Our Team

 

Lisa Silvestro

Certified Buti Yoga & Buti HotCore Instructor

Lisa is PFA’s Buti instructor, and has been leading the PFA community through this fun and dynamic yoga practice since October, 2019. Being a former collegiate athlete, Lisa was drawn to the physically-intense nature of Buti, it’s ability to facilitate emotional release, along with its heavy focus in intuitive, primal and dynamic movement.

Lisa brings enthusiasm and high-level energy into all of her Buti classes and the physical intensity of her practice is always met with the same level of humour and fun. Lisa believes movement is medicine, and with that you can expect to leave your mat feeling grounded, smiley, and sweaty!

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Jenny Vanigasooriyar

Jenny was a competitive dancer for 14 years and trained in ballet, jazz, tap, and lyrical. During that time, she was team Canada tap dance participant in 2010, 5th place.

Jenny is now a Teacher of children by day and a teacher of dance and fitness by night. You can catch her teaching a number of different dance classes at PFA, as well as Booty Blast Fitness and HIIT style workouts!

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Emily Beekhuis

Emily started pole dancing over 5 years ago and she has recently found her calling as a Pole Instructor with her tough love attitude and sneaky tips and tricks she has picked up along the way. She loves the energy her students provide and absolutely loves watching them grow and succeed. You will definitely leave Emily’s class feeling stronger, happier and wanting to come back for more!


Victoria Khounborinh

Victoria is a well-versed fitness instructor and wellness coach. Her certifications include group fitness and personal training, pilates, and healthy eating coaching. Committed to moving and fuelling her body, Victoria has always believed in a happy, holistic lifestyle. She has an honours BA in kinesiology and is currently doing an MA in Management and Leadership at Western University. Her strong thirst for knowledge has pushed her to always stay educated in the health and fitness field.

Having played a high level of competitive sports for many years, Victoria’s love for fitness continues to grow. She began her aerial/dance journey in the summer of 2021 and has been in love ever since. She finds fulfillment in the way it continually challenges her mind and body. She is so happy to be a part of the PFA community. As much as she loves working out and all-things fitness, she also spends her time creating yummy plant-based meals/desserts and running her wellness blog. Victoria believes in creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere for students as they explore their fitness goals. Victoria loves Pilates and you can see her every Monday on the mat making you sweat! You can join Victoria for Beginner and Intermediate Lyra to get started on your aerial journey at PFA!

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Heather Megan

Dance and fitness have been Heather’s medicine of choice for her entire life; she finds it so refreshing to engage in workouts that are exciting and fun! Heather has been teaching BootyBarre for over 7 years, and has expanded her repertoire of classes to include heels, booty vibes and the aerial arts. She absolutely loves connecting with other humans through sweat and laughter!

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Tara Patrice

Tara's love of dance started in her first ballet class, at the ripe old age of 3 and started competing through her teenage years and university. She began to experiment with her own choreography early on, which has allowed her to explore her unique style and netted her some hilariously titled judge's choice awards, such as the "Quirky Quirk" award. Beginning to explore her sensual side and some fun new dance styles led her to PFA, but her quirky roots and her tendency to pull inspiration from her life will always colour her choreography. Tara firmly believes that a dance studio will always be her second home, and is so incredibly appreciative of the wonderful humans that make PFA so welcoming!

Stephanie Perkin

Steph is a lifelong dancer who began studying ballet at the age of four and continued until she turned nineteen. In university, she expanded her dance repertoire by exploring different styles and techniques. Seeking a new way to stay active, Steph discovered her passion for lyra at PFA and fell in love with the aerial art form. Now a certified group fitness instructor, she is excited to share her love of lyra and guide others in discovering their strength, grace, and creativity in her classes.

 

Sarah Frappier

While at a small studio in southwestern Ontario, Sarah found her love of dance. Sarah has been dancing for over 10 years both recreationally and competitively and enjoys being a student at workshops and conventions such as Nuvo and Pulse. Throughout her years of post-secondary education, Sarah has performed and competed with dance teams such as Dance Force and Hip-hop Western, while also instructing at studios in London, Sarnia, Chatham and Leamington. Sarah enjoys the fierce and freeing nature of dance. She continues her work with students of all ages and abilities and enjoys adapting and challenging herself and style to meet the needs of those around her.

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Sarah Campos

Sarah discovered yoga for the first time during university circa 2011 and has been practicing ever since. She decided to take her journey deeper and also share this transformative practice with the community. She completed a 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2023 and has been teaching hatha style yoga ever since. Yoga has been a source of profound healing over the years for Sarah and she is so excited to guide others with their mind-body connection.

