With an illustrious stage career of over 20 years as Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, Ms. Goh is one of the most prolific artists of her generation. Her delicate lyricism and emotional depth personify the essence of numerous lead roles. In 2010 upon retiring from her performing career, Ms. Goh accepted the invitation to become the Director of Goh Ballet, to further her passion to inspire dancers of tomorrow and to provide students with opportunities to train with world-renowned teachers. Extending her reach and always advocating for the arts, Ms. Goh serves as a jury member for several international competitions. She guest instructs and sets choreography for some of the most renowned companies in the world and since 2009 has been the Executive Producer of Goh Ballet’s critically acclaimed The Nutcracker, a holiday tradition in the City of Vancouver. Ms. Goh is a founding member of Vancouver’s Arts and Culture Policy Council, which assists in giving the creative community a voice. Her accomplishments, with irrepressible devotion to the enhancement of the cultural life of Canada, have garnered several prestigious awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, the New Pioneers Arts Award and the Best Teacher Award at the World Ballet Competition. In 2019, Ms Goh was appointed a member of the Order of Canada and in 2020, the University of British Columbia awarded her the distinction of Doctor of Letters honoris causa.

Fiona Smith has provided guidance and leadership for the Goh Ballet’s Junior Division for over a decade, choreographing award-winning pieces, providing coaching for international competitions, and leading preparations for all levels of RAD examinations in the Academy

A graduate of the National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program and the London Studio Centre in London, England, Fiona Smith has taught ballet in Japan, Toronto and Vancouver as well as in Missouri, Montana for the VIBE Competition. Her formal training began at Goh Ballet Academy, where she performed and toured throughout B.C., France and China with the Goh Ballet Youth Company. She then toured England with London Studio Centre’s Images of Dance working with choreographers such as Geoffrey Cauley, Michael Corder and Harold King.

Returning to Canada, Ms. Smith continued her education at the National Ballet School and earned her Advanced R.A.D., Advanced Cecchetti and Advanced National Dance examinations. She also received her teaching certificates in both the R.A.D. Teacher’s Exam and ISTD National Dance exam. Ms. Smith returned to the Goh Ballet Academy in 2001, bringing her international experience and love of ballet as the Associate Director to the Junior School.

Tanya Phelps has an extensive background in classical ballet as well as jazz, tap, modern, hip hop and flamenco. She received her professional training at Kirov Academy of Ballet, Goh Ballet Academy and Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal before joining the Goh Ballet Company in 2001. Having completed examinations with honours in the Royal Academy of Dance and the Ukrainian Academy of Dance, Ms. Phelps has also toured throughout Asia and Canada with Goh Ballet’s Youth Company performing in varied repertoire such as: Giselle, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Fairy Doll, Balanchine’s Serenade, La Fille Mal Gardee and numerous neo-classical pieces. In 2005 she was part of Guangdong TV’s reality show “Future Stars of Tomorrow”, where she performed as an actress and dancer as well as choreographed pieces for them while touring throughout Asia and Europe.

Ms. Phelps has choreographed award-winning dances in a variety of styles for competitions, performances and musicals. Her many accolades extend to a wide array of genres, including: dance, body conditioning, rhythmic gymnastics, musical theatre and drama.

Ms. Phelps has been a teacher at the Goh Ballet Academy for over 10 years and is Associate Director of Goh Ballet’s Outreach & Special programs. Ms Phelps completed her ballet teacher training with Goh Ballet’s 3-year certificate teacher’s course working closely with Mrs. Lin Yee Goh and Professor Xu Ding Zhong of Beijing Dance Academy, where she studied the Vaganova teaching methods and syllabus. Ms. Phelps is also is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level 3 of the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum. As well she is a certified teacher with England’s Royal Academy of Dance.

Isabel Yuan was born in China where she studied classical Ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy (the National Ballet of China), and graduated with distinction in all subjects. Ms. Yuan danced professionally as a principal ballet dancer for 15 years with the Tani Ballet Company in Tokyo, Japan and performed internationally in the most famous classical ballets such as Don Quixote, La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gardee, Coppelia, Cinderella and Swan Lake among others. After sustaining dance injuries, Ms. Yuan retired from dancing and came to Canada to study at the National Ballet School of Canada to obtain her professional dance teacher training in Toronto. She has over two decades of teaching experience and this includes guest teaching at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School of Canada, the Beijing National Ballet School, and the National Ballet School of New Zealand.

