Teachers
Miss Laurie
Director/Owner/Instructor
MBATD, ABATD, ADAPT, DMA
Voted Best Dance Instructor (Diamond Winner - Oshawa/Whitby) for 2020, 2021 and 2022! Miss Laurie Jamieson was born and raised in Durham region where she started dancing at age 3. She competed around North America where she was awarded many solo and top title awards. At age 14 she started teaching, and now holds her associate and membership levels in several BATD dance forms and has her certificate in Dance Masters America (DMA). She recently completed her membership in Jazz through the BATD with a high honours score. She is currently studying as a founding member of the Acro Dance Adjudicators.
At age 11, Laurie was scouted by a talented agency and started working professionally in the film/tv (LOST, Hawaii 5-0. shaggy music video, multiple commercials), modelling (Bodywrappers, California Raisin swimwear, L'oreal, AnG and more) and performance (Tim McGraw backup dancer, Kennedy Centre's Nutcracker, Molson, Toronto Rock cheer, Diamond Head Theatre) industries.
She has studied under some of the finest teachers in the dance industry like Jim Hutchinson and Denise Wall (where she was asked to come on as a teacher at Denise Wall Dance Energy in Virginia). She has taught in Hawaii, Virginia (Virginia Ballet Academy), Rochester, NY and has been awarded with choreography awards all over NA. She has had students who have gone on to compete on SYTYCD (Travis Wall, Jamie Goodwin, Mark Kanemura). Many of her students are now working professionally in the industry all over the world.
Laurie believes in teaching strong, clean and safe technique, and hopes that each and every dancer walks out of her classroom with a smile on their face and a better knowledge for what it is to work and get results.
Director/Owner/Instructor
MBATD, ABATD, ADAPT, DMA
Voted Best Dance Instructor (Diamond Winner - Oshawa/Whitby) for 2020, 2021 and 2022! Miss Laurie Jamieson was born and raised in Durham region where she started dancing at age 3. She competed around North America where she was awarded many solo and top title awards. At age 14 she started teaching, and now holds her associate and membership levels in several BATD dance forms and has her certificate in Dance Masters America (DMA). She recently completed her membership in Jazz through the BATD with a high honours score. She is currently studying as a founding member of the Acro Dance Adjudicators.
At age 11, Laurie was scouted by a talented agency and started working professionally in the film/tv (LOST, Hawaii 5-0. shaggy music video, multiple commercials), modelling (Bodywrappers, California Raisin swimwear, L'oreal, AnG and more) and performance (Tim McGraw backup dancer, Kennedy Centre's Nutcracker, Molson, Toronto Rock cheer, Diamond Head Theatre) industries.
She has studied under some of the finest teachers in the dance industry like Jim Hutchinson and Denise Wall (where she was asked to come on as a teacher at Denise Wall Dance Energy in Virginia). She has taught in Hawaii, Virginia (Virginia Ballet Academy), Rochester, NY and has been awarded with choreography awards all over NA. She has had students who have gone on to compete on SYTYCD (Travis Wall, Jamie Goodwin, Mark Kanemura). Many of her students are now working professionally in the industry all over the world.
Laurie believes in teaching strong, clean and safe technique, and hopes that each and every dancer walks out of her classroom with a smile on their face and a better knowledge for what it is to work and get results.
Miss Sarah
Director of Little Shakers, Competitive Instructor/Choreographer
CAEA, ABATD, Adv. Dip MT-Performance, PAA, ADA
Voted Best Dance Instructor (Diamond Winner - Oshawa/Whitby) for 2020 and 2022! Sarah Rorabeck has 14 years of experience educating children ages 3-18 in dance. As a teacher who still works with recreational, part-time and full-time competitive students, she is well versed in all genres, and specializes in Tap, Musical Theatre and Jazz. Currently, Sarah works full-time choreographing award-winning competitive pieces and putting students through their BATD examinations in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Modern and Acro.
