Nadine Selinger

ARAD RTS, ADAPT, Acrobatic Arts, CDTA-L
Chief Executive Officer, Artistic Director & Dance Educator

Nadine is a registered teacher and mentor with the Royal Academy of Dance, holds her ADAPT teachers certificate, CDTA membership and has her Acrobatic Arts teacher certification. She has been an entrepreneur and business owner for over 17 years, she’s an Elite Member of the Dance Studio Owner Association, holds her Small Business and Entrepreneurship certificate from Mount Royal and is a certified adjudicator. Nadine also has considerable experience in mentoring her students from childhood all the way to become certified dance educators.

Erin

Gardner

ADAPT, Acrobatic Arts
Dance Educator

Miss Erin holds her ADAPT Teachers certificate in Tap and Jazz, Acrobatic Arts Modules 1 and 2 certifications and has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Marketing. She competed in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 World Baton Twirling Championships in Barcelona Spain, Osaka Japan and Minneapolis USA respectively, and has over 10 years of experience preparing and entering students for examinations and competitions.

Barbara

Miller

RAD RTS, CDTA-L, ADAPT, Acrobatic Arts
Dance Educator

Mrs Miller is a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance; a CDTA Licentiate member in Tap, Jazz, Modern and an Associate in Ballet; an ADAPT certified teacher and has her Acrobatic Arts Module 1 certification. She is also Past President of CDTA Saskatchewan Branch and CDTA National, is currently the CDTA National Modern Director and is a CDTA Examiner in Modern.

Mrs Miller has been the local rehearsal director for Moscow Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet and Swan Lake and was the founder and director of Applause Dance Academy for 29 years. She has been adjudicating dance at competitions across Canada for over 30 years and has herself won many choreography awards for her Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Pointe and Modern dances.

She has over 40 years teaching experience, loves teaching all styles of dance and believes that everyone at any age should be dancing! Many of Mrs Miller’s former dancers have become professional dance teachers and performers across Canada, USA and Europe, and some are currently with the Boise Idaho Ballet and Kittiwake Dance Theatre in St. John’s Newfoundland.

Nicole

Ravasco

ARAD RTS, ADAPT, CDTA-L
Foundations Director, Dance Educator & Fine Arts Academy Educator

Miss Nicole is a registered teacher with the RAD, has her ADAPT Teachers certificate in Tap and Jazz, is an Licentiate Member with the CDTA SK Branch in Tap, and was a member of the Team Canada National Tap Team in 2014 that competed in Riesa, Germany. She completed her Advanced 2 RAD Ballet certificate, Grade 8 RAD Ballet certificate, Advanced CDTA Tap and Jazz certificates, Intermediate 1 ADAPT Tap and Jazz certificates and is a graduate of Dance City’s Pre-Professional Program. She also has an absolute love for teaching children of all ages, and has a particular soft spot for the little ones.

Nadine

Selinger

ARAD RTS, ADAPT, Acrobatic Arts, CDTA-L
Chief Executive Officer, Artistic Director & Dance Educator

Miss Nadine is a registered teacher and mentor with the Royal Academy of Dance, holds her ADAPT teachers certificate, CDTA membership and has her Acrobatic Arts teacher certification. She has trained with the State Street Ballet Company (Santa Barbara, CA), The American Academy of Ballet (Eugene, OR), Canadian Dance World (New Westminster, BC) and Drewitz School of Dance (Estevan, SK). She is also a national competition adjudicator and the recipient of numerous choreography awards. Some of Miss Nadine’s students have gone on to work professionally with Celebrity Cruise, Princess Cruise, de Costa Talent Management, Stratford Festival and Globe Theatre; have trained with the Randolph College for Performing Arts, Sheridan College for Fine Arts and University of Houston Dance Program; and have appeared in various shows including Beverly Hills 90212, Shameless, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and two up-and-coming shows on NBC and Netflix! 

