Miss Lauren Do is a recent magna cum laude graduate from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Cognitive Science. Growing up, she was trained in ballet, jazz, tap, and lyrical, but eventually focused on her passion for jazz, K-Pop, and open-style choreography. Throughout her high school years, she was her school’s Dance Department President, as well as captain for their varsity dance team. In college, she co-founded and led StarChrome, a K-Pop dance team, and was the Creative Director and lead choreographer for JK Kazoku Kajok, an open-style dance team. 

Emery is a professional dancer in modern and contemporary dance with solid acrobatic training. She has worked with many well-known choreographers and dancers. She has a passion to practice and teach at a high level of technique and discipline.

Ms. Lisa received formal training in classical ballet and graduated from Beijing Dance Academy, one of the most prestigious dance schools in China. After graduation, she went to the National Ballet School in Canada and received further intensive ballet training. 

She danced as the first soloist at National Ballet of China for 5 years and performed numerous featured soloist roles, such as “Swan Lake”, “ Don Quixote”, and “The Red Detachment of Women”. She also has 6 years of experience in the contemporary dance company LaLaLa Human Steps in Canada. Throughout her dancing career, she has been to more than 35 countries and areas to do traveling shows, such as “Amelia”, which has won its category in numerous international festivals. 

Ms. Lisa has a tremendous passion for dance and music and wishes to use her skills to teach others. She is not only a professional ballet dancer but also an experienced choreographer and competition instructor. 

Ms. Shakurah Nuruddin has been a dance teacher for almost 20 years. She has taught ballet, jazz, modern and hip hop to dancers at different levels. She also has choreographed different shows and pieces for performance, concerts, and competitions. 

During her past years of teaching, Ms. Nuruddin has won multiple times of most influential teacher titles. When she teaches, she passes on every bit of joy and love she has for this art form. Everyone comes out of Shakurah’s class sweating, smiling, and wanting more.  She not only has touched more hearts than one could count, but also has inspired a generation of dancers with her passion, fantastic work ethic, and a great sense of humor.

Ms. Tan graduated from Tianjin Conservatory Of Music with a bachelor's degree majoring in dance. Her specialty is Chinese classical dance and Chinese folk dance. Ms. Tan is very talented in dancing and has been invited to perform in some of the best and most selective stages in China, such as the Great Hall of the People and CCTV, and so on. She has received numerous awards in many top-ranked competitions in China.  

At this point, Ms. Tan has been teaching dancing for about 20 years. She’s patient and pays attention to details. Her choreography is creative and leverages students’ individual strengths and characteristics. Many of her students made significant progress and got admitted to the top art school. With all her experience, Ms. Tan is well equipped at teaching almost all kinds of dances, at all levels.