Sydney Faulkner

Sydney is a Toronto-based dancer and choreographer who has been a part of the dance industry for over twenty years. Training and competing across North America, she received recognition on a national level including full scholarships to train under world-renowned faculty at Dance Educators of America’s Ballet Intensive at the University of Nevada, as well as Sheer Elite International’s Pre-Professional Ballet Program. Now specializing in contemporary and jazz, Sydney has been a sought-after teacher, choreographer, guest instructor, and adjudicator at studios and competitions across Ontario for the past decade and has been recognized for her choreography at regional and national-level competitions across North America. Sydney is an Associate Member of the Canadian Dance Teacher’s Association certified in Classical Ballet and a proud member of the Professional Adjudicators Alliance. Performance opportunities have taken Sydney to several notable locations including Walt Disney World, the Miss Universe Pageant, Boots & Hearts Music Festival, as well as television commercial features.

Malika Mowinski

Malika thoroughly enjoys sharing her passion for dance through teaching and choreography. She is an ABT Certified Teacher in Pre-Primary to Level 5 of the ABT National Training Curriculum. Malika is also certified in Progressing Ballet Technique and Acrobatic Arts. She is a freelance choreographer and guest teacher based out of Guelph, ON- doing guest classes, choreography, and intensives for studios across Ontario. Her choreography has been selected multiple times to perform at  “Fever After Dark” and “Toronto’s Original Choreographer’s Ball”. She is on faculty with Dance Attack and was a weekly teacher at the Underground Dance Centre while residing in Toronto. She also had Malika’s teaching and choreography continues to evolve and grow as she works with, and is inspired by her students.

Kaleriya Azov

Dancing since the age of 4, Kaleriya has carried on her passion for dance ever since. She first started to gain her creativity and flexibility in rhythmic gymnastics, when she then decided that dance was her ultimate passion. With this, she advanced to be trained in a variety of styles including: acrobatics, tumbling, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, modern, jazz funk, and street jazz, as well as cultural styles such as dancehall, afrobeats, and soca. Kaleriya has choreographed for, and been a part of, various performances in the GTA, concerts and music videos, including MAS Latin Festival, STAGED, Mutari, and many more. She also continues to attend specialized competitions, seminars, and workshops to ensure that she always comes with fresh ideas and methods for her classes. Her dedicated work and artistry has granted her multiple Choreography and Leadership awards that she is thankful for. In addition, she is a certified Adjudicator with ADTA and is certified with Acrobatic Arts. She has taught students ranging from ages 18 months to adult on a recreational, competitive, and performance level and always tries to bring innovative & challenging ideas forward to promote growth.

As a strong believer in education and leadership, Kaleriya continues her passion outside of the studio as a Secondary School Teacher, fulfilling her Bachelor of Education and Honors BA from York University. Her goal is to continue to inspire and motivate students through creating an environment that fosters healthy development, creativity, confidence, and passion for dance.

Dylan Caetano

Dylan Caetano is a dancer, teacher and choreographer actively training and working in Toronto, Canada. At
age 10, he began his dance journey at the Deborah Thompson School of Dance, where he trained in
various genres, such as acrobatics, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, lyrical and tap. He studied at Mayfield Secondary
School in Caledon, participating in the Regional Arts Program in dance, where he trained in ballet and
modern, and participated in local performances as part of Breathe Dance Company and Studio 32 Dance
Company. Dylan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours degree from York University’s School of Art,
Media, Performance and Design in 2021, where he specialized in choreography and performance.
Throughout his training and studies, he received training from ballet and modern experts such as Tracy
Norman, Susan Lee, Helen Jones, Candice Helm, Julia Sasso, Carol Anderson, Holly Small, Catherine
Glassier, Peggy Baker and John Ottmann. Dylan is always looking to grow as a creative and has continued his growth by holding an internship at Millennium Dance Complex Toronto from 2017-2019. He also trained in contemporary and jazz under Allison Bradley as a member of the Elite Team at Dark Dance Company and in jazz funk and commercial performance under the guidance of Hollywood Jade. Dylan aspires to continue to grow and evolve as an artist and hopes to establish himself as a renowned performer and choreographer.

Megan Oko (Guest Teacher)

Since childhood, Megan has trained in dance styles such as Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Musical Theatre in Montreal, Kingston and Toronto. In 2006, she moved to Toronto to pursue the arts further. She graduated from the George Brown College Dance Program and continued her education at York University where she completed a BFA honours in Dance, specializing in teaching, and a minor in French Studies. Currently, she is with TDSB and teaching dance in high schools. Megan is passionate about teaching and inspiring children and youth, and about implementing the arts in our society.

Avi Silverman (Guest Teacher)

born in Jerusalem, Israel and began his training at The Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance. Avi moved to Toronto to continue his studies at Canada’s National Ballet School. He graduated in 1996 and joined The National Ballet of Canada becoming a Second Soloist in 2004. While with the company he has danced in numerous rolls including the White Couple in Forgotten Land, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, The Organ Duet in Soldiers Mass to name a few and has worked with many different choreographers such as Crystal Pite, James Kudelka, Peter Wright,Jhon Alleyne and more. In 2009 Mr. Silverman retired from The National Ballet of Canada.
In 2012 Mr. Silverman graduated from the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School.
In 2010 Mr. Silverman created a work for Cadence “City Connect” titled ‘Change’ which marked his choreographic debut for a dance company. In June 2015 his first Dance Film ‘Diversion’ came to light. On July 2017 he produced and choreographed his first full evening of dance titled HAI/18 in Toronto both shows were to a sold out audience. On January 2018 his company was invited to take part in the 25th anniversary of Dance Ontario Weekend performing his new work “Anvil 18”, and on May 2018 his company performed as part of the Spotlight on Israeli Culture festival a full length evening including a commission for the festival titled In Between. On January 2019 In Between was performed as part of Dance Ontario Weekend.

The press about Anvil 18
“Avinoam Silverman’s contemporary ballet demonstrates the incredible possibilities of this art form with its strength, beauty, focus and, at times, a sense of playfulness.”
Elise Tigges, January 2018, The Dance Current

Caddy Superville (Guest Teacher)

At the age of 13, Caddy began training in recreational jazz and competitive hip-hop. She received a scholarship through competitive dance to attend the O.I.P summer dance intensive for a week long of professional training from choreographers such as, Luther Brown, Neekz and Mariano. At the age of 14, Caddy starred as the lead character in the Christian Musical, “At Last” produced by Alinka Chambers. She recently starred in the Musical production known as, “Mute” as a main character, this play sheds light on the social issue of bullying, which is an issue Caddy is extremely passionate about. Caddy is a former member of the company, School of Mayhem, where she first started performing for charities, social events and school programs at the age of 16.While attending York University for Social Work in 2009 she became a member of the school’s hip hop team “Style Wize”. Since then Caddy has trained and performed with companies including Nexx Level, DLM, Dark, BOSS, and now currently with the company Gadfly and the dance crew, DEUCEnDIP. She formed a partnership with “Cheech” creating a waacking duo called the Queen of Hearts in 2014. Caddy has choreographed and back up danced for artists including; Gina Lee, Asha Lee Simone, Jennie Laws, RoeNelle, Haley Small, ALSNDRA and Masiaone. Caddy has choreographed for the Urban Myth Show at the Next Stage Festival, Urban Legends at the Fringe Festival, The Waaquettes at the Raw Artists Showcase and The Outside Looking In Showcase. Caddy has performed for numerous Community events in Toronto such as; Bazaar, Choreographer’s ball, Manifesto, Unity, the Unplugged Festival and many more.Caddy can be seen in the following music videos, “Change You” Jenna G ft Drake, “Some Say” by the Airplane boys, “Reach on out for love” by Machel Montano, “Prison Riot” by Flosstradamus ft Lil Jon and The official “We Day” Music Video. Her training consists of hip-hop, waacking, Jazz Funk and house dance in Toronto and in New York City. She currently teaches drop in classes at The Underground Dance Centre and The Toronto School of Burlesque.  Caddy is known for her enthusiasm and is determined to continue her growth and give back to the dance community as much as she can. Desired most is traveling to gain and provide knowledge to and from other dancers and those who wish to learn.