A Caring and Qualified Team To Support You

Ziad Aly is an Egyptian Hip Hop dancer who established himself as one of the key pioneers of Streetdance in the Egyptian Dance Community. In order to further develop his skills, Ziad has traveled to many different countries including the United States, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Cyprus, Turkey and Lebanon. He is also the founder of Swaggers crew, which has allowed for hip hop dancers and BBoys all across Egypt to join, train and bring hip hop to mainstream culture through events, performances  and workshops. Ziad is Also the Co-Founder of the Egyptian Breaking Federation. His hard work and dedication landed him and his dance crew on the renowned show “Arabs got talent”. Ziad has also had several opportunities to host some of the greatest names and pioneers of hip hop and Street dance from the United States to Egypt.  As a highlight in Ziad’s career, he was credited by choreographing some of the biggest celebrity names in Egypt for Vogue Arabia magazine, Choreographed and performed with his crew opening shows for Grammy award winning artists Mya & Eve in Egypt, As well as working as the dance consultant for Redbull Egypt. He worked on choreographing shows for brands like Red Bull, Nike, Intel, Samsung, Coca Cola and more. Ziad is now residing in Calgary, Canada Teaching HipHop/Streetdance and helping the community grow in Calgary.

Ms Sarah recently moved to Calgary from Grande Prairie, Alberta, where she opened and managed her own studio from 2007 to just recently. She studied at the Edmonton School of Ballet, was a company member of Edmonton Festival Ballet Company, and is certified as a CDTA Ballet teacher and RAD Ballet Teacher. Beyond achieving these top distinctions in Ballet, Sarah is also a Highland Associate, a MUV Method (injury prevention flexibility and conditioning program)Instructor, and certified in Acrobatic Arts (M1). 

A lifelong learner and dedicated teacher, she believes in the “person first, dancer second” philosophy and is excited to work with Leap Studios' students to develop holistically safe and happy dance skills and experiences!

Jenny Dahm is a certified dance instructor, experienced in teaching styles including Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Musical Theater, Hip Hop, Modern, Lyrical, Acro, and Pointe.  

Miss Jenny competed for 12 years at many different dance competitions in Canada and the US and performed in Disneyland!  Miss Jenny recently completed her Bachelor of Business Administration from Mount Royal University.  She is a certified Adapt tap and jazz syllabus teacher, and has extensively contributed her vast knowledge to all aspects of Leap's dance programs, in both the recreation and competitive divisions.

Anna started dancing at the age of 3 and has been in love with it ever since! She grew up dancing competitively in all styles such as Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Modern/Contemporary, Hip hop, Tap, and Pointe as well as Acro, graduating from Airborne Dance Centre in 2018. 

Anna loves to be able to bring her own stylization and knowledge forward as well as share her love and passion for dance with all students. 

Currently, Anna performs with the Roughnecks Drill Crew (Lacrosse) dance team as well as the Stampeders Outriders (CFL) cheerleaders. She still keeps up with her own training alongside teaching, as she continues to pursue a professional career in the dance industry. 

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A diversely trained and experienced dancer in genres such as jazz, tap, hip-hop, ballet, and contemporary techniques, Paige spent her youth learning and competing in dance, then as part of the first graduating class of the LCI Dance Arts Academy. In 2017 Paige was awarded the opportunity to join the Hollywood Summer Tour directed by Menina Fortunato, where she trained under a variety of well-known artists and choreographers. She danced as part of Danielle Cohn's music video for “Lights Camera Action” directed by Sir Francis Michael, choreographed by Ed Moore, Carlo Atienza, and Christopher Scott. Paige’s love of choreography blossomed through the dance academy at LCI, and she created two pieces for the 2018 production of “Inertia” and a piece for the production of “New York State of Mind”. 

Paige has a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Contemporary Dance from Simon Fraser University/School for Contemporary Arts in Vancouver, and continues to further study and create as part of the pre-professional division of Decidedly Jazz Dance. 

Haley has been dancing for 18 years. She started off taking Tap and Ballet and very quickly discovered her passion for dance and started incorporating many other genres throughout her early years of training. Throughout the years Haley has had the opportunity to train in many genres including Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Musical Theatre and Hip Hop. At the age of 8 Haley became a competitive dancer and attended competitions both locally and internationally. Haley is continuing her training and is always looking for ways to expand her knowledge as a dancer and teacher.

After many years of specialized training in technical genres of dance Haley decided to take part in ILLFX education to further her knowledge in dance and to learn more about Hip Hop. Haley has had the opportunity to compete at many prestigious competitions some including, Dancers Paradise in Mexico, Monsters of Hip Hop in California and Artists Emerge in Vancouver.

Haley has completed many Adapt and RAD exams over her years of training and has also completed her Acrobatic Arts Module 1 Course. In addition to being a competitive dancer she has also performed in musicals with the Calgary Dance Express.

Ashlynn is a born and raised Calgarian who has been dancing for 15 years and still actively dancing to this day! She has performed in many dance recital and competitions, and danced with The School of Alberta

Ballet for 7 years where she performed in The Nutcracker for 2 years in the children/student cast.

Currently, she is working toward Certification of Ballet Teaching Studies with The Royal Academy

of Dance, and is enrolled at the University of Calgary studying dance and kinesiology.

She is so excited to be teaching at Leap Studios this year and help inspire a new generation of young dancers!