Sarah Rorabeck is a graduate, with honours, of Sheridan’s prestigious Music Theatre Performance program, where she extensively studied dance, vocal and acting. She holds her Associate level Teacher’s Membership in the BATD in both tap and jazz, and is an accredited adjudicator through Judge Alliance’s PAA program. She is a founding member of the Acro Dance Adjudicators (ADA), where she became a certified Acro and Dance Adjudicator. Currently, she is studying and making her way through modules in the Radar Technique by Rebecca Davies. Sarah is also certified through the Canadian Red Cross with her Standard First-Aid and CPR.
Sarah is a member of the CAEA and has performed professionally in musicals like Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Anne of Green Gables (& many more), around Canada, with some film and television work thrown in the mix. She’s even been photographed by world-renowned dance-photographer, Jordan Matter (Dancers Among Us).
Sarah is very passionate about dance education, specifically teaching clean and safe technique and exploring performance styles within different genres to keep class exciting. She has won several ‘Best Choreography’ awards, specifically for her Tap and Musical Theatre work. She strongly believes dance teaches such incredible life lessons, and she is thrilled to be able to pass on her knowledge to today’s brave and passionate dancers.
Director of Little Shakers, Competitive Instructor/Choreographer
CAEA, ABATD, Adv. Dip MT-Performance, PAA, ADA
Voted Best Dance Instructor (Diamond Winner - Oshawa/Whitby) for 2020 and 2022! Sarah Rorabeck has 14 years of experience educating children ages 3-18 in dance. As a teacher who still works with recreational, part-time and full-time competitive students, she is well versed in all genres, and specializes in Tap, Musical Theatre and Jazz. Currently, Sarah works full-time choreographing award-winning competitive pieces and putting students through their BATD examinations in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Modern and Acro.
Sarah Rorabeck is a graduate, with honours, of Sheridan’s prestigious Music Theatre Performance program, where she extensively studied dance, vocal and acting. She holds her Associate level Teacher’s Membership in the BATD in both tap and jazz, and is an accredited adjudicator through Judge Alliance’s PAA program. She is a founding member of the Acro Dance Adjudicators (ADA), where she became a certified Acro and Dance Adjudicator. Currently, she is studying and making her way through modules in the Radar Technique by Rebecca Davies. Sarah is also certified through the Canadian Red Cross with her Standard First-Aid and CPR.
Sarah is a member of the CAEA and has performed professionally in musicals like Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Anne of Green Gables (& many more), around Canada, with some film and television work thrown in the mix. She’s even been photographed by world-renowned dance-photographer, Jordan Matter (Dancers Among Us).
Sarah is very passionate about dance education, specifically teaching clean and safe technique and exploring performance styles within different genres to keep class exciting. She has won several ‘Best Choreography’ awards, specifically for her Tap and Musical Theatre work. She strongly believes dance teaches such incredible life lessons, and she is thrilled to be able to pass on her knowledge to today’s brave and passionate dancers.
Miss Kendra
Recreational/Competitive Instructor
ABATD
Miss Kendra has been a part of the ChromeDC team since our very first class in 2015. Having studied under the tutelage of Miss Laurie and the Chrome faculty, Kendra is passionate about fun classes and clean and safe technique for all dancers. She is an associate member of the BATD, achieving incredibly high marks in her tap and modern associate exams. An accomplished competitive dancer for over 12 years, Kendra was chosen as ‘destined to succeed’ by the Dance Attack community in 2019 for being a well-rounded performer and technician. Certified with her First Responder training, she is also currently in her third year studying kinesiology, passing on her knowledge to the students she works with. She is currently the Student Athletic Therapist Trainer for sports teams and athletes' at her university. Her knowledge of the human body and athletes' needs takes her above and beyond in her teaching career. Miss Kendra is loved by all of the young students and families at ChromeDC!
Recreational/Competitive Instructor
ABATD
Miss Kendra has been a part of the ChromeDC team since our very first class in 2015. Having studied under the tutelage of Miss Laurie and the Chrome faculty, Kendra is passionate about fun classes and clean and safe technique for all dancers. She is an associate member of the BATD, achieving incredibly high marks in her tap and modern associate exams. An accomplished competitive dancer for over 12 years, Kendra was chosen as ‘destined to succeed’ by the Dance Attack community in 2019 for being a well-rounded performer and technician. Certified with her First Responder training, she is also currently in her third year studying kinesiology, passing on her knowledge to the students she works with. She is currently the Student Athletic Therapist Trainer for sports teams and athletes' at her university. Her knowledge of the human body and athletes' needs takes her above and beyond in her teaching career. Miss Kendra is loved by all of the young students and families at ChromeDC!
