Get to know our Executive Team and our Teachers!

Meet Our Exec Team!

Emma W.
President
Hey dancers! My name is Emma Whittier and I am a fourth year Sport Management student. This will be my fourth year apart of Brock Dance and I’m so excited to be apart of the Brock Dance Executive team again this year as President! I also have the opportunity to teach for Brock Dance for a second year! I've been dancing since I was two years old and have trained and competed in many styles. My favourite style would probably be jazz or hip-hop. I can’t wait for this season to start and to dance again with Brock Dance!
Brooke S.
Vice President
Hi everyone! My name is Brooke and I am going into my third year of ConEd in the p/j stream! This will be my third year as a Brock Dance member and second year on the Brock Dance Executive team, this year as your Vice President! I can't wait to dance alongside all of you as I enter my 16th year of dance! Throughout my many years, jazz and hip hop have become some of my favourite styles! I can't wait to make memories and dance with all of you this year! 
Bailey H.
Co-Coordinator of Social Events
​Hi everyone! My name is Bailey and I’m so excited to be teaching Beginner/Intermediate Lyrical this year! I'm going into my third year of the Concurrent Education P/J program, third year with Brock Dance and 12th year of dancing! I’m so happy to be back for my second year as a teacher and stepping into my new role as this year’s Events Coordinator! I’m so excited to share our love of dance with each other!
Riley C.
Co-Coordinator of Social Events
Hi there, everybody! My name is Riley and I am thrilled to be teaching the Highland class again this year, alongside joining the executive team as one of your events coordinators! I am heading into my 3rd year as an English Language and Literature student here at Brock and I cannot wait for another year with this club, having fun and building friendships through dance. I have been a highland dancer since I was 3 years old and have been competing in traditional highland competitions since elementary school. At my studio in St. Catharines, I teach both recreational and competitive dancers, whilst also creating choreographies to take to the stage. Highland is truly my passion and I cannot wait to share it with you all again this year!

Maggie C.
Treasurer
Hi dancers! My name is Maggie Cole and I am in my 6th and final year of Concurrent Education in the primary/junior stream. I have been dancing since I was three years old, and have trained pre-professionally in mainly ballet, pointe, modern and tap but have trained in many other styles throughout my dance career. If I had to choose, my favourite styles are tap and modern! This is my fourth year in Brock Dance, third year teaching Advanced Lyrical, and second year on the executive team as the treasurer! Brock Dance has been an amazing part of my University experience and has allowed me to create such a strong and supportive community. I am looking forward to meeting new people and dancing alongside you all this year!

Talya D.
Social Media Coordinator 
Hi everyone! My name is Talya and I’m so excited to be returning to Brock Dance for my fourth year—this time as your Social Media Manager! I’m currently going into my fourth year in the Sport Management program at Brock, and this is my fourth year with the club. With several years of experience managing social media for sports teams and events—including roles with the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club, Prep Baseball Ontario, and the PWHL Draft—I’m passionate about creating engaging content that brings communities together. I’m looking forward to showcasing all the incredible talent, hard work, and fun that happens both in and out of the studio. Be sure to follow along—there’s so much to look forward to this season!

Meet Our Teachers!
The Heart of Brock Dance

Brock Dance is fortunate enough to have incredible teachers who dedicate their time and hard work to our dancers and their classes. Each year, our teachers put together stunning routines that we are proud to showcase in our annual end of the year recital. Thank you to our teachers for your continuous dedication and hard work, we would not be able to do it without you!

Fayth K.
Beginner/Inter, Advanced & Advanced Plus Hip Hop

Sabriya M.
Beginner/Inter Hip Hop​
Hey everyone! My name is Fayth, and I am going into my sixth year of the Primary/Junior Concurrent Education program at Brock. I have been a part of Brock Dance for the past five years, both as a hip hop teacher for the recreational team and a dancer on the competitive team we used to have. I’m super excited to be co-teaching beginner/inter hip hop, as well as teaching advanced and advanced plus hip hop too! I have been dancing since I was six years old and have participated in many different styles over the years, but hip hop has always been my favourite. I can’t wait to dance with you this year and I’m so happy to be sharing my love for hip hop with all of you!

