Dashawna has been dancing since she was 4 years old. She started 

                                                                             competing in dance at age 12 and has won numerous awards for her solos,

                                                                             features and group numbers. Since she first started dancing, she had trouble 

                                                                             finding a dance studio that did not have a negative or overly competitive 

                                                                             environment. By the end of her dance training, Dashawna had attended seven

                                                                             different dance studios. During this endless search for the right studio, Dashawna

                                                                             realized that she wanted to open a dance studio that gave dancers a positive,

                                                                             supportive, team-building environment and focused more on the love and art of

                                                                             dance than competitions, like what she always searched for. Dashawna

                                                                             began teaching students and choreographing dances at her mother's singing

                                                                             studio, Studio 55. After many years of competing at dance competitions, teaching,

                                                                             and choreographing, she wanted to get a better understanding of the psychology behind positive teaching, uniting teams, and motivating different individual personalities, so she completed a University degree in psychology and philosophy at Queen's University. Now, she is fulfilling her dream of having her own dance studio that inspires dancers to have a positive self-image and strive to be the best they can be, both as dancers and as people.