DANS'ATOUT - Key Persons
Alexandra Pileggi joined the Dans'Atout family at the age of 4 years old. She is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, modern, hip-hop, and musical theatre. Her love and dedication for dance allowed her to succeed in RAD Ballet Exams with excellent results, and in 2012 she was awarded with the coveted Dans'Atout scholarship.
In addition to teaching classes at Dans'Atout, she also coaches our competition teams and has been leading them to success! She is now continuing her dance career as a Montreal Alouettes Cheerleader. Dans'Atout is very happy to have her on staff and you can definitely tell she loves what she does!
Job Titles:
- Teacher ( B.Fa Contemporary Dance, ADAPT in Prog. )
Ashley Arnold has a real passion for dance. Joining the Dans'Atout family at the age of 5 in ballet and tap, Ashley has since added jazz, contemporary, hip hop and modern to her portfolio. Under the instruction of her ballet and tap teacher Michelle Raimbert, Ashley's hard work does not go unnoticed as she received Distinction in her RAD ballet exam and was recently permitted to travel to Bradford, Ontario to complete her Intermediate and Advance ISTD tap exams simultaneously where she received Merit in both.
To Ashley there's no point in having a talent if you don't share it with others, which is why she enjoys teaching so much. In the past few years Ashley has been choreographing different numbers for various shows and fundraising events around Montreal such as this year's Dance-to-Give event and the Montreal TeenFest. Energetic and fun to be around students are sure to leave her class with a smile.
Ella Eremita began her dance training at the age of three in Calgary, Alberta. She is trained in ballet (Advanced 2 RAD), pointe, tap, character, jazz, modern and hip hop. Ella competitively danced from age 8 to 18 representing her dance school where she was also a ballet teacher and assistant jazz choreographer. In addition to teaching, she studies nursing at McGill University and is co-president of Alegria Contemporary Ballet.
Born in Montreal, Jessica Dupont-Roux started dancing at the age of five at Dans'Atout. She maintains open-mindedness through numerous practices such as ballet, tap, musical comedy and theatre.
Passionate about the expressiveness of the human body, Jessica aspires to explore contemporary dance. At the age of 16, she entered the École Contemporaine de Montreal where she developed an artistic conscience. She has had the chance to work with Angelique Willkie, Darryl Tracy, Hélène Blackburn, Parts & Labour Danse, Deborah Dunn, Sam Coren, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage, Jason Martin and Marie Chouinard Company who have greatly contributed to her artistic journey.
Currently, she's particularly interested in movement taking the starting point in perception, as well as, the state of change via physical change. She also hopes to develop choreography projects in the future. She works at Dans'Atout with young students to transmit her passion of movement.
Miss Justine has been dancing since the age of 5. Throughout the years, she has worked hard to master a variety of dance styles. She is currently completing her Acro Dance Teachers Association Jr certification.
Justine has been on the Dans'Atout competition team since 2014 and has participated in numerous dance competitions in Montreal, Ottawa, and surrounding areas.
In 2015, she earned herself a position in a 5-day intensive at Manhattan's world-renowned Broadway Dance Center.
Lola began taking RAD ballet at the age of 5 five at Dans'Atout, and soon added other disciplines of dance to her repertoire. She exceled in all her dance exams most recently achieving distinction in her advanced 1 ballet, her advanced 1 modern, and her intermediate tap. In the last five years she has attended numerous dance competitions, most recently being awarded highest scoring overall competitive senior soloist at the Canadian national dance championships (CNDC). Lola is also thrilled to have won the 2019 Dans'Atout scholarship. She is overjoyed to begin teaching to share her passion with others.
Meghann Schiavone started dancing at Dans'Atout at the age of 5 years old. She has been trained in multiple styles such as jazz, hiphop, lyrical, contemporary, musical theatre, and tap. At a young age she took part in RAD and ISTD dance exams with excellent results. She was also rewarded with the Dans'Atout scholarship in 2015. In 2015, she got the opportunity to take classes at the broadway dance centre in New York City which had opened her horizons for dance. She has taken part in multiple dance competitions and has succeed for 7 years now. She also got the chance to be on an Italian TV show to showcase her talent in dance. Also take part in the 365 Montreal show last summer.
She also teaches dance to the elementary and pre school Montessori in Lasalle.
Next summer she will be starting her ADAPT teacher training in Toronto to get her certification in the ADAPT syllabus.
Job Titles:
- Artistic Director
- ISTD Associate Teacher, ADAPT Certified Teacher, ADTA Certified Teacher
Melanie Beaudet is a certified tap and modern teacher with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) as well as an Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers (ADAPT) certified jazz teacher. She is completing her Acrobatique Acro Dance teacher training and is a member of the Professional Adjudicators Alliance (PAA).