Ms Kelly Jones-Hart
Ballet/Lyrical
Dip. Dance, RAD T.Cert., M.A. Dance
Kelly has a passion for teaching dance to children of all ages and abilities. With a focus on developing strong technique Kelly also infuses her classes with joy and creativity. Students are encouraged to find an emotional connection with movement and to develop a love for dance as a form of self-expression.
Kelly began dancing at the age of three studying and competing in tap, jazz, ballet, Highland and contemporary dance. While studying dance at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Kelly earned her Ballet teaching certification from the Royal Academy of Dance, an International training institution based in London. After graduating from the dance programme Kelly performed at the Royal Alexandra and Princess of Wales theatres in Toronto. She joined the Scottish Dance Company of Canada and performed across Ontario and in front of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. In 2005 Kelly completed her Masters Degree in Dance at York University and presented her research paper, Applying Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences in Ballet Training at the World Dance Alliance conference in Toronto. Kelly’s students have been accepted to National Ballet, Royal Winnepeg Ballet and Quinte Ballet schools, and many former students have become certified dance teachers.
Ballet/Lyrical
Dip. Dance, RAD T.Cert., M.A. Dance
Kelly has a passion for teaching dance to children of all ages and abilities. With a focus on developing strong technique Kelly also infuses her classes with joy and creativity. Students are encouraged to find an emotional connection with movement and to develop a love for dance as a form of self-expression.
Kelly began dancing at the age of three studying and competing in tap, jazz, ballet, Highland and contemporary dance. While studying dance at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Kelly earned her Ballet teaching certification from the Royal Academy of Dance, an International training institution based in London. After graduating from the dance programme Kelly performed at the Royal Alexandra and Princess of Wales theatres in Toronto. She joined the Scottish Dance Company of Canada and performed across Ontario and in front of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. In 2005 Kelly completed her Masters Degree in Dance at York University and presented her research paper, Applying Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences in Ballet Training at the World Dance Alliance conference in Toronto. Kelly’s students have been accepted to National Ballet, Royal Winnepeg Ballet and Quinte Ballet schools, and many former students have become certified dance teachers.
Miss Cori Gianotta
Advanced Tap Programme
Born in Toronto, Cori Giannotta began dancing at the age of two, training in multiple disciplines including Tap, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Jazz and Acro. She quickly fell in love with tap dancing, and has since become heavily involved in the Toronto tap dance scene as a producer, dancer, teacher and choreographer. Her dancing has taken her all over North America including BC, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and New York City. Highly sought after for her teaching and choreography, she has had the opportunity to teach at the Toronto Rhythm Initiative’s youth intensive, Performing Arts BC: Provincial Festival, Dance Masters of Canada, MOVE Dance Convention, and as Assistant Choreographer for the North American Tour of “EVIL DEAD the Musical”, just to name a few. Performing onstage, in front of an audience, has always been a passion for Cori. Her performing credits include: the 2014 Toronto Body Percussion Festival, the 2014 Eastern Canadian Tap Conference, Allison Toffan and Josh Grossman’s Big Band Tap Revue with the Toronto Jazz Orchestra, The Whole Shebang: Taken By Night, the Dance Ontario production: Dance Weekend ’16, Ryan Foley’s Escapade, the 2018 Dusk Dances Festival, Fall For Dance North’s: Perspective In Rhythm, and a featured artist for the 2019 Vegetarian Food Festival. She was also a featured dancer for the commissioned work of Johnathan Morin in the 2017 Toronto International Tap Dance Festival, produced by Toffan Rhythm Projects. But her greatest career highlight has been founding her tap dance company, Rhythm & Sound in 2015, alongside Johnathan Morin. The company has annual performances in Toronto, has been presented in Edmonton at the Feats Festival of Dance in 2017, and has been featured in several festival performances.