Sarah’s other passion is dance! Growing up in a latin family, dance was always been a big part of this culture. She started doing dance classes recreationally during high school and went on to perform in several recitals in university and beyond. Sarah believes dance is such an important aspect of embodiment and self-expression. It has increased her sense of confidence and self-esteem and she hopes to inspire her students in the same way.

Rachel Lethbridge

Rachel is a corporate paralegal by day and Aerialist by night. She is a cat mom to 2 fur babies that make her heart happy. She was a competitive figure skater, and did several years of jazz, lyrical and tap. She found her joy in Pole dancing in 2021 during the pandemic and fell absolutely in love with it. Since then she's been a regular at PFA and placed at CPAC Nationals. She is a fierce and loyal friend to her circle and she is a girls girl through and through. 

She believes that pole and other forms of dance are a type of therapy. Being able to move your body in a way that helps you feel emotions without having to use words is a type of cathartic release that can't be explained. She hopes to bring pole and dance joy to others through beginner pole, pole choreo and sensual low flow. 

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Samantha Spelt

Samantha discovered pole dancing in 2012 and found it to be empowering and artistic while providing a fun and challenging workout. She quickly became fascinated by the flexibility and strength involved in aerial arts that she started training to become an instructor and has been teaching ever since. Her years of experience and training allow her to teach pole dancing techniques safely and professionally spot students at various levels. She offers a fun and welcoming atmosphere for students to come and learn the art of pole dancing, work on their goals, gain strength and express themselves.

 
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Jacqueline Lau

My interest in dance started at a young age. From learning traditional Chinese dances, to growing up dancing in an arts school- I’ve always loved the art of movement. When Sarah Ellen came to London and brought heels dance with her, it really changed me as a dancer. There’s something about heels dance that provides a level of confidence that I’ve never felt in any other form of dance. Fun fact: I’ve been in every dance production (6 Shows!) put on by Sarah Ellen Dance. My favourite genres to take as a student are hip hop, lyrical and of course heels! Come and join me at PFA for my Heels classes!

 
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Emily Soti

Emily aka “Emmy” decided her adult years should be spent dancing the night away and running to the circus so she started her journey in 2014 when she began pole dancing. Since then she’s competed and performed on many stages for heels, pole, Lyra and musical theatre. She received her Lyra Instructor Certification in 2019 and has been working on her Lyra practice since 2017. Her full time job is a wedding photographer, who also offers boudoir, pole/aerial, portrait and branding options. She’s a dog mom, meme queen, plant lover, and wanna-be urban homesteader who absolutely adores being a part of the PFA community. 

 
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Christie Murray

Christie is a Mom to 1 human, 2 cats, and a 1 eye chihuahua named Willie, there is never a dull moment in her house. She started her Pole journey in 2010 and fell in love immediately, which led her to becoming a Pole Instructor in 2016. She is strong, patient and creative which makes for a really magical Pole class, not to mention she is a lover of swear words which always makes things interesting. She became a National Master Champion in 2019 and has been teaching all levels of Pole at PFA since the studio opened in August 2019. She is Lyra certified and occasionally teaches Lyra as well as Stretch throughout the week at the studio as well. This charming lover of donuts will empower you to do your best in her class and leave you feeling amazing, especially if you need a good laugh!

Candace Campbell

Candace discovered yoga in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the benefits for not only the body but the mind. She pursued a 200-hour yoga teacher training course with the intention of deepening her personal practice and began teaching in 2022. Candace offers hatha, dynamic flow and deep stretch style classes, striking a balance between strength and ease while focusing on the mind-body connection. 

Candace believes yoga is all about self-discovery and meeting yourself where you're at, her classes are designed to be accessible and empowering for all experience levels. She looks forward to meeting you on your mat! 


Aya Ishai

Aya has been studying dance in London, Ontario since she was 6 years old, training primarily in ballet, jazz, and tap for many years. She discovered aerial dance as an adult, and loves the physical challenge and artistry of pole dance. Aya loves learning and adding to her repertoire of dance styles at PFA, and is grateful to be able to teach what she loves, joining others on their own dance and fitness journeys! 

Natalie Toll

Natalie has over twenty-three years of dance experience and has been teaching for seven years. She grew up as a competitive dancer trained in a variety of styles and by some of the industry’s top professionals. At the age of sixteen Natalie travelled to Los Angeles on scholarship to dance in the world-famous Carnival Choreographers Ball, where her love and passion for urban dance ignited. Since then, she has choreographed for the Western University’s competitive dance team InMotion, taught in several high schools throughout TVDSB, worked as head choreographer for the London Lightning Dance Pak from 2017-2019, and has been an instructor for many local and surrounding London dance studios. Most recently, Natalie has graduated with a diploma in Massage Therapy and is a RegisteredMassage Therapist that works with sports injury rehabilitation and prevention. She is SO excited to now be apart of PFA and share her unique style in our HEELS CLASSES!