​Hey dancers! My name is Sabriya Mohammed and I am going into my third year of the Junior/Intermediate Concurrent Education program. I am beyond excited to be teaching Beginner/Intermediate Hip Hop for the first time with Brock Dance this year! I have been dancing since I was 2 years old, and out of the many styles I have tried over the years, Hip Hop has by far been my favourite! I cannot wait to share my passion for dance with you all and I am looking forward to a fun class this year :)

Eryn H.
 Beginner/Inter Tap & Beginner/Inter Jazz

Hi! My name is Eryn and I am very excited to be apart of the Brock Dance teaching team for the upcoming dance season! This will be my first year with Brock Dance, and I'm thrilled to be teaching Beginner/Intermediate jazz, as well as Beginner/Intermediate tap alongside Katie! I've been dancing since I was 4 years old and have been competing since I was 7. I trained and competed in a variety of styles, including ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, modern, and pointe. I also taught recreational dance at my home studio when I was in high school, and I'm excited to teach again! I can't wait to meet you all and am looking forward to dancing with you in the fall!

Katie M.
Beginner/Inter Tap & Advanced Tap

Hey everyone! My name is Katie and I am in my sixth year of the Primary/Junior Concurrent Education program. I have been a part of Brock Dance since my first year. Throughout my time, I have been a dancer and teacher for the recreational team as well as member of the former competitive team. I cannot wait to teach tap again this year! I started dancing at the age of 6 and started competing at the age of 12 in a number of styles including tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and ballet. I could not be more excited for another amazing year with this club!

Jessie M.
Beginner/Inter Ballet

Hi dancers! My name is Jessie and I'm going into my second year of Kinesiology. This will be my second year with Brock Dance, and my first year as a teacher! I have been dancing since age 2 and competing since age 7. I have trained and competed in various styles such as ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, and pointe. I am so excited to be teaching Beginner/Intermediate ballet this year! I can't wait to dance with you all this upcoming season!

Kassie K.
​Advanced Ballet

Hi dancers! My name is Kassie Kuiper and I just graduated from Concurrent Education in the Intermediate/ Senior stream with teachables in French, Math, and Geography in June. This year I am starting my Master of Sport Management! I have been dancing since I was three, training and competing in Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop, Irish, Contemporary and Tap! This is my seventh year apart of Brock Dance and my sixth year teaching for the club! I was on the Brock Dance Executive team the last three years too during my undergrad! I am so excited to be teaching Advanced Ballet again this year! I can’t wait for this amazing dance season to begin!

Ava P.
Beginner/Inter Contemporary

Hello! My name is Ava, and I’m so excited to be teaching with Brock Dance again this season! I’m currently in my fourth year of Child and Youth Studies, and this is my third year with the club. I grew up training and competing in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, and contemporary. This year, I’m excited to be teaching Beginner/Intermediate Contemporary alongside Sinead. I can’t wait for another fun dance season! We are so excited to see you all in class

​Sinead T.
Beginner/Inter Contemporary

Hello everyone! I’m Sinead, and I am so grateful to be teaching with Brock Dance again this year! I am going into my fourth year of Psychology this year. This is my third year with Brock Dance, and my second year teaching for Brock Dance.  I started dancing at age 4, taking various styles such as Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop, and Pointe throughout my dance journey. I am so excited to be teaching Beginner/Intermediate Contemporary alongside Ava this year! We can’t wait to see you in class! 

Talya D
Advanced Contemporary

Hi everyone! My name is Talya and I’m so excited to welcome you to another amazing year with Brock Dance! I’m going into my fourth year in the Sport Management program here at Brock, and this will be my fourth year as part of the Brock Dance team and my third year teaching. I’ve previously taught Beginner and Intermediate Contemporary, and I’m thrilled to be teaching Advanced Contemporary this year! My dance journey started when I was just two years old with Ukrainian Dance, and over the years I expanded into ballet, contemporary, lyrical, and jazz. In high school, I was part of the Dance SHSM program at Iona Catholic Secondary School, which deepened my passion for dance and teaching. This year also marks my ninth year teaching Ukrainian Dance and Ballet at Barvinok Ukrainian Dance School. I can’t wait to see what this season brings and am so looking forward to dancing and growing with all of you! 

Olivia P.
Advanced Plus Contemporary

Hey dancing queens! My name is Liv Poechman, and I’m in my third year studying Psychology. I’ve been dancing for as long as I can remember, and I’m super excited to be teaching for the first time this year! I’ll be co-teaching Advanced Plus Contemporary with Emma, and I am so excited to see what we create with you dancers! I'm looking forward to a great year at Brock Dance as we dance till we drop:) 

Emma W.
Advanced Jazz, Advanced Plus Jazz, Advanced Plus Contemporary

Hey dancers! My name is Emma Whittier and I am in my fourth year of Sport Management. I have been dancing in various styles since I was 2 years old and so glad I get to continue to do it at Brock. This will be my fourth year apart of Brock Dance and second year teaching! I’m thrilled to be teaching advanced jazz, advanced plus jazz, and advanced plus contemporary alongside Liv this year. Can’t wait to dance with you all again!

