5678 Dance Studio - Info Guide 2020

Kwasi Wayne Romero
Hip Hop Beginner & Junior levels
Kwasi Wayne Romero is one of Trinidad & Tobago’s premiere dancers/choreographers. This selftaught dancer started off in
Shotokan karate achieving the rank of third degree brown belt. He has also studied mix martial arts and capoeira. In fact, it
is his capoeira skills that led him to Hip Hop and break dancing.
His professional career began in 2005, as a Hip Hop Dancer with Scientist Crew, and since then he has gained extensive
exposure to various styles including Modern, Latin, Ballroom, Caribbean Folk and Dancehall. He has served as a certified
Zumba instructor and has co-launched “Soca Cardio” a dance fitness program. Kwasi has been a member of Scientist Crew,
Dance Fusion, Elle and E-Clipse and is a current member of Noble Douglas Dance Company. Kwasi’s extreme talent and
amicable character have won the hearts of his students.
Nathalia Molina
Springer – Limon Senior & Intermediate levels
Nathalia has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design, but her first love is and has always been dance. She has trained in Ballet,
Venezuelan folklore, Contemporary (Coreoarte’s Technique & Cuban Technique), Modern (Limon & Graham) and Jazz. She
has performed throughout Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, United States, Trinidad and Belize.
She has been a member of the world renowned Coreoarte Dance Foundation since 2006. Nathalia is also an avid Yoga and
Pilates instructor and uses those techniques as an instrument in the preservation and conscious maintenance of good health
for her students. She teaches the senior and middle school students of &5678.
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Nadine Mose
Ballet Senior level
She was born to dance and began her dance training at an early age at the Caribbean School of Dancing and achieved up
to her Advanced Certificate of Ballet. She was also a member of La Chapelle Douglas Dance Company and the Repertory
Dance Theatre. Nadine is a graduate of the Julliard School where she was the first recipient of the Martha Hill scholarship for
2 years, after graduating with Honours she was awarded a scholarship at the Martha Graham School.
She then joined Ballet Hispanico of New York where she became a faculty member and rehearsal director for the school’s
junior company. She has taught at Barnard College, Julliard School and the Junior division of the Alvin Ailey American Dance
Centre. She performed with many dance companies in New York, and spent a decade with the Elisa Monte Dance Company
where she was a principal dancer touring extensively throughout her career in Europe, Asia, Russia, USA and the Caribbean.
Nadine is also a COCO Award recipient. Retired from the stage she is happy to share her experience and knowledge when
teaching the senior students at &5678 Dance Studio.
Aviance Bain
Contemporary (All levels) Jazz & Modern (Senior & Inter levels)
Dance Educator and choreographer Aviance Bain received her formative training at Caribbean School of Dancing and
went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from the University of Akron in Ohio. Ms. Bain has performed with The
University of Akron Dance Company, STREB Extreme Action Company, Metamorphosis Dance Company and Keturah Dance
Ministry. Her work has been presented locally, regionally and internationally by Continuum Dance Project, The University
of Akron Dance Company, The Praise Academy of Dance in Trinidad, The National Theatre Arts Company of Trinidad and
Tobago (NTACTT) and several other performance groups.
Her portfolio also includes serving as the Dance and Movement Coordinator of NTACTT, Festival faculty member at The
Ohio Dance Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, Dance tutor at The Gates Praise Academy, Praise Academy of Dance (Trinidad) and
various other posts. In 2017, Ms. Bain launched The Wonder Project; a production company that brings together creatives
who believe in the transcendent thus transformative power of the Arts.
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