Our Instructors 

  Stephanie started EDC in 2014, and is thrilled to be leading the studio’s students, staff and parent group into their 10th anniversary season in our beautiful forever home! Stephanie has been teaching dance for over 15 years, and to this day teaching remains her #1 passion within the business. She holds Registered Teacher’s Status with the Royal Academy of Dance, a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) from York University, and a diploma in ballet pedagogy from Canada’s National Ballet School. She is also a member of the Professional Adjudicator’s Alliance and is a certified ADAPT instructor in jazz and tap and a certified Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) instructor. Stephanie has won numerous awards for her choreography and her students have won many scholarships and awards at competitions across Canada. Her students have performed for Mirvish, been accepted to summer programs at Canada’s National Ballet School, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and Ballet Jorgen, as well as full time dance programs at Centennial College, Harbour Dance Centre, Ryerson University, Simon Fraser University, University of Calgary and George Brown College.

Stephanie received her childhood dance training in Calgary and majored in dance at York University in Toronto. Stephanie is a graduate of the prestigious Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School. It was there that Stephanie honed her teaching skills under the guidance of Anuschka Roes and Teresa Randall, taking daily classes in ballet pedagogy, methodology, music, history and national dance. At NBS, Stephanie trained in both the Cecchetti and Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) methods of ballet however, Stephanie’s specialization lies in the RAD syllabus where she has worked as a mentor for the RAD’s C.B.T.S. program (a certification program for aspiring ballet teachers).

While teaching has always been Stephanie’s main passion, she has also performed professionally. Her performance credits include Alliance Atlantis Films, Army of Sass, Much Music and Sarah Slean to name a few.

Stephanie is a member of the Dance Studio Owners Association’s prestigious Inner Circle, which allows her and EDC to continually innovate and stay at the top of their field, while receiving training and professional development opportunities from many of the dance industry’s top leaders and experts. Stephanie is looking forward to making season 10 the best one yet!

Alexa grew up dancing in Calgary where she participated in many classes, workshops, and competitions, receiving numerous awards. She has travelled to New York city to take master classes at Broadway Dance Centre and Steps on Broadway, and of course to see her favourite Broadway shows! Alexa has trained in hip hop, jazz, contemporary, tap and ballet.

Alexa is and ADAPT jazz and tap certified teacher, holds her Acrobatic Arts level 1, and is certified in both pilates and barre fitness. She has won numerous awards for her choreography, and brings so much life to every class she teaches!

Alexa is the assistant director of Elements and runs the EDC Assistant Teacher Program She is very excited to return to EDC for her 9th season!

Paul is an internationally known hip-hop Choreographer, originally from BC but has resided in Alberta (Edmonton for the past 4 years) working with DTA Tigers Academy and now lives in Calgary. Paul loves to teach and build youth both in dance and life skills. His dance teaching career has been a 20 year journey. Inspiration for his choreography comes from superheroes, Movies, and life experiences. Paul is a firm believer that failure brings learning and to do everything with excellence even if you fail trying.

Paul was the Canadian National hip-hop choreographer for Canada’s IDO team that competed at the world championships in Germany 2014, Italy 2015, Austria 2016, Denmark 2017. Team Canada brought home the Silver and Bronze medals (Italy) as well as the Silver medal in the Battle category (Denmark). In 2015 and 2017 they were ranked #2 in the world rankings.

In 2013 Paul Co-Founded and Co-owned Street Kings Academy in Vancouver, BC for 4 years. As a choreographer, he has had the privilege of leading his teams to 6 Canadian National Hip Hop Championship Gold medals ( CNC, F8, Queen BZ, Tigers) and A World HHI Hip Hop Medal in 2017 (Queen BZ). HHI world rank #3 in 2011 (CNC) and #2 in 2017 (Queen BZ) Phoenix, Arizona.

Paul was the recipient of the Choreographer of the year award both in 2015 (DTA Tigers) and in 2019 (Venom, Fort McMurray) at the World renowned Hip Hop competition “Artists Emerge.” In 2019 he was also the recipient of the Choreographer of the year at Candance competition (Venom, Fort McMurray) in Red Deer, Alberta, and Choreographer of the year at Diamond Dance Challenge (Venom, Fort McMurray) in Edmonton, Alberta.

From 2009-2013 Paul choreographed “CNC” from Praise Team Studio in Vancouver, BC. CNC was a competitor on the hit tv show “Canada’s Got Talent” and won 3 Canadian HHI Gold medals in those 4 years.

Credits include:

Entertainment Tonight, 2010 Winter Olympics Cel-stage, Tribe Music video, Canada’s got Talent, World Hip Hop Championships 2009-2017, Americas Best Dance Crew Aud (F8 Fresh Groove Prod) 2018 USA National Showtime champions (JCEDA)