Ms. Yuan’s teaching credentials include: the National Ballet Professional Dancer Teaching Certification (NBS. P.D.T.C.), Imperial Society Teachers of Dancing, Advanced Certification and Associate Certification (A.I.S.T.D.), Royal Academy of Dance Teaching Certification (R.A.D. TC.). Ms. Yuan was appointed as a Vocational Examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance in 2005, and has been a Dual Examiner since 2011.

Adonis Daukaev started his career in 1985 as Principal Dancer at the LWOW Opera in the Ukraine; he went on to an astounding career as Principal Dance and House Choreographer at Pfalztheater of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

He has been a ballet teacher at the LWOW Opera (Ukraine), Gdańsk Opera Baltycka (Poland), Salzburg Ballet (Austria), and Pfalztheater (Germany). In addition to his credentials, Mr. Daukaev graduated as Ballet Master and Choreographer at the Notable Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

With a professional dance background spanning over 26 years, Mr. Daukaev has worked with many renowned dancers and professors including: K.M. Sergueyev, I.G. Gensler, R.I. Gerbeck, and B.V. Blankov, all of whom embody strong traditional Russian Ballet artistry.

Mr. Daukaev has choreographed several original works in both Classical and Modern dance and has worked with internationally renowned artists such as Germinal Casado, Patricia Neary, and Nikita Dolgushine. Since 2014 he has maintained a regular engagement with the Goh Ballet (Vancouver, Canada) as Ballet Master and Choreographer.

Trained at the Bolshoi Ballet School graduating with honors, Ms. Draw joined Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet Theater in 1979 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 1981.Ms. Draw interpreted many principal roles of the classical repertoire and had ballets created for her. During her dancing career Ms. Draw studied at the Russian University of Theater Arts(GITIS) for her degree as a Ballet Master under the guidance of Marina Semyonova. In 1994 Ms. Draw joined the faculty if the National Ballet of Canada as a ballet teacher, while completing her Diploma of the Former Professional Dancers teacher training program with distinction. During her tenure at the National Ballet School Ms. Draw received the Diploma as a Teacher of the Cecchetti Method and the Associate Diploma in Cecchetti Classical Ballet from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance(ISTD) as well as granted the registration status as a teacher of Royal Academy of Dancing. In 2002 Ms. Draw was promoted to the Senior Teacher and Senior Student Advisor and cared the responsibility for career advisory for the senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada. In 2009 she was invited by Nikolaj Hubbe the Director of the Royal Danish Ballet to join the company as a ballet mistress as well as the ballet teacher for the Royal Danish Ballet School. As a ballet mistress of the company, she has the responsibility to teach company classes, lead rehearsals, coach principal dancers and stage the productions. In 2012 in co-operation with Nicolaj Hubbe, Ms. Draw has staged full production of La Bayadere which received praised reviews from particularly the New York Post magazine. In 2015-2022 Ms. Draw worked in the Dance faculty at the UNCSA as an Associate Professor and became the recipient of the Excellence in teaching award 2020-2021.

Mann Pan received her professional ballet training at Guangzhou Ballet. She graduated with distinction after 6 years of training in the Vaganova methods and syllabus, as well as extensive training in Chinese classical and folk dance. As a performer, Ms.Pan toured extensively in China, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong performing in repertoire such as Swan Lake,Sleeping Beauty, and Nutcracker. In 2006, she received her certificate of Ballet Teaching and Certificate of Chinese Dance Teaching from the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy.

In 2008, Ms. Pan came to Vancouver and continued her passion for dance by joining the Professional Advanced program at Goh Ballet. She completed her 3-year Teaching Certificate, and later became an RAD Certified Teacher for the Academy.

With an extensive background of professional teaching experience, Tyra has been recognized for her dancing, choreography, and teaching throughout her career. She began training extensively in classical ballet at the age of three, and later complimented this with modern, jazz, and musical theatre. Tyra has been passionate about teaching from a very young age. After graduating, she pursued her Teaching Certificate at Simon Fraser University while continuing to teach ballet.

Katherine Somody began her dance training at a young age where she developed her lifelong love of dance. Ms Somody received her dance training in Goh Ballet Academy's Senior Professional Division, where she toured China and Japan performing in varied repertoire, including: Swan Lake, Giselle, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and Balanchine’s Serenade. She holds a BA in Art History from UBC and the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and an MFA (Performance Art & Dance) from Cornell University in New York. Ms Somody has had the privilege to perform, choreograph, and teach in Berlin, Paris, New York, Halifax and Vancouver. In addition to continual ballet teacher training, Katherine has also trained in various functional movement methodologies, including Countertechnique, Axis Syllabus, Developmental Movement Patterning (Laban/Bartenieff Fundamentals), Contact Improvisation, the Franklin Method and Gaga. She is also a certified Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) instructor. With a fascination for the intersection of Ballet and Somatic practices, Katherine continues to be impressed by the confidence, courage, creativity and grace of the dancers she works with.

