Lynn Ahmad began her career in Dance at the age of three. Since that time, she has been fortunate enough to study with some of Canada's most renowned professional teachers and performers. Marcia Caple, ARAD and Audrey Looker, ARAD & Examiner for the Royal Academy of Dancing, both playing instrumental roles in Lynn's development as a performer and professional teacher. The late Gladys Forrester, RAD President Award Winner, coached Lynn when she studied for the RAD Advanced Exam. While pursuing her Diploma in Dance, Lynn studied under former National Ballet of Canada's Nadia Potts and was coached by Canada's foremost lead male soloist, Frank Augustyn.

Lynn started  her performing career with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens in The Nutcracker in Ottawa. She has continued her professional career teaching/coaching in Toronto and surrounding areas.  Her students who take the annual  RAD examinations (Pre-Primary to and including Advanced 1) achieve a 100% pass rate with many attaining top results. In addition, Lynn has prepared students for major dance competitions both locally and abroad. Her record includes both choreographic and overall awards. As an adjudicator, Lynn most recently sat as Adjudicator (in the disciplines of Ballet, Pointe and Demi-Character) at Dance Manitoba's Annual Provincial Dance Festival.

Many of Lynn's students have garnered scholarships and awards moving on to further education at universities like York, Ryerson and Ottawa.  Other students have become professional entertainers whose careers have taken them all over the world.

Lynn is a Registered Teacher and member of both the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Canadian Dance Teachers' Association. She has her Diploma in Theatre (Dance) from the Ryerson Polytechnical University; Intermediate Ballet (RAD); Advanced National (ISTD) and Advanced Modern (ISTD).

Lynn is very excited about her eighth year in Port Perry as owner and Artistic Director of the Port Perry Dance Academy.

Jennifer Barton holds her B.A. (Dance) from the University of Waterloo. She is a Full Member of the Canadian Dance Teacher Association and holds her Teacher Training Diploma from Dance Masters of America. Jennifer has taught ballet, jazz, tap and musical theatre for the past 14 years both in Ontario and in the United States. Jennifer's students have entered numerous dance competitions and have won both choreography and top mark awards. Her students have also been successful at all levels of CDTA jazz and tap exams. Jennifer's experience in jazz, tap and theatre is a great addition to the already exceptionally strong faculty at the Port Perry Dance Academy. Jennifer focuses on our tap and jazz students and anchors our Musical Theatre program and is a dance competition adjudicator.

An alumnus of the Port Perry Dance Academy, Cassie is now an undergraduate student in Dance at York University. Cassie  focuses on our creative and primary programs in tap, jazz, lyrical and ballet. Cassie is the first ever high school student in Scugog to be awarded an Academic Arts credit in dance by the Durham Board of Education. She is also the first student of ballet at the Port Perry Dance Academy to earn a Gold Medal at the American Dance Awards (ADA) Competition. Cassie also received the Dancefusion scholarship from the ADA for her outstanding performances in ballet, pointe, lyrical and hip hop tap. Cassie has performed and competed with the Port Perry Dance Academy since its inception and, on every occasion, has received accolades on her abilities as a ballerina. Cassie’s teaching career has spanned just under eight years starting in our apprentice program and earning her status as a student member of the Royal Academy of Dance. Cassie’s quiet leadership style and her preference to lead by example make her an outstanding teacher and role model for all students at the Port Perry Dance Academy. Most recently, Cassie was selected to perform with Footloose International’s renowned Extreme Team in Orlando, Florida and in Nassau, Bahamas.