Specialty: Acro & Contemporary
From professional performances to choreography, Nakita has been immersed in the dance world for the last 26 years. Born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario, Nakita has advanced training in ballet, lyrical, jazz, and hip-hop, with extensive training in acro, tap and contemporary. Nakita is a member of the Professional Adjudicators Alliance, has completed an Honours Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology-minor Psychology Degree at the University of Waterloo, a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Athletic Therapy at Sheridan College, and her Registered Massage Therapy Certification.
Nakita continues to pursue her passion for dance and enhance her knowledge as a choreographer, teacher, and adjudicator, all while running her own Athletic Therapist/Massage Therapy practice. Her mission as a Therapist is to bridge these two worlds together via injury prevention, ensuring dancers receive the absolute best training and therapy they possibly can.
Nakita took on the role of Captain for the Waterloo Competitive Dance Company for the entirety of her university degree, where she brought the team to a standing of Third Overall Top School in Canada and Rhythm Cup Champions. She trained with a professional contemporary based company in Toronto Ontario named Kalos Collective, where she was training with top choreographers throughout the region. Nakita was a featured dancer in “Inverse”, a contemporary show in Toronto Ontario, as well as a featured dancer in the 2015 Miss Canada Universe Pageant. Some of the top highlights of her choreography recognitions include 2 National Grand Championships at Starbound National Talent Competition, multiple MOVE Dance Finalists and Top 3 standings, and the Young Choreographers Award. Nakita has begun to expand herself as a choreographer and intensive/guest teacher throughout the Tri-cities and GTA and couldn’t be happier to share her love and passion for dance.
Nakita continuously strives to be a role model and inspiration to all of the dancers she works with and enjoys being in the studio watching the new generation of dancers grow! Dance has always been one of Nakita’s biggest inspirations in her life, and now she loves being able to be that for her students!
“I dance because, there’s no greater feeling in the world than moving to a piece of music and letting the rest of the world disappear”