Advanced Tap Programme
Born in Toronto, Cori Giannotta began dancing at the age of two, training in multiple disciplines including Tap, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Jazz and Acro. She quickly fell in love with tap dancing, and has since become heavily involved in the Toronto tap dance scene as a producer, dancer, teacher and choreographer. Her dancing has taken her all over North America including BC, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and New York City. Highly sought after for her teaching and choreography, she has had the opportunity to teach at the Toronto Rhythm Initiative’s youth intensive, Performing Arts BC: Provincial Festival, Dance Masters of Canada, MOVE Dance Convention, and as Assistant Choreographer for the North American Tour of “EVIL DEAD the Musical”, just to name a few. Performing onstage, in front of an audience, has always been a passion for Cori. Her performing credits include: the 2014 Toronto Body Percussion Festival, the 2014 Eastern Canadian Tap Conference, Allison Toffan and Josh Grossman’s Big Band Tap Revue with the Toronto Jazz Orchestra, The Whole Shebang: Taken By Night, the Dance Ontario production: Dance Weekend ’16, Ryan Foley’s Escapade, the 2018 Dusk Dances Festival, Fall For Dance North’s: Perspective In Rhythm, and a featured artist for the 2019 Vegetarian Food Festival. She was also a featured dancer for the commissioned work of Johnathan Morin in the 2017 Toronto International Tap Dance Festival, produced by Toffan Rhythm Projects. But her greatest career highlight has been founding her tap dance company, Rhythm & Sound in 2015, alongside Johnathan Morin. The company has annual performances in Toronto, has been presented in Edmonton at the Feats Festival of Dance in 2017, and has been featured in several festival performances.
Miss Kelly P
Acro/Contemporary
Kelly Phanthasomchit started training at the age of 9 and was quickly scouted as a member of a successful competitive dance and figure skating team.
A former gymnastics coach, Ms. Kelly has also become fully certified in the Acrobatic Arts Program. She has choreographed dance pieces that have won numerous
judges choice awards and first place overalls at many dance competitions. Along with teaching, Ms. Kelly is very involved in the Toronto commercial dance industry and has worked at multiple professional dance competitions such as Luv2Dance, the Ultimate Dance Connection, Dare2Dance and more. She is a member of the Youth Protection Advocates in Dance and cares with her whole heart about the students she teaches. Ms. Kelly's passion in life is dance and with her experience, contagious smile and winning personality she is able to create a fun and creative atmosphere for all.
Acro/Contemporary
Kelly Phanthasomchit started training at the age of 9 and was quickly scouted as a member of a successful competitive dance and figure skating team.
A former gymnastics coach, Ms. Kelly has also become fully certified in the Acrobatic Arts Program. She has choreographed dance pieces that have won numerous
judges choice awards and first place overalls at many dance competitions. Along with teaching, Ms. Kelly is very involved in the Toronto commercial dance industry and has worked at multiple professional dance competitions such as Luv2Dance, the Ultimate Dance Connection, Dare2Dance and more. She is a member of the Youth Protection Advocates in Dance and cares with her whole heart about the students she teaches. Ms. Kelly's passion in life is dance and with her experience, contagious smile and winning personality she is able to create a fun and creative atmosphere for all.
Mr Tre
Hip Hop
Tre Williams is a Hip hop dancer/choreographer/performer who has been doing hip hop for 10+ years. Tre brings an authentic style of hip hop to the scene and shows the importance in hip hop fundamentals.
Tre has been a part of many dance crews along with having required training from many different studios all around the GTA. He is also in the film dance industry and is currently apart of the 905 Raptors dance team as a veteran.
With his years of understanding in hip hop Tre enjoys creating and teaching his students with the goal of making them become better and better each session.
Hip Hop
Tre Williams is a Hip hop dancer/choreographer/performer who has been doing hip hop for 10+ years. Tre brings an authentic style of hip hop to the scene and shows the importance in hip hop fundamentals.
Tre has been a part of many dance crews along with having required training from many different studios all around the GTA. He is also in the film dance industry and is currently apart of the 905 Raptors dance team as a veteran.
With his years of understanding in hip hop Tre enjoys creating and teaching his students with the goal of making them become better and better each session.