Melanie has been dancing since the age of 5. At 15, she began teaching and choreographing, and at 18 she kicked off her professional dance career. She is currently the studio director of Dans'Atout, a large dance school located in Montreal. Along with having a strong competitive team, Dans'Atout enters students annually in dance exams with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), ISTD and ADAPT.
Melanie has been involved in numerous stage shows as both a dancer and a singer. Additionally, throughout her career she has appeared in various films and television productions with such stars as Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. Melanie has also been privileged with the opportunity of entertaining the Canadian Armed Forces on their tour of Bosnia and Kosovo. She has been throughout Canada cheerleading with the Montreal Alouettes, and her love and commitment to dance has brought her as far as Australia as choreographer for a pop band.
Melanie is trained in classical ballet, tap, jazz, modern, hip hop, voice, and musical theatre. She loves her craft and continues to inspire her students as she guides them towards their dreams.
Michelle Raimbert began dancing and competing at the age of 5 at the Alison Lamont School of Dance, AB and continued her training with Simcoe Dance Academy, ON. She has been trained in RAD ballet, ISTD tap and modern and CDTA tap and jazz and successfully completed her advanced exams in all disciplines as well as her Solo Seal RAD in 1992, under the instruction of Joan Dorothy.
Michelle went on to complete her teaching exams in all four disciplines and was awarded her RAD teaching certificate with distinction. She has taught at numerous dance studios across Canada, training students for ballet exams and competitions as well as choreographing and directing several shows and guest teaching for many summer dance programs.
Michelle continued taking class in Russia, where she also worked for the German School of Moscow staging musicals, then moved to France where she again had the opportunity to take class as well as teach. Since 2000 Michelle has been teaching at Dans'Atout where she has been training students for their graded and vocational RAD exams.
Natalie Saunders is a passionate dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Formally trained in R.A.D. Ballet, I.S.T.D. Tap and Modern, C.D.T.A Jazz, and A.D.A.P.T. Jazz, Natalie is a great asset to Dans'Atout, where she has been dancing since she was 8 years old.
Now as a teacher, she prepares her students for their annual dance exams and is a coach for the competitive team. She recently graduated from A.D.A.P.T.'s 3-year Teacher Training School and is now a certified dance instructor for this syllabus. She is also trained to teach Junior and Intermediate Acrobatique.
While still training and teaching, Natalie obtained a B.Sc. in Neuroscience and a M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy, both from McGill University. During her studies, she was a dancer and choreographer for McGill's dance company, Mosaica, giving her the opportunity to work on her technique, creativity and style among dancers from across Canada.
Eager to learn, Natalie never hesitates to attend drop-in classes and workshops around Montreal to support her dance training. She has a passion for teaching and loves nothing more than seeing her students work hard and fall in love with dance.
Sabrina D ‘Angelo is 18 years old and is presently studying in the Child Studies program at Dawson College. Sabrina is in the process of getting her Acrobatic Dance Teacher Association certification. She really enjoys teaching young children and spends her summers as a camp monitor.
Sabrina started taking dance classes at Dans'Atout in 2005 at the age of 4. She is trained in all styles of dance classes including jazz, tap, modern, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical and also earned a distinction mark in my ballet RAD exams. Sabrina has been on the competition team since 2013 earning various awards. Her dance journey has brought her to Ottawa, Toronto, Mont Tremblant and New York. She enjoyed being a teaching assistant but is ready to start her journey as a Dans'Atout teacher.
Sabrina did competitive gymnastics for 6 years which led her to earn many awards. She found herself to be exceeding in gymnastics as well as dance. When Dans'Atout introduced an acro program she found herself to be very excited because she knew this would be a style perfect for her. Arco Dance has allowed Sabrina to include her passion for gymnastics into her unique dance style.
Dans'Atout is a dance school located in LaSalle, Montreal. For over 40 years we have been training dancers both professionally as well as recreationally. We specialize in Acro Dance, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Musical Theatre.
Sabrina began dancing at two and a half years old. In developing her passion for dance and expanding her repertoire of disciplines (jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary and hip-hop), her determination, passion and dedication won her the 2009 Dans'Atout Dance Scholarship. Sabrina has attended various dance workshops such as Triple Threat and has participated in many competitions and shows. She hosts children's dance parties (Dans'Atout Dance Star Party) and has taught dance in primary schools as an extra-curricular activity. Her primary objective is to share her knowledge and love of dance with her students. Sabrina continues to help others in pursuing studies in social work at the CEGEP du Vieux-Montreal. In addition, she volunteers at Sun Youth, an organization fighting against poverty. In short, Sabrina is a young woman full of radiant energy that excels everything she does.