Rachel Lepera

Rachel is an accomplished dancer, instructor and choreographer with several years of dance experience and has been singing and dancing since the age of four.

Rachel is also a fashion designer and pre-production quality assurance coordinator. In March 2005, Rachel was the only person chosen to represent all of North America at the 13th Hempel Award China International Young Fashion Designers Contest. Her collection was modeled and televised on the runway in Beijing before a panel of international judges during China Fashion week. Rachel won a participating country award for Canada and money.

Rachel, following the B.A.T.D., C.D.T.A. and R.A.D. syllabai, has studied ballet, jazz, strength & flexibility (a.k.a. stretch), tap, acrobatics, lyrical, modern, hip hop, musical theatre and song & dance. Rachel is also a certified "Strip To Fit" instructor in fused dance and fitness - exotic dance.

As a former competitive dancer and winning her first major dance trophy, as a soloist at age seven, Rachel competed heavily in Canada and the USA for many years, winning numerous awards and scholarships. Rachel has also attended several international dance workshops.

Rachel has also studied instrumental and vocal music for several years and traveled with her choir to compete and perform at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. She also toured Northern Ontario performing in the musical production of “The Sound of Music” where she played one of the leading roles, Elsa Schraeder.

Some of Rachel’s former students have gone on to land careers as a pop singer, tv actor and musical theatre triple threat.

Over the past years, Rachel has taught many forms of dance choreographed and performed in musicals such as “Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat”, “My Fair Lady”, “Little Shop of Horrors” and “The Sound of Music”.

Rachel's most recent theatrical work has been choreographing the musicals “Oliver”, “Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” and “The Little Match Girl” as well as movement for a Children’s Choir and excerpts from “Music Man” .

Rachel’s unique and phenomenal style of choreography will keep you constantly craving to learn and dance.