"What immerses me in my art, is the connection it creates with the human soul."

Monica Proenca is a professional dance choreographer, teacher and coach with a Master Degree in Dance Pedagogy from the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden in modern, contemporary dance and contemporary ballet.Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she began her dance training at an early age and went on to graduate from the San Francisco School of the Arts in the United States.
Monica' s professional dance career led her to perform in Classical, Contemporary and many independent productions all over the world .

As a choreographer Monica has designed dance pieces for film, television and International Dance Companies. She has taught and choreographed in renowned institutions such as San Francisco, USA for Lines Contemporary Ballet Program, for Germany's - Nordhousen Ballet Company and Schewerin Ballet . Canada 's Arts Umbrella Youth Company, Kayzer Ballet - Portugal , Brazil's Divina Dança and São Paulo compania de dança and in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Germany all over Brazil and Canada.

Her professional eye for dance excellence has earned her invites to be a adjudicator at several steemed dance competitions.As an adjudicator she has set in the Jury of the Brasilia international Dance Seminar (Brazil) , Global Dance Challenge (Canada), Valentina koslova international ballet competition (Paraguay).

Monica was a nominee for the 4th Annual Inspirational Latin American Awards for Arts and Culture in Vancouver.

In film Ms Proenca produced "Strings for 2" a short dance film for Bravofact Canada. She was the choreographer for "Dance First" a short film produced by Dunbar Underground Productions , "Dualidade" for São Paulo cia de dança. The features, "A Christmas proposal " CBS/ Netflix and"Center Stage On Pointe," Sony Pictures/ Life network .

In Canada she continues to choreograph, produce, dance, teach, coach and inspire others with passion, strength and elegant technique combined with her own Brazilian flair.

Daria Mikhaylyk is a Russian-born, Vancouver-based dancer, digital artist and choreographer. As a professional dancer, Daria worked with companies and choreographers like Wen Wei Dance, Vision Impure Compagnie, FakeKnot, Kinesis Dance Somatheatro, Ne. Sans Opera and Dance, MascallDance among others. Daria also deepens her artistic practice through solo projects. Her works were presented through platforms like Shooting Gallery Performance Series, DanceCafe, Vernon Public Art Gallery, MANA Contemporary (Chicago), FORM Festival, Kinosaki International Arts Centre, and Yokohama Dance Collection. She is a founder of the Venus Art Gallery - a project exploring the intersection of movement, video, and new media arts.

Ilze Titova was born in Latvia, where she received her professional ballet training at the Riga Choreography School. Ilze began her professional dance career at the Latvian National Opera & Ballet Company in 1994, performing multiple roles in a wide variety of classical and contemporary repertoire and touring extensively throughout Europe.

In 2005, Ilze began the Teacher Training Program for former professional dancers at Canada’s National Ballet School. She graduated with Distinction, became a Registered Teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance, and was selected by the faculty as the recipient of the Betty Oliphant Award.

Immediately after graduation, Ilze began teaching at Canada's National Ballet School where she taught Ballet Technique, Pointe, and Repertoire to male and female students of all ages in both the Professional and Associates Programs.

Ilze has been a regular juror on the National Ballet School’s national audition tour and has served on the jury of the Universal Ballet Competition in Florida, the Asian Grand Prix in Hong Kong and the Surrey Festival of Dance in British Colombia. Since 2017 Ilze has been teaching company classes at Canada’s Ballet Jörgen.

Heidi Lorenz is a professionally trained dancer, teacher, and performer based in Toronto, Canada. Heidi specializes both her training and teachings in modern contemporary and ballet contemporary practices.

Heidi graduated from Ryerson University’s Performance dance program where she received her BFA and was awarded the Pamela Hackett Excellence in Dance scholarship. Upon graduation, Heidi had the privilege of dancing and performing with a prestigious ballet contemporary company ProArteDanza. Heid has performed on various performance platforms such as the Fall for Dance North Festival, Dance Made in Canada and Aeris Korper. Heidi’s performance experience extends into commercial work and she can be seen on Disney channels “The Next Step” and “Backstage”.

