Meet Our Faculty
Cheyenne Chante
Owner / Artistic Director
Cheyenne Chante is a Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and Artistic Director with over 29 years of dance experience and 14+ years of teaching and choreography experience. Trained in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hip Hop, Acro, Contemporary & Lyrical.
Cheyenne holds her B.A.T.D. (British Association of Teachers of Dancing) teaching certification in Stage and has completed numerous RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) ballet examinations.
Throughout her professional career, Cheyenne has worked within both the commercial and competitive dance industry, appearing in music videos, live performances, film, and television projects. Her credits include Sean Paul, Buju Banton, Mr. Vegas, Keri Hilson, Roy Woods, Baby Cham, Dexta Daps, Aqyila, Romeo, Netflix productions, and the feature film Honey.
As an educator and mentor, Cheyenne is passionate about building confident, versatile, hardworking dancers while creating a positive and supportive training environment. Her main goal has always been to inspire the next generation of dancers both inside and outside the studio.
Emily Gibson
Teacher
Emily Gibson is a professional dancer, choreographer, and dance educator based in the GTA, with extensive experience in performance, choreography, and teaching. Her training began with the Royal Academy of Dance, completing ballet examinations through Advanced 1, and continued at George Brown College and The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, where she studied ballet, jazz, and modern.
Known for her versatility, Emily has worked across contemporary, Latin, Bollywood, ballroom, hip hop, jazz, and ballet. Her credits include PrideTO, Bravo Dance Company, Limitless Compound, Sensual Heeling, MM Entertainment, Hit and Run Productions, Liberty Entertainment, Sheertex, Cheekbone Beauty, Zootch, and BNF Dubai, along with modeling, acting, and commercial performance.
As an educator and choreographer, Emily has taught dancers of all ages throughout the GTA. Her choreography has earned multiple competition awards. She is passionate about an encouraging, inclusive environment that builds technique, confidence, musicality, performance quality, and individuality.
Emily is certified in Alixa Flexibility and Artistic Dance Educators in Tap. She has also co-produced charity dance showcases supporting SickKids Foundation and Make-A-Wish. She is excited to inspire and support the next generation of dancers at CCDC.
Katrina Matera
Teacher
Katrina Matera is a professional dancer and competitive choreographer based in Toronto, Canada. She specializes in jazz, contemporary, and acro choreography and has over 15 years of performance experience.
Katrina has taught and choreographed for competitive dance students since 2020. In 2025, she graduated from the George Brown College Commercial Dance program, where she learned from industry professionals.
One of Katrina’s biggest achievements was performing in the 2015 Pan Am Games opening ceremony with Cirque Du Soleil. She has also performed with Toronto-based companies including On The Floor and Dark Dance Company, and was featured as a backup dancer in Priyanka’s “No New Friends” music video.
In 2025, Katrina choreographed a piece for George Brown’s “In Haus” showcase. She has received choreography awards at various dance competitions and strives to produce stand-out pieces.