Staff

Luisa graduated from McGill University Faculty of Law in 1983 and prior to that from the Faculty of Social work in 1980. She has practiced law since 1986 and is an active member of the Quebec Bar Association. She is currently a businesswoman and Executive Director of le Groupe Merveilles, who together with her husband and partner Ezio Carosielli, owns and operates a network of 10 daycares with over 800 children which she continues to manage to this date. She has coordinated the delivery of dance and music courses to the children of these daycares for the last 10 years. Her involvement in the dance industry is inspired by her two daughters’ Cara and Andria who share a passion for dance and who have been involved in competitive dance for close to 6 years. Luisa wanted to find a fulfilling environment to develop her daughters’ passion for dance and decided to create such an environment. Extravadanza was born from the pursuit of these goals. Extravadanza wishes to offer its DanZers technically correct dance instruction and a very different dance experience through its qualified and experienced staff in a variety of disciplines and related activities as well as exposure to a variety of choreographers and dance workshops.

Sandra Beaulieu - View Schedule

Sandra began dancing at the age of 7 in ballet jazz. She went on to follow her passion at C.E.G.E.P. de Sainte-Foy in Quebec City. She thereafter studied contemporary dance at l'Ecole de danse de Quebec, as well as the Graham and Limon techniques and classical ballet. For the past three years, she has been teaching funky jazz and hip-hop and contemporary dance. She continues to train to better her abilities and technique as a dancer and teacher as well as in personal fitness. Since September 2008, she teaches contemporary dance and funky Hip Hop at Extravadanza.

Veronica Felisi - View Schedule

Veronica Felisi boasts extensive professional dance experience in theatre, television, and concert experience throughout Europe, the USA and Canada. She trained at the OPEN DANCE CENTER in Milan, Italy with high standing in Ballet, Pas de Deux, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Flamenco, and Acrobatics. She also studied Ballet at VICTOR ULLATE SCHOOL as well as CARMINA OCANA SCHOOL in Madrid, Spain. She also trained in Lyrical Jazz, Latin, Swing, Hip Hop and has special skills in aerial technique in Silk and Loop. She has taught for several years in Canada at Le Conservatoire de la Danse and other dance studios in Montreal. She joins Extravadanza as a teacher and choreographer in jazz, Broadway jazz and musical theatre.

Benny Draier - View Schedule

Benny Draier began tap dancing in 1981 with Montreal's own tap master John Stanzel at les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Over the years, Benny also studied various styles of dance including Ballet, Jazz, Ballroom, Swing, Afro-Caribbean and Folk dance. He was the artistic director of Montreal's foremost professional tap dance company "Tapotage" which performed over 200 shows in and around Montreal. Through his various experience and workshops with the great tap masters, Benny excels at a variety of tap dance styles including Rhythm, Jazz and Broadway tap. Benny's career highlights include performing on Television, at the Montreal Jazz Festival, several times on stage with the late Gregory Hines at Place des Arts and, most recently, doing "Singing in the Rain" for a national American TV commercial. Benny has contributed to the art of tap dancing in Montreal, teaching at various dance schools for almost twenty years. He is currently teaching at Extravadanza.

Rosemary Cass-Beggs - View Schedule

Professional dancer, director and choreographer specializing in liturgical and historical dance forms with extensive experience in dance direction and choreography in ballet, musical theatre and opera. Rosemary Cass-Beggs was none other than a professional ballet dancer trained at the Royal Ballet School in the UK . She was the director of Laudate which was a liturgical dance company of professionally trained dancers for 15 years. Mostly creating dances for worship at Christ Church Cathedral and also for other churches across the UK and Canada . She also was a director of I Galliardi which was a company specializing in baroque and renaissance type dances. From 1984 to 1998 Rosemary was the associate artistic director of Ballet Ouest Montreal and directed ballets such as The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, Gaieté Parisienne etc. M Cass-Beggs was many times a guest teacher and coach in the UK and Germany and taught at Concordia University Theatre Department, at the école Supérieure de Danse du Québec, at the Courtenay Opera Workshops in Vancouver Island and last but notleast at the Mackay Center for physically disabled. As for her professional performance experience, Rosemary danced for Le Groupe Place Royale in Montreal , the Dutch National Ballet as a soloist, for the Hamburg Opera Ballet anf finaly for London's Festival Ballet. She is presently teaching classical ballet at Extravadanza Productions.

Cara Marie Carosielli - View Schedule

Since the age of three, dance has been a passion for Cara. Throughout her 13 years of schooling at Sheila Parkins School of Dance in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical and Hip Hop, she continued to develop her skills and passion for dance. She later joined the school Competition Team and had the opportunity to travel through various cities in North America attending competitions and conventions. Further to 5 years of competitive dance, she then attended Option Danse Claire Comeau where she also was part of the schoo Dance Troupe. Thereafter she chose to focus on Classical Ballet training with Elisabeth Wojtowicz. She has also had the opportunity to take courses at The Broadway Dance Center, Alvin Aileye and Steps on Broadway in New York as well as at The Edge and Millenium in Los Angeles. She is a currently a student and teacher-in-training continuing to perfect her technique in Classical Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop and Tap. Since September 2008, Cara teaches Dance Awakening and Pre-Hip Hop at Extravadanza.

Laura Cousineau - View Schedule

Pilates Instructor.

Ghislaine Dote - View Schedule

J. McArton - View Schedule

J. Ross - View Schedule

M.C. Lessard - View Schedule

G. Porlier - View Schedule

H. Arquilliere - View Schedule

T. White - View Schedule

D. Goudreault - View Schedule