Meet Our Amazing Faculty

Teri Willoughby, Artistic Director (Ballet)

Teri has worked as a teacher and choreographer for 40 years. She began her career dancing with the Alberta Ballet then moved to Montreal to work with the founder of Les Ballet Jazz, Eve Von Gensy. Teri then turned to choreography working with stage shows, musical revue groups and spent 5 years traveling Canada and the US with Stratus Faction, a performin

 Chantelle Lomness , (Tap and Jazz)  

Hailing from Calgary, Alberta, Chantelle Lomness has been dancing since the age of 3 and has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop and musical theatre. She now focuses on sharing her experience and knowledge through teaching, which she has been doing for over 15 years. She has received numerous awards for her accomplishments in choreograp

  Vanessa Paglione, (Jazz and Tap)  Vanessa began her training at an early age studying Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hiphop & Lyrical. Vanessa has had the opportunity to perform in various shows in Canada including Ignite! Festival, the University Of Calgary’s MainStage, and Skylines Dance and Film festival, and was a member of Ember Dance Company for 7 seasons, under the direction of Corinne Vessey

Tatti Snow, (Ballet and Aerial Fusion) 

Tatti’s training started at an early age on another hemisphere. She fell in love with dance after her first ballet lesson, and with time it became clear her passion was not just for ballet, but for any and all forms of movement and body awareness classes.

After years of extensive training and performing in Brazil and other places in South America, Tatti disco

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Sam Wong, (Hip Hop) 

  Samuel was originally inspired by music artists and street dance pioneers. He initially began by teaching himself and sought training under professionals in Calgary's hip hop scene. He continues to train and learn about various styles from hip hop to krump to ballet. Sam has performed for various venues including 10 at 10, United Way, and Downtown Calgary. Utilizing his expos

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