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Michelle Long
Michelle is the owner and director of Micki’s Dance Connection. As a former Canadian National Elite Gymnast, Michelle heads up the acro/gymnastics program. Michelle trained and competed many years under the direction of Don and Bonita Rope at the Cambridge Kips Gymnastic Club. As well as being a former gymnast and gymnastics coach, Michelle is also a Registered Nurse and Fitness Instructor. Michelle’s own daughters have been competitive dancers at Micki’s Dance Connection for many years and share a love of dance and the joy of helping others accomplish their goals. Michelle’s experience and talent helps set Micki’s apart from other studios’. |
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Vicki Fletcher
The competitive team is led by Vicki, an accomplished teacher and choreographer with years of competitive dancing experience. As a competitive judge and member of Dance Masters of America Chapter 43, Vicki continues to attend and teach at workshops throughout Ontario. Many of Vicki’s dancers have been recipients of scholarships and have won many titles. A number of her students have gone on to pursue their own careers in dance and theatre.
Vicki is an amazing dance teacher whose enthusiasm and positive instructional style is loved by all of her students! |
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Jennifer Semiwolos
Jennifer has been teaching dance to children of all ages and abilities for over 10 years. Jennifer has a diploma in Early Childhood Education as well as being a graduate of Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School.
Her boundless energy allows her to take on the pre-school program, competitive and recreational classes, as well as being currently employed by the Catholic District School Board as Educational Assistance Relief Staff. Jennifer’s love of dance combined with her enjoyment of working with children of all ages makes her an exceptional dance instructor. |
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Cintia Hamer
Cintia is a registered teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance holding the R.A.D Teachers Diploma with distinction. As well, she holds the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance for both Advanced Modern and National certificates. Cintia’s past education involves the successful Honors in Dance as a graduates of Ryerson University. Ever since she began teaching, she has been entering students for examinations. Teaching for over 20 years, Cintia has entered many students and all have landed exams with great results. Before owning and operating her own studio for 8 years, she danced professionally with the Atlantic Ballet Company and City Ballet Company of Toronto. During her tenures she toured North America and Bermuda, was seen on television commercials and other dance venues. Cintia has extensive experience choreographing for many Dance Competitions, Festivals and Theatre Companies. |
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Scott MacDonald
When Scott is not touring the world, we are very fortunate to have Scott, who was a former student here at Micki’s Dance Connection return as a teacher and an award winning choreographer. Scott’s professional credits include “Beauty and the Beast” with Drayton Entertainment the Ontario Tour, Helix Dance Project, ASH Contemporary in Montreal and the feature film The Music Man. Scott has many, many awards and scholarships including American Dance Awards 2004 Scholarship winner and Male dancer of the year. We are very honored and proud to have Scott join our team here at Micki’s Dance Connection. |
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Heather Cook
As an important member of our staff, Heather is our receptionist here at Micki’s that keeps us all organized and the studio running smoothly. Heather handles many administrative duties as well as always lending a helpful hand to all staff and students. |
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Madelaine Massey
Madelaine is an exciting new member of our hip hop team here at MDC. She brings excitement to our studio with experience as a hip hop teacher as well as, being a member of the Toronto Raiders Football Dance Team, the Remix Performers and F.A.T.E. in New York City. Madelaine’s friendly, outgoing personality is perfect for working with kids of all ages and her energetic classes inspire her students to have a great time while they learn the latest in todays hip hop dance style. |
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Natalie Petrella
She is teaching hip hop at Micki’s Dance Connection, grew up dancing in Mississauga and Toronto. Over the last 23 years, she has studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, musical theatre, and hiphop. Some of her credits include being choreographer for the Toronto Blue Jays’ Jay Cru, dance captain for Jay Cru, dance captain for the Toronto Phantoms’ Q107 Phantasy Girlz, a featured performance for the Toronto Raptors’ Dance Pak, and performances with MPI. Her television and film credits include the HBO movie In His Father’s Shoes, and the music video for Sky’s Some Kinda Wonderful. Natalie was a member of Team Canada in 2000, in Germany, for the World Showdance Championships, and in 2002, in Toronto, for the World Jazz Championships. Natalie has been teaching and choreographing for 12 years, and takes pride in her students’ hard work and dynamite performances. Competition time is like Christmas to Natalie…there’s nothing like the smell of hairspray at 6am! |