Tovéah

Beauchesne

Dance Educator

Miss Tovéah is a member of our Competitive and Pre-Professional Programs. She has been training at the studio for over 10 years and has successfully completed her ADAPT Intermediate 1 jazz exam, her ADAPT Intermediate 3 tap exam, her CDTA Advanced tap exam, her RAD Grade 5 ballet exam and her RAD Intermediate ballet exam. Miss Tovéah has a passion for teaching the little ones and is thrilled to be teaching this class!

Armando

Bottaro

Dance Educator

Armando has performed for and trained with the following companies as a soloist and in the ensemble: Italian National Ballet Company, New Euroballet Company, Renato Greco Dance Company, Mvula Sungani Italian Dance Theatre, Ballet of Naples, Rome Opera Theatre, Greek Theatre of Siracusa, In Scena Opera Company and Spazio Dance Company. He also performed for five years on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines touring the world. Under full scholarship, he trained at A.I.D. in Rome; OFF JAZZ Company in France; The Company Classical Ballet Association of Reggio Emilia and with Neva Dimova, Siracusa. He has over 20 years experience teaching and choreographing in Italy and Canada, and is the recipient of numerous choreography, overall and high point awards.

Kyra

Harris

ARAD
Dance Educator

Kyra Harris is a former dancer and teacher from Dance City. She trained and competed in all styles of dance. She has completed examinations in tap and jazz through the ADAPT Syllabus and ballet through the Royal Academy of Dance. After graduation from Grade 12, Kyra moved to Toronto to pursue her love for dance, singing and acting by training and completing her Performing Arts Diploma at Randolph Performing Arts College.

While in Toronto Kyra had the opportunity to work with numerous choreographers and perform in dance shows such as Choreo Ball, The Inspire Awards, Fever After Dark and Junk Yard Bandits. Kyra is represented by 10 Talent Management in Toronto and is excited to be teaching and sharing her love of dance.

Haven

Laschowski

Acrobatic Arts Module 1 
Dance Educator

Miss Haven is a graduate from Dance City’s Pre-Professional program. Training at the studio for over 10 years, she has successfully completed her ADAPT Advanced jazz exam, RAD Advanced 1 ballet exam, RAD Grade 8 ballet exam and Acrobatic Arts Level 8 acro exam. She also holds her Acrobatic Arts Module One Teacher Certification. She is a first year university student at the University of Regina, pursuing her schooling in sciences with the goal of attending medical school. Miss Haven is beyond excited to get to know all her students and help them grow as individuals this season. 

Keeley

Olson

Dance Educator

Bio coming soon!

Rachel

Redenbach

Dance Educator

Miss Rachel is a former graduate of Dance City’s Pre-Professional Program; she has her Intermediate 3 ADAPT Tap and Jazz certificates, Advanced CDTA Tap certificate, Grade 8 RAD Ballet certificate, and her Advanced Foundation RAD Ballet certificate. She was part of the Saskatchewan Roughrider cheer team for the 2019 season and was a member of the 2014 Junior Canadian Tap Team that competed at worlds in Reisa, Germany. Miss Rachel is currently completing her Biology degree at the University of Regina and hopes to pursue a career in Medicine.

Chrissy

Bottaro

ADAPT TTS Year 1
Guest Dance Educator

Miss Chrissy holds her Year 1 ADAPT Tap and Jazz Teacher Training School. She was the Dance Captain, Aerialist, Install Director and Feature Dancer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines for 10 years; Dance Captain and Swing onboard Disney Cruise Lines; Former Dancer, Rehearsal Director, Assistant to Artistic Director and Choreographer for the touring company of Saskatchewan Express; and Assistant Teacher and Senior member of the Salsations Dance Company at Myers Dance Studio. She has over 20 years teaching experience and is the recipient of numerous choreography, overall and high mark awards. Chrissy has her Advanced CDTA Tap and Jazz certificates, Grade 8 RAD Ballet certificate, Intermediate 2 RAD Ballet certificate and Intermediate 1 ADAPT Jazz certificate.

