatre: Performance Dance, A.I.S.T.D. (CSB), P.A.E.C. Full Membership (Ballet), I.A.D.A./P.A.A. (Certified Adjudicator).

Jaclyn is a dedicated ballet teacher.


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Kim Falconi Bradford Dance Instructor Staff Premiere Dance Oakville BurlingtonKim Falconi is an accomplished teacher, choreographer and adjudicator. She has been pleased to share her love and knowledge of dance with students across North America.

Kim’s choreography has been recognized both regionally and nationally and her students have held numerous national titles. Kim is best known for her skills and choreography teaching acro (gymnastic) style dance.

Nicole Anderson Dance Teacher Burlington Oakville OntarioNicole Serino currently resides in Toronto and began her dance training 20 years ago. Her studies have included ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap, modern, hip-hop and voice.

Her intense training has taken her all over Canada and the United States where she has had the opportunity to win many national level titles and competitions. (...more about Nicole)


Meghan KnappMeghan Knapp began dancing at the age of three and it has been a huge part of her life since.

She has been well trained in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, and pointe and has competed throughout Ontario and the United States where she has been awarded with many overall and title awards.

Now as a teacher and choreographer, her routines have been amongst the overall standings as well as being recognized for their choreography. 

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Rebecca Mills Dance Instructor Premire Dance Burlington Oakville
Rebecca Mills
has studied jazz, ballet, acro, hip hop, lyrical/contemporary and tap from renowned teachers and choreographers.

She has competed throughout Canada and the U.S. winning numerous performance, overall,and special awards. She holds the Senior Miss CanDance Toronto 2009 title and holds a place on their showteam for Spain in 2010.

Rebecca has a passion for teaching and loves working with kids. Rebecca has taught at workshops, conventions and dance classes throughout Ontario.

Kim Falconi Bradford Dance Instructor Staff Premiere Dance Oakville Burlington Danielle Ballantine has made Dance a part of her life for over 20 years. . She has been teaching since the age of 15 in Hamilton, Grimsby, and Caledonia.

Dani has a true passion for dance and it is shown through her teaching. She spent her years of training at That's Dancing. Dani has experienced training in tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, and acro, and has been dancing since the age of 3, both recreational and competitively. She loves teaching children of all ages at both recreational and competitive levels.

As part of Dani's training, she has attended many workshops with Manhattan Dance project, and has taken classes in New York at both 'Steps on Broadway', and 'The Broadway Dance Center'. Dani has danced professionally in various shows for DLM Entertainment. Dani loves dancing and teaching, and encourages her students to, "Dance like no ones watching!!"

Kim Falconi Bradford Dance Instructor Staff Premiere Dance Oakville Burlington John Charles Vaughan (JC) began hip hop dancing at the age of 7. As he grew, so did his love of dance, moving him forward to study Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Contemporary. He has traveled the continent to work with some of the best companies and choreographers.

In 2008 he won National JUMP VIP, and in 2010, NUVO Breakout Artist. He has worked with hip hop masters such as Misha Gabriel from Michael Jackson’s This Is It, Kenny Wormald star of the Footloose Remake, Ivan Koumaev contestant on Season 2 SYTYCD US, one of Justin Bieber’s principle dancers Nick Demoura and many more!

Not only is he a dancer but also a creative teacher and choreographer. As a choreographer he has won overall awards for his hip hop work and has been recognized as one of Canada’s top up and coming hip hop choreographers. He has been said to have a silky smooth style and to be a type dancer who gives it all they’ve got. (..more about JC)

Kim Falconi Bradford Dance Instructor Staff Premiere Dance Oakville Burlington Nikki Loiero has spent the majority of her dance training at Performing Dance Arts and graduated from Cardinal Carter School of the Arts with a dance diploma.

Currently she is enrolled at the University of Toronto finishing her Honors Bachelor of Arts Degree. She has 15 years experience in competitive dance.

Nikki studied under the Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers for 3 years and is an A.D.A.P.T Certified Dance Instructor. (..more about Nikki)


Kim Falconi Bradford Dance Instructor Staff Premiere Dance Oakville Burlington
"Dance like no one is watching!!"