Seda Dance Arts Faculty
Kathy Lang
Kathy studied dance at the University of Calgary and Grant McEwan University, and is trained in Limón, Graham and Horton technique, as well as Royal Academy and ISTD ballet. Kathy has trained in choreographic studies, Laban, and human anatomy.
Kayla Henry
Kayla is a mother, performer, creator, and educator in Victoria. Upon graduating from The School of Contemporary Dancers (Winnipeg), Kayla joined Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers as a company dancer. Kayla has performed in hundreds of professional shows across Canada, Europe and the United States since 2011. Kayla is the Founder/Artistic Director of Noble Riot Dance Theatre in Victoria, B.C. (2021)
Miyouki Jego
Miyouki has studied many forms of dance, including musical theatre, jazz, modern, tap, character dance, and both Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and Cecchetti methods of ballet. She has trained with the Cecchetti Dance Theatre, specializing in their instructor's program. Since 1999, Miyouki has been leading and developing ballet programs at competitive dance schools, arts centres, and recreational programs in Alberta and B.C. Miyouki believes that dance is for everyone, regardless of body size, gender, stature, age, ability, creed, or ethnicity.
Peter Starr
Hailing from Nanaimo, Peter began dancing at the Kirkwood Academy of Performing Arts at age 3. He began his professional training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, continuing on to the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Canada’s National Ballet School and the School of Alberta Ballet. Peter has appeared with several Canadian ballet and contemporary companies, including Ballet Kelowna, Alberta Ballet, Dancers Dancing and Move: The Company. He spent 6 years as a soloist for Kamea Dance company, based in Israel, and 2 years as the principal male dancer of Ballet Victoria. While he was based in Israel, Peter spent 4 years teaching at the Bat Dor school and trained young dancers at a professional standard.
Farley Johansson
Farley Johansson started dancing when he was 3 years old, after it was discovered that he had climbed inside of the studio owner's dryer during his older sister's first ballet lesson. Many years later he completed his professional education at the New Zealand School of Dance in 2000. He has had the opportunity to dance with companies such as the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staats Oper Unter den Linden, Staats Theater Kassel, Marco Santi Tanztheater Osnabruck, Wen Wei Dance, Edam Dance and more. Farley has had choreography presented in Vancouver, Brazil, Germany and Serbia. He has taught dance extensively in Germany as a guest teacher for many dance companies, has taught for university dance programs in Mannheim, Germany and SFU in Vancouver.
Elya Grant
Elya is a graduate of the contemporary dance program Modus Operandi. She received further formative training with Rubberbandance Group Domaine Forget, Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal and the Eastman/Sidi Larbi Cherkaouiʼs Intensive in Antwerp. Elya has had the pleasure to interpret and collaborate works by Amber Funk Barton, Ralph Escamillan, Kinesis Dance, Karissa Barry and Company 605. She has been a part of Out Innerspace Dance Theatre since 2015 creating and touring with the company nationally and internationally. Her enthusiasm and engagement towards impacting dancers naturally has led her to teaching at various studios and institutions throughout B.C.
Shannon Moreno
Shannon Moreno studied at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and the Rudra Bejart Ballet in Switzerland. She has worked in Canada, Sweden, Germany and Brazil as an Independent teacher, dancer and choreographer for over 25 years. She has most recently completed her training to become a Registered Massage Therapist and was licensed in November 2020.