Halle

Gall

Guest Dance Educator

After graduating from Dance City, Halle attended Harbour Dance Centre’s Intensive Training Program under the direction of Moe Brody. Throughout the program Halle received extensive training from world-renowned choreographers in addition to spending several hours each week with vocal coaching, acting lessons, and circus training. Upon completing ITP, Halle was signed to Da Costa Talent Agency where she launched into the film and TV industry, recently performing in CW’s ‘Riverdale’, and ‘Charmed’, NBC’S ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’, CBS’s ‘BH90210’, Barbie, and can also be seen in Netflix’s series ‘Julie and The Phantoms’ where she worked with world renowned director, Kenny Ortega. Halle is incredibly grateful for these opportunities, and is eager to continue pursuing more commercial endeavours in the future. Halle is committed to a life of growing, learning, and performing. She feels most at home when she’s on stage!

Emily

McNair

CDTA-A
Guest Dance Educator

Born and raised in Regina, Miss Emily has been dancing for most of her life. Emily grew up dancing at Myers School of Dance and Applause Dance Academy in Regina, Saskatchewan where she trained extensively in ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap, hip hop, modern and musical theatre. In addition to her regular training, she attended various summer schools and training programs with Alvin Ailey, Broadway Dance Centre and The Rockettes in New York City; Harbour Dance Centre and Vancouver Tap Festival in Vancouver; the Alberta Ballet as well as several others across Saskatchewan. Her dance career includes performances in Grease in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; TeleMiracle; Alberta Ballet’s Nutcracker ballet; as well as a number of other local and national performances. Emily has been teaching dance since 2005, is an Associate Member with CDTA in Tap and has studied and taught the RAD, CDTA and ADAPT syllabi. 

Maia

Redenbach

Guest Dance Educator

Bio coming soon!

Chrissy

Bottaro

Administrative Support & Fantastic Dance Mom

Miss Chrissy holds her Year 1 ADAPT Tap and Jazz Teacher Training School. She was the Dance Captain, Aerialist, Install Director and Feature Dancer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines for 10 years; Dance Captain and Swing onboard Disney Cruise Lines; Former Dancer, Rehearsal Director, Assistant to Artistic Director and Choreographer for the touring company of Saskatchewan Express; and Assistant Teacher and Senior member of the Salsations Dance Company at Myers Dance Studio. She has over 20 years teaching experience and is the recipient of numerous choreography, overall and high mark awards. Chrissy has her Advanced CDTA Tap and Jazz certificates, Grade 8 RAD Ballet certificate, Intermediate 2 RAD Ballet certificate and Intermediate 1 ADAPT Jazz certificate.

Emily

McNair

MAdmin, PMP, CMC, CDTA-A
Director of Marketing & Communications

Emily holds her Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designations, has a Master of Administration degree in Leadership as well as a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in entrepreneurship and marketing. She is also a certified facilitator in ColourSpectrums™ self-awareness, personal development, team building and stress management modules as well as a certified facilitator for EQi 2.0 and EQ360. Emily has a passion for leadership, team development and marketing. Every day she wakes up with the intentions to make a positive impact in the lives of everyone around her, provide coaching to enable others to achieve greatness and inspire others to surpass their own expectations.

Delanie

Wall

BBA
Studio Coordinator & Client Ambassador 

Delanie is our Studio Coordinator & Client Ambassador, meaning you will likely see her smiling at the front desk when you walk into the studio! She holds her Bachelor of Business Administration degree, majoring in Entrepreneurship, and attended the University of Regina. Delanie has performed in both dance and gymnastics but found her true passion in rhythmic gymnastics when she was seven. She competed and performed in rhythmics for over 14 years and has traveled to Switzerland, as part of Team Canada, to perform in World Gymnaestrada. In her spare time, you can almost always find her drawing, painting, or hanging out with her pets!