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 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 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. (...more about Tracy)
Caroline 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 )	Starsha Laurtzin has been studying dance from a very young age. She has accumulated more than twenty years of experience in competitive dance as a competitor and now as a qualified and certified instructor. She is much in demand as performer, and has worked with many big-names in the industry Starsha extensive training in jazz, ballet, lyrical, acro and hip hop. (...more about Starsha)
Tiffany McLean is the former owner/director of Tiffany's Dance Elite Studio in Hamilton, Ontario. Tiffany's students have won titles for Dance Masters of America including Mr. Dance of America. Tiffany has choreographed the Gemini Awards, Fashion Cares and is on the faculty of the CanDance Convention. Tiffany is best known for her incredible choreography, especially with the older students in areas of modern and lyrical dance. She brings out flawless technique and a passion for dance in her students.	Nicole 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)
Kim 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.	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. She has a passion for teaching and loves working with kids. Rebecca has taught at workshops, conventions and dance classes throughout Ontario.
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!!"