Our Goal
Our goal as a studio is to provide an entertaining, fun, and social atmosphere for learning many different styles of dance. We provide dances such as: Ballroom and Latin in, social and international, for pleasure and competitions. We cater to kids, adults, couples and weddings. We offer Ballroom and Latin to adults and children. We also have ladies classes such as: Ladies Latin Rhythm, Belly Dancing, Yoga, Line Dancing, Stretch and Fitness. For kids and teens we have Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Lip-synching, Theatre Dance, and Video Jazz. We hold lessons 6 days a week for various dances.
Marie Zimmer was born in Minto, New Brunswick, Canada and started dancing when she was six. After moving to Hamilton, Ontario, she teamed up with one of the Best Toronto Based Dance Schools "Roland and Romaine School of Dance" danced Jazz, Ballet and Modeling and she joined the "Pig & Whistle Dancers" who performed on TV Network. She performed for local Theatres and did Fashion Shows.
In 1976 she began teaching and training at Fred Astaire Studios and took 4 students to the Canadian Amateur Competitions and all 4 students won first place. Marie Zimmer competed in the Canadian Professional Latin Championships and in 1973 she placed first at the Canadian Professional Dance Competitions and achieved a top teacher and Top Studio awards recognized through the Canadian Dance Teachers Association. In 1990 she began working as An Artist in the Classroom for the Hamilton-Wentworth School Board and has been teaching children and adults Social & International Ballroom & Latin Dancing, Folk, Jazz, Ballet, Line dancing, Hip-Hop and choreographs theatrical dances.
