Dance Instructors

  Dance Styles: Ballroom and Latin

Nick has been dancing since 2006 and his focus has been on training and coaching more than his own competitive career. Nick has trained and is still training numerous students for exams and competitions.

Nick competed in the Supreme Dancer of the Year 2014 where he won the Ballroom Pro-am Section. His last competition that he competed in was SADTA The Summer Fiesta in December 2016. 

Nick was the Ballroom and Latin coach for Crawford Matric dance exams in 2013 and he co-choreographed the Tyger Valley High School Production in 2014. He has been part of two dance productions at the State Theatre in 2007 and 2009 and performed at the Pro-Arte Reunion Show in 2013.

Nick also has experience in private shows such as the Multichoice Annual Awards in 2013 and the Annual Soviet Gala Awards in 2015 and he dances at various other corporate events. 
Nick also earned his licentiate’s qualification for Latin at the end of 2015 and has also obtained his Associates qualification in Ballroom since then.

In 2016, Nick achieved 2nd in Latin and 3rd in Ballroom during the Gauteng professional competition.  At the Spring Fiesta he placed 1st in professional Ballroom that same year.

Nick took part as a dancer in Classics is Groot in 2017.  He also took part in the 2018 Rumba in the Jungle Pro-am event.

Ballroom coach for TKKA 2018 and has been an assistant coach for Dancing With the Stars 2018 and Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and 2015.

   
  Dance Styles: Ballet and Contemporary

Aletia has been dancing for over 20 years. From 2011 – 2013 she completed a dance teaching diploma at Tshwane University of Technology which included other elements such as performing, choreography as well as basic stage management.
Her career in dance has encountered many different opportunities; from corporate events, dancing abroad, big stage shows, teaching and choreographing a musical and dance group pieces, just to name a few. 

Aletia has been astute in choreographing a routine in the TuksDance Krekvars in 2015 and choreographing and directing Step Up to Fame (Krekvars 2016). 

In 2016 alone, Aletia had obtained multiple 1st Places for Hip Hop competitions she partook in. She has also qualified for SA colours for hip hop and jazz. Her team at the IDO Worlds Championships achieved 1st Place for Production and 2nd Place for Formation. She never intends to stop learning and growing as an all-round dancer and imparting this knowledge on to her students.

Aletia is also a fully-qualified Pilates Instructor and Biokineticist.

   
 

 

   



 

 

 


 


 
 
 
 

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