Remix Instructors

Bonnie Peltzer

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Bonnie Peltzer is the Owner, Dance Director, and Co-Founder of Remix Dance Academy. She has brought her HIP HOP experience and passion to this business and is the face of the company. Bonnie completed her education in Rockland at L'Escale where she was the lead choreographer for 4 consecutive years for Showbizz, the annual school talent show. Upon graduation, Bonnie took a position with Perfekto Modelling School as an Instructor where she pioneered a HIP HOP course with the owner. She then became a member of Culture Shock where she completed her Instructor Certification. After teaching at Perfekto for 2 years, the business ended its operations. Bonnie, and her brother Jayson, then founded Bonnie's Hip Hop, which was quickly renamed to Remix Dance Academy.

In 2008, Bonnie and her dance troupe THRIVE, participated in the Canadian National Hip Hop Championships. While Bonnie spends most of her time operating the company as the Dance Director, she also continues to teach as an Instructor within the company because she loves it soo much.

Stephanie Chamberland

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Stephanie is originally from Rockland, ON and has been dancing with Remix Dance Academy since it was founded in 2002. Stephanie is Bonnie Peltzer's sister, the owner and founder of the company. She has been doing shows with her siince she was only 10 years old. She was a part of Showbizz at l'Escale highschool for 3 years where she was in charge of inventing the choreography for some of the hip hop routines. Stephanie has been dancing since she was only days old and has bloomed into one of Remix's most technically accurate dancers.

Stephanie has been a part of Thrive since the very beginning, she is Thrive's oldest member and she plays a key role in contributing to the success of this professional dance team.

Stephanie has been teaching classes with Remix since 2005. Stephanie has been the choreographer for some of Remix's most elite dancers. She is presently teaching the Impact competitve dance team from Rockland.

Stephanie studied at La Cité Collégiale for one year and a half and is currently pursuing a degree in Education at the University of Ottawa.

Annick Carrière

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Annick Carrière is originaly from Bourget, ON and is now living in Rockland, ON. She is a 19 year old who has had a passion for dancing since she was just a little girl. She has been dancing since she is 5 years old. She would always enjoy particpating in the elementry and highschool dance performances such as Showbizz, highshool pep rallies and the cheerleading team from Plantagenet.

Annick has been dancing with Thrive for almost four years now. She has recently completed the Remix Instructor Certification Program and has began teaching for Remix Dance Academy for her first year this year.

Annick is currently studying to be a physiotherapist at La Cité Collégiale and plans on owning a sports physiotherapy center in the near future.

Karine Lalonde

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Born May 13th, 1991, Karine is originally from St-Isidore, ON but has been living in Rockland for the past 14 years now. She has been taking dance lessons for over 12 years, from tap dancing, to ballet jazz, to hip hop. Karine is one of Remix's oldest students, she danced for Remix Dance Academy from 2003 to 2006.

In 2005, Karine became a member of the Thrive dance team. She has been dancing with them ever since. Karine is one of Thrive's most elite dancers and has lots of experience in dance performances.

Karine completed the Remix Instructor Certification Program and has been teaching for Remix Dance Academy for the past 3 years now. Karine teaches all levels and for the first time this year will be creating choreographies for some of RDA's competitve dance teams.

Karine plans to attend La Cité Collegiale after she graduates to pursue a career in management .

 

Marie-Claude Massicotte

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Marie-Claude has loved to dance for as long as she can remember. As a child, she took ballroom dancing for a few years and then moved her way to ballet jazz. It is only at the age of 15 that her love for hip hop grew as she joined Futur Shock Canada, a youth hip hop group. When she turned 18, she joined Culture Shock Canada when she first met Bonnie. She slowly climbed her way up as a skilled hip hop dancer and started to teach some company classes. After putting dancing on hold for a few years to pursue her studies, she was approached by the RDA dance director, Bonnie and was asked to join Thrive. The following year she became a certified Remix instructor and started to teach for Remix Dance Academy. Marie-Claude has been teaching for 2 years now. She teaches all levels including some of RDA's competitive dance teams.

Marie-Claude is currently employed by the French Catholic School Board and is in her third year as a school teacher. She now teaches the 2nd and 3rd grade.

Stéphanie Doré

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Stephanie has been dancing for the past 7 years now. She has danced with a variety of dance companies and various dance styles. Although, she always found herself coming back to Hip Hop. Stephanie started as a simple student for Bonnie's Hip Hop now known as Remix Dance Academy the first year it was founded. She danced with Remix for 4 years.

Stephanie was a member of RDA's competitive dance team; Thrive, from 2005 to 2008. She is currently taking a year off to concentrate on her career as an insurance broker.

Stephanie continues to share her passion for dancing with others by teaching the beauty of Hip Hop dancing. She completed the Remix Instructor Certification Program and has been teaching for the past 3 years now. She teaches all levels which involves some of RDA"s highest competitive teams. Stephanie has been a great asset to the company since the very beginning, always helping out with choreography building, final show concepts, marketing events and performances around the cities.

"Hip Hop is not what you can do, it's what you make of it"

Alycia Prévost

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Alycia lives in Limoges, ON and is currently attending the Casselman highschool. Alycia has been dancing with Remix for the past 4 years now.

Alycia completed the Remix Instructor Certification Program in September 2008 and started her first year as a Remix dance teacher shortly after.