Originally from Oakville, Ontario, Katerina Wu is an aspiring dancer and choreographer, passionate about sharing her art with others.

As a Centennial College Dance Performance Diploma Program graduate, she has training in multiple dance styles, including contemporary, modern, lyrical, ballet, jazz, acrobatics, hip-hop, commercial, waacking, breaking, and house.

Katerina is hard-working and dependable, with an ambitious mindset. She is a multi-talented and creative dancer, who pushes artistic boundaries with her energetic performance and detail-oriented choreography.

Katerina is passionate about teaching and aims to create an open and welcoming environment where dancers can push their creative limits. Constantly striving to be the best version of herself, she is always open to new opportunities that support her growth as an artist and a person. 

Shelby has been dancing for 14 years with Dancensations Dance Academy where she has taken many styles of dance from ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, musical theatre. Over the years she has grown to love hip hop, tap and musical theatre.

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For the last 10 years Shelby has been a part of the Dancesations Competitive dance team were she has won numerous awards and scholarships as a soloist and along side her teammates.

She has also performed at different events, most recently performing the halftime show at the Niagara Riverlions with the rest of the hip hop team.

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Shelby has always enjoyed being able to assist the young dancers in hip hop, tap and musical theatre , while making learning a fun and positive experience.

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Shelby is very excited to bring her love of hip hop to the classroom were she can encourage and motivate students to reach their goals

Molly Levay has been dancing since she was two and a half years old.  She started training competitively at the age of six. She is a diverse dancer who has trained in ballet (RAD), jazz, tap, pointe ballet, contemporary, lyrical, musical theatre, open, and hip hop.  She has performed in a variety of routines including solos, duets, trios, quartets, small groups, large groups, and production numbers.

Molly has been a teaching assistant since the age of eight and has assisted dancers from ages two to twelve.  Further, she was a teaching assistant for the junior competitive team at Dancesations Dance Academy. She has also taught dancers ages three to nine at summer dance camp and has a passion for working with children!   

Some of Molly’s achievements throughout her dance journey include winning overall solo placements, improv overall winner (three years in a row), elite most potential (three years in a row), awarded scholarships, overall solo high scores of competitions and in her genre, elite dance off winner, and winning many special awards and judges choice awards.   Molly continues to attend additional workshops and training opportunities to learn and grow in dance.   Additionally, she took part in a solo title competition where she participated in interview and audition classes to gain more experience in the industry.

Molly auditioned for the official Team Canada Show Dance team and was selected to compete internationally in Poland on the worldwide stage representing Canada. She performed solo, improv, small group, large group, and production routines. These routines placed extremely well within the number of entries and within the talent from around the world. 

Molly works well under pressure, is dedicated and adaptable. She demonstrated these traits when she had to learn eight routines in two weeks for a National Dance Competition in Orlando Florida.  Molly attended the 2023 Starpower National competition in which dance studios from Abby Lee Dance Company, World of Dance and choreographers who have worked with Jennifer Lopez were in attendance.  The team Molly was asked to be part of and represent advanced to the Dance Battles which was a huge success.    Molly truly feels that being a part of a dance team is a group effort.  She has experience working among many different teams and different age groups ranging from juniors to adults.  She feels having opportunities to work with multiple dancers at various ages/stages keeps you humble and can push you harder. 

Molly has been described by choreographers as “someone the dance industry wants” because of her humility, kindness, talent, easy going attitude, strong work ethic, determination, ability to self-reflect and her coachability.  She has also been described as a mature dancer and “mind blowing” for her age.  “Molly is a joy to work with because she puts in the time, applies corrections, and never gives up.  She screams passion on stage”.

Molly believes that dance is both athletic and a form of art and her goal is to share her love of dance with young dancers. She loves watching young dancers grow and develop.  Molly strives to provide a fun atmosphere for her students while still providing the training to succeed.   She believes that dance has helped her develop crucial life skills that have helped her succeed in school, her employment, and life! 

When not dancing (which is not often) she loves baseball, golf, fishing, volleyball, being a part of her school’s student council, being with her family/friends, and spending time with her dog. 

Julia has been dancing since she was four years old. She began competitive dance at six, and has loved it ever since. Throughout her years of dance, Julia has been trained in tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, musical theatre, pointe, and open. She has been and is currently a soloist in the genres of tap and contemporary. Julia has performed and competed in various groups, trios, duets, and solos. 

At competitions, Julia has earned multiple awards and scholarships for her strong performances. She’s placed in many overalls throught the years, and strives to do her personal best each and every time she takes the stage. Julia pushes herself to always see improvement from year to year. Besides competitions, Julia has participated in many workshops and dance conventions. She’s performed at the River Lions Halftime Show the past two years, and always looks for new opportunities to perform in front of an audience and do what she loves. 

Around the studio, Julia arrives at dance with a positive attitude and always aims to leave with one. Through her experience as an assistant, her love for working with kids shines through. Julia works well in leadership positions, and strives to inspire her students by sharing her passion with them. She aims to create a positive learning environment and make sure all of her dancers are having fun. She’s incredibly excited to share her love for dance with her students, watch them grow as young dancers, and celebrate their progress along the way.