Pia Bouman
Founder & Artistic Director

Pia has a teaching career that spans over 46 years. She teaches all levels of RAD, Classical Ballet technique, Creative Movement, as well as Pointe, ‘The Core Challenge’, and special exam coaching.

Suzanne Davies

Suzanne joined the school as an accompanist in 1992 and established the School’s Music and Movement program in 1998. As a teacher, she seeks to inspire and enrich children through music and enjoys guiding people of all ages on their musical journey. Suzanne uses the Dalcroze approach (learning music through movement) in her teaching - a fun, creative, and joyful way to explore and learn about music and movement.

Joined the school in 2004. He teaches Ballet Technique level 1–5, Contemporary dance, special coaching, pas de deux and Repertoire. He is a professional dancer and performs with Toronto Dance Theatre.

Originally from Japan, Yuichiro Inoue first gained recognition as one of the country’s top Kung-Fu kids. His ballet training soon followed and by the age of 15 he moved to Germany to train on scholarship at the John Cranko Ballet School in Stuttgart. He went on to perform as a member of Staatstheater Braunschweig, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the Saarlaendisches Statts Theatre in Saarbruecken before moving to Toronto to complete the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School (RAD status). Upon graduation he was hired at

Naigsa Inoue

Nagisa Inoue - Joined the school in 2004. She teaches RAD Graded and RAD Higher Grades, Ballet Technique, Vocational Graded levels up to Advanced 2 and Solo Seal. She established the Classical Variation class in 2010. She is responsible for the National Dance Program (ISTD). 

Born on the Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe, Danielle graduated from the Professional Program of the National Ballet of Canada in 2002, concomitantly training and performing with the Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre. After her studies, Danielle spent two years working with Desrosiers Dance Company and three seasons with Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, followed by freelance work with ProArte Danza, Dreamwalker Dance Company and ezdanza. In addition to her contributions to the world of dance, Danielle holds a BA in Child Studies, a Master’s Degree in Social Justice Education, and is currently a PhD Candidate at the prestigious Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where she is looking to develop a teacher’s curriculum in Holistic Health Promotion for application with K-12 populations. Her research emerges from both her own story of illness and recovery,

Alyssa Kryger

Alyssa (she/her) is a Toronto based dance artist and teacher, originally from St. Albert, Alberta. With extensive training in ballet, contemporary, and acrobatic arts, Alyssa enjoys finding ways to blend these disciplines into both a highly physical and technical style of dance. As a 2023 Honours graduate of the Performance Dance program at Toronto Metropolitan University, Alyssa has danced and collaborated in many virtual, film and live performances, including works created by Jesse Obremski, Kunal Ranchod, Alyssa Martin and Rock Bottom Movement, Louis Laberge-Cote, and Aria Evans. Currently, Alyssa is a dancer and choreographer with Unapologetic Dance Company, and performs as a freelance dancer across the Greater Toronto Area.

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