Meet our 2023 Faculty
Ashley Coulson
Teya Wild
Stephan Dickson
David Cox
Nick Tull
Teya Wild
Hip Hop
Teya Wild, is no stranger to the limelight. As a child, Teya discovered a love for acting. She has worked as an actor on jobs such as, Head Over Heels, A Storm In Summer, The Outer Limits, Radio Disney, Kohl’s Clothing, AmSouth, Kodak, and Crystal Light, to name a few.
Following her acting career, dance quickly became a passion of Teya’s. She began a professional dance career at a young age and as a passionate learner, she used every opportunity as a means to better herself and her craft. Training and competing professionally her whole life, Teya's expertise include a wide variety of styles such as, Hip hop, foundations (popping, locking, house, breaking), jazz, lyrical, theatre,
contemporary, tap, and pointe to name a few. Teya is also a R.A.D. ballet honours graduate.
Teya’s hard work and versatility has led her to world wide opportunities. Some of Teya's credits include: Assistant Choreographer for Disney Movie: Zombies 3, The Emmy Awards, Choreographer for Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribean Cruise Ship, Touring the US with recording artist Hailee Steinfeld, Taylor Swift, The Voice, Idiotsitter, CW TV Show - Riverdale, Dancer/Assistant Choreographer for Netflix movie – Work It, Assisting Choreography for Actor/Singer: Laura Marano, The American Music Awards, The 59th Annual Grammy Awards, The BET awards, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Sneakerella, Christmas Chronicles 2, The Twilight Zone, DC’S Legends Of Tomorrow, Feature Film- Step Up 5: All in, Freaky Friday, Disney’s Descendants 2 & Descendants 3, Make Your Move, So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Season 4, Zapped (Disney film), Much Music Video Awards (PSY performance), Over the Rainbow, Russell Peter's Christmas Special, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Lightning Thief, Victoria Duffield's Western Canada Tour, Spectacular (Nickelodeon film), Another Cinderella Story, Centre Stage 2: Turn it Up.
Teya is a judge and adjudicator for many competitions across Canada and America. She has toured all over the world dancing and teaching Hip Hop's history. She has over 20 years of experience teaching and choreographing high-ranked competitive dancers from all over the world. She is continuously pushing her dancers to new heights and teaching them the skills and importance of being a well rounded dancer/ performer.
Teya currently resides in Los Angeles, California where she is continuing her professional dance career. Since moving to LA, she has been fortunate enough to work closely with leading industry choreographers such as, Jamal Sims, Luther Brown, Kenny Ortega, Christopher Scott, Aakomon Jones, Draico Johnson, Nappytabs, Fatima Robinson, Tony Testa, and Keone & Mari, to name a few.
As Teya continues to travel back and forth between Canada and the United States, she is consistently setting new goals for herself and helping to guide the next generation to follow their dreams and never stop believing in themselves.
Stephan Dickson
Broadway
Stephan is a professional choreographer from Mississauga Canada, trained in dance and musical theatre. He competed across Canada and The USA from age 10 and was accepted into the Randolph Academy’s Triple Threat Program in Toronto at age 18. While at Randolph, he worked with many distinguished faculty including musical director Jeffery Huard (Phantom of the Opera, Broadway, Canadian Premier), Choreographer Linda Garneau (The Shaw Festival), Mark Cassius (Original Canadian Cast, Showboat and Ragtime On Broadway) and David Connolly (Broadway, Premier of Ontario’s Award recipient).
As a performer, Stephan has worked on stage, film and TV. He toured across North America with The Doodlebops, has worked with theatre companies across Canada and on major cruise lines internationally. He Appeared in films such as Mean Girls (with Lindsay Lohan, Rachael McAdams, and Tina Fey) and worked as an actor and choreographer for the EMMY award winning Canadian television series Odd Squad.
After transitioning from performer to choreographer, Stephan began as an assistant choreographer, most notably working alongside Mark Kimelman (Jagged littler Pill Broadway) on The Musical Stage Company’s award winning production Once in this Island. He quickly moved into the role of choreographer, working with Equity theatres across Canada, most notably with writer/director Randy Johnson (writer, A Night With Janis Joplin) creating original choreography for Rumours & Dreams, A Look Back at Fleetwood Mac (world premier). He also choreographed Equity productions of Rock Of Ages, My Fair Lady, and Mamma Mia.
Stephan spent four seasons at Canada’s prestigious Stratford Shakespeare Festival alongside the critically acclaimed director/choreographer Donna Feore as Associate Director/Choreographer for the 2022 production of Chicago as Assistant Choreographer on The Music man, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors, as Billy Elliot, as well as a workshop of the new Canadian musical Here’s What It Takes, collaborating with renowned Canadian musician Steven Paige (June award winner/Grammy nominated band The Barenaked Ladies). Stephan is currently the Associate Choreographer for a new musical The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation with Architect Theatrical, (Ken Davenport, Kinky Boots, Avenue Q etc.) and has been provided with 2 O1B Visas. He has worked on both workshops in New York City and was part of putting up a staged production at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle in 2022. He is also currently the associate choreographer for a new musical that will have its world premiere in July 2023 at the Goodspeed Th. (Hartford, Connecticut.)
Stephan’s work has received several awards, most notably the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography fro Once On This Island with Musical Stage Company. He was awarded “Most Improved” upon graduating from The Randolph Academy, “Best Choreography” and “Critics Choice” fro his work Wirth CCMP, and was part of the creative team behind The Stratford Festival’s record breaking production of The Rocky Horror Show, now the longest running musical in the festivals history.
Stephan is so excited to be working with No Limits family, and is excited to see all of the artists shine this weekend!
David Cox
Tap
David Cox has been dancing since the age of 2, as he was brought into this world by a musical family. His father a Motown artist and his mother a dance teacher. At 13 he made his first trip to NYC on scholarship and that would change his life forever. Studying with some of the best dancers in the world hevbegan to realize that tap dance was his passion not forgetting
his extensive training in jazz, ballet and modern. Since becoming a professional he has gone on to perform for and at the following: YTV Achievement Award Winner 1999 Dance Category, 'Bojangles' the Showtime movie starring Gregory Hines, the international sensation 'STOMP', Juno Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, The Duke Ellington Society, Save The Last Dance pt2, talked
Tap and Tapped with Shelagh Rogers (Sounds Like Canada
CBC Radio 1) , Bravo Fact 'The Hoofers Club', Dance Arts Vancouver & Judith Marcuse Projects (ICE: Beyond Cool,
FIRE... Where There's Smoke, and EARTH=HOME), ADIDAS, Pro Arte Danza's The Jazz