Heidi has worked with well-known choreographers and creators around Toronto such as Hanna Kiel, Kenny Pearl, Kate Hillard, Louis Laberge-Côté, Matjash Mrozewski, Alysa Pires and many more. Heidi continues to refine her teaching and movement practices by attending numerous programs such as “Movement Invention Project” In New York City, “Kenny Pearls Emerging artist intensive” in Toronto and “Nuova Officina della Danza” in Italy.

Heidi is thankful for the opportunities provided to her and is excited to share her knowledge with the next generation of artists.

A native of Montreal (P.Q.) Stephanie received her formal professional training at Canada`s National Ballet School and was privileged to join the National Ballet of Canada,performing in Toronto as well as travelling abroad for 15years.
Upon retirement ,Stephanie went on to adjudicate for competitions,as well as producing numerous successfully awarded original choreographic pieces,including coaching repertoire solos.

Whistle bringing in the richness and abundance of knowledge from her career ,Stephanie having trained in the Pilates Method also adopted many other tools from various techniques ,expertly developing a program of exercises so suitable for today`s classical dancer,always aspiring to the best of professional teaching ,educating,training and healthily developing the young minds and bodies of the next generation

Bianca Pariselli trained at Canada’s National Ballet School studying classical ballet, pointe, partnering, repertoire, and character dance and performing in The Nutcracker, hosted by The National Ballet of Canada.

Bianca has a passion for sharing her love of dance with aspiring dancers and attended York University’s Dance program in joint with the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School, to further her knowledge in teaching dancers of all levels. Bianca has graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance along with Honours from York University where she studied ballet and modern dance. Bianca is also a recent graduate of the Teacher Training Program at NBS, studying Classical Ballet and Royal Academy of Dance. Bianca is also a Mat Pilates instructor and teaches her students how to properly warm up and condition their bodies to prevent injuries while performing at their best. Bianca’s teaching philosophy is that education through dance is being able to accommodate various learning styles while translating them through movements and sequences that are able to help her students progress effectively.

Sally began her ballet training in South Korea, studying the Vaganova method, followed by further training with the Royal Academy of Dance in Canada. In addition to completing her ballet exams with consecutive distinctions, she also received successful results from various competitions in British Columbia, as well as an acceptance into Boston Ballet School.

Once discovering her passion for teaching at an early age, she went onto study at York University for her Bachelors degree in Dance, which she entered with a scholarship for outstanding performance, followed by extended education in the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School. During her years at the two institutions, Sally enriched her knowledge not only in ballet, but also in areas such as contemporary dance, choreography, body conditioning, human anatomy, kinesiology, music theory and dance history. She also obtained exam certificates in Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and Cecchetti method.

Sally began working for the NBS during her time as a student, and continued teaching at the institution upon graduating, along with other studios around GTA.

Sally’s professional development progresses by the years. She has become a certified teacher in Progressing Ballet Technique, and continues to choreograph works for competitions, at which her students achieved successful results including: participation in the Hit The Floor Toronto All-Stars Showcase, achieving 1st and 2nd places in the RAD Dance Challenge and Top 12 in Youth America Grand Prix.

Gained through over 20 years of experience, Sally is thrilled to share her knowledge in dance with her students at Goh Ballet.

Cheng-Ni Ho began her training in Taiwan, where she studied many different dance
forms including Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Tap and Chinese Folk dance. Upon
arriving in Toronto as a professional dancer in 2010, her versatile dance background
was quickly recognized in the dance community where she performed professionally with
several different companies, including the Canadian Opera Company.
While Ms. Ho was still performing, she was also sharing her love for dance with her
students. To further expand her teaching knowledge in ballet, she graduated with
Distinction from the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School and is
a proud recipient of the Betty Oliphant Award for Excellence in Teaching. She holds her
Registered Teacher’s Status with the Royal Academy of Dance, Cecchetti Society and
Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. Ms. Ho was teaching in the Professional,
Associates and Adult Ballet programs at Canada’s National Ballet School before joining
Goh Ballet Academy in 2019. She has also taught in professional dance programs in
Taiwan and in many private studios in the Greater Toronto Area.
Ms. Ho has trained students successfully for dance exams through Royal Academy of
Dance and the Cecchetti Society. Many of her students went on continuing their training
in many different professional dance programs. She also teach and coach competitive
athletes such as figure skaters, synchronize swimmers and gymnasts who viewed ballet as
an important part of their training to achieve their professional goals.
Ms. Ho’s passion for dance is evident in her teaching style and she is dedicated to work
with her students to inspire a love of dance that will help them achieve their goals.