Bailey H.
Beginner/Inter Lyrical

Hi everyone! My name is Bailey and I’m so excited to be teaching Beginner/Intermediate Lyrical this year! I'm going into my third year of the Concurrent Education P/J program, third year with Brock Dance and 12th year of dancing! I’m so happy to be back for my second year as a teacher and stepping into my new role as this year’s Events Coordinator! I’m so excited to share our love of dance with each other!

Maggie C.
Advanced Lyrical

Hi dancers! My name is Maggie Cole and I am in my 6th and final year of Concurrent Education in the primary/junior stream. I have been dancing since I was three years old, and have trained pre-professionally in mainly ballet, pointe, modern and tap but have trained in many other styles throughout my dance career. If I had to choose, my favourite styles are tap and modern! This is my fourth year in Brock Dance, third year teaching Advanced Lyrical, and second year on the executive team as the treasurer! Brock Dance has been an amazing part of my University experience and has allowed me to create such a strong and supportive community. I am looking forward to meeting new people and dancing alongside you all this year!

Maddy G.
Irish & Musical Theatre

Hi everyone! I’m Maddy and I’m in my fourth year of ConEd (I/S) with my teachables in drama and visual arts! I’m very excited to be teaching the Irish class and Musical Theatre alongside Sebastien again this year! I’ve been dancing since I was 4 years old and have tried a variety of styles but found my passion for Irish dance at the age of 6, competitively at the age of 10. I’m looking forward to teaching both of these dance classes again with Brock Dance this year and I hope to see many dancers giving these dance styles a try! 

Sebastien D.
Musical Theatre

Hi! My name is Sebastien (he/him) and I am going into my second year of the paramedic program at Niagara College. This is my fourth year involved with Brock Dance, and my second year teaching. Growing up I had a fascination with musical theatre, and I could not be more excited to teach this style alongside Maddy! See you soon :) 

Aleah P.
Acro Foundations

Hi dancers! My name is Aleah and I am going into my fourth year at Brock in the concurrent education primary/junior stream! It will be my second year teaching for Brock Dance and my first year teaching acro foundations alongside my good friend Hollie! I am so excited to dance with you all and can not wait to get inspired. xoxo

Hollie J.
Acro Foundations & Leaps and Turns

Hi! My name is Hollie, and I am so excited to teach Acro Foundations this year alongside Aleah and Leaps & Turns with Brooke! I am currently in my last year of Child and Youth Studies (honours). I began dancing at the age of 3 and haven't stopped since. I started competitive dance at a very young age, receiving extensive training in various styles including acro, lyrical, ballet, jazz, contemporary, and hip-hop. These past years, I have discovered my passion for teaching dance and gymnastics. Currently, I teach dance at Kinetic Elements Dance Inc. and Ancaster Dance Arts. I am also a CEBL dancer for the Niagara River Lions. I am beyond excited for this season of Brock Dance :)

Brooke S.
Leaps and Turns

Hi everyone! My name is Brooke and I am going into my third year of ConEd in the p/j stream! This will be my third year as a Brock Dance member and second year on the Brock Dance Executive team, this year as your Vice President! I can't wait to dance alongside all of you as I enter my 16th year of dance! Throughout my many years, jazz and hip hop have become some of my favourite styles! I can't wait to make memories and dance with all of you this year! 

Riley C.
Highland

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Hi there, everybody! My name is Riley and I am thrilled to be teaching the Highland class again this year, alongside joining the executive team as one of your events coordinators! I am heading into my 3rd year as an English Language and Literature student here at Brock and I cannot wait for another year with this club, having fun and building friendships through dance. I have been a highland dancer since I was 3 years old and have been competing in traditional highland competitions since elementary school. At my studio in St. Catharines, I teach both recreational and competitive dancers, whilst also creating choreographies to take to the stage. Highland is truly my passion and I cannot wait to share it with you all again this year!
"Dancing with others in my rec class gave me a chance to reconnect with my love for tap and connect with new friends who had the same interest.
The club is as low or high commitment as you'd like. If you're someone like me who only did one type of dance, that was cool. If you were someone who joined everything and anything they could fit in their schedule - great for you as well. As long as you commit to what you signed up for, everybody will welcome you with open arms." - Colleen, Member for 1 year, 2nd year student