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​La Toya / Mrs L 

 Artistic Director

 

​LaToya Bellamy born in Norfolk VA. LaToya started dancing at the age of three at Norfolk Dance Academy; she trained in ballet, pointe and tap at the time. She then moved to Rotterdam, Netherlands at the age of 11 and started dancing hip hop. LaToya then put a hip hop group together, The International Girls. The group performed for many celebrities and competed in several hip hop competitions. In 1994  moved to the lovely Island of Oahu and continued her dancing in tap, ballet, hip-hop and jazz. She then joined several studios such as Nix Dance, Studio 808 and Hypersquad Dance Company to challenge herself with the different varieties of choreographers. Dancing with Hypersquad has given her the opportunity to perform for the Pro Bowl in 1998 and several other events throughout her years with them. LaToya also started her modeling career by being apart of several pageants, then with Vogue International in 1996 and became a VIP dancer, as a VIP dancer they would perform at pageants such as the Asian International.  Now living in Los Angeles she has landed several jobs, back up dancer for several artist. Now having her own dance studio in the City of Inglewood, she continues to exceed her own expectations. 

She has always loved to share her talent with the world!!! 

"DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING"

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Teaches: Competitive Team Choreographer, Jazz, Technique

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A professional dancer with over 30 plus years of training and performing. Born and raised in Queens,New York she trained at Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Academy and studied dance at the University of Northern Colorado. Kaci is also a licensed Zumba instructor and loves fitness.

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Teaches: Ballet ( all levels), Contemporary, Combo Ballet/Tap classes

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Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Bianca Brown started dancing at the age of three at Legacy Dance Academy, under Lisa Diaz where she learned all of her performance skills. She then transitioned over to the Debbie Allen Dance Academy at the age of seven where she grew her passion for concert dance. During this time, Bianca trained heavily in Ballet and Modern dance while learning many other styles like Flamenco, African, Hip Hop, Tap, and Latin Fusion. At fourteen years old, Bianca had the opportunity to join the DADA Ensemble, a youth pre-professional company, performing at different outreach shows, events, and performance spaces locally and around the US. This gave her the opportunity to perform at the 62nd Annual Grammys at the Crypto Arena as well as perform at the Kennedy Center. During her summer months, she continued her studies at Alonzo King Lines Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem allowing her to work closely with Alonzo King, D Montalvo, Maurya Kerr, Robert Garland, and Virginia Johnson. Bianca graduated from the Boston Conservatory Summa Cum Laude in May of 2024 earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance Performance. She has had the opportunity to work with choreographers like Darrell Grand Moultrie, Kurt Douglas, Danny Pelzig, Victor Quijada, Crystal Perkins, Ruka Hatua-Saar White, Doug Varone, and Aszure Barton. Over the last few years, Bianca has been able to expand her belt repertoire by performing works by world renowned choreographers like Amy Hall Garner, Spenser Theberge, Kyle Abraham, Lar Lubovitch, Ohad Naharin, and Rami Be’er.

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Teaches: Salsa, Combo Ballet/Tap classes

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Xochitl is a movement artist and educator from the Long Beach area who is passionate about connecting with people from all areas of life through dance. Xochitl is in the process of earning a M.F.A. in Choreographic Inquiry at UCLA after achieving a B.A. in Film and Creative Writing from UC Berkeley. While living in the Bay Area, Xochitl studied West African dance with Mama Naomi Washington and the late, great Papa Zakarya Diouf and trained with Diamona Cora West African Dance Company. Xochitl has trained in Latin dance forms such as Salsa, Bachata, and Merengue since 2018 including training with Contra Tiempo’s FUTURO program. Realizing the importance of arts education, Xochitl has led dance enrichment workshops for students of Long Beach Unified School District through Dramatic Results, and Newport-Mesa Unified School District through Jose Costas Contempo Ballet. Xochitl hopes to provide a healing space for students as a dance teacher.

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