I have been out of touch with classes for three months and just took Seanna's Contemporary fusion for the first time. she warned it might be hard, so i got scared but she took it slow and broke down the steps enough to pick up like i never missed a class! It was a great class!
Estelle Nicolaidis is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of
City Dance Corps, Toronto's #1 institution for dance instruction.
Estelle began dancing at the age of four, where she quickly
realized that her love and passion was in classical ballet. She
successfully completed major examinations with the Royal Academy of
Dancing (RAD) and moved on to dance at the RAD International Summer
School in Athens, Greece. Shortly thereafter, Estelle expanded her
dance training and added Hip hop, Jazz, East Coast Swing, Lindy
Hop, African Dance, Cuban traditional and National Character Dance
to her repertoire. She travelled to Cuba regularly to study
Afro-Cuban and Salsa intensively. More recently, Estelle has been
studying Argentine Tango intensively in Buenos Aires. Estelle's
teaching background is also extensive. Estelle has taught master
classes at various Universities, Colleges, and international
schools such as the International Dance Academy in Ireland. Her
guest instruction has kept Estelle busy traveling to Miami, Greece,
Italy, Ireland, UK and Bermuda. She has taught at various Salsa
Congresses such as the Canada Salsa Congress, Montreal Salsa
Convention, Puerto Rico World Salsa Congress, and the Irish Salsa
Congress. She was also selected to be the choreographer for Salsa
Team Canada, comprised of 30 dancers from Halifax, Vancouver,
Montreal, and Toronto. Estelle has also worked closely and has been
involved with recording artists such as, Andre Benjamin of Outcast,
Patty La Belle, Sarah Slean, 54/40, Snow, Simone Denny, Jocelyn
Brown, G-Stokes, and much more. Her latest venture is the creation
of an annual production called Talent Defined. It was founded by
herself and her partner, Tina in 2005. The production aims to bring
aspiring dancers together with established professional dancers
where they get to learn the tricks of the trade and eventually
perform on stage together. Estelle is passionate about her teaching
and tries to inspire her students to get to the core of their
expression. Her classes are guaranteed to be fulfilling and
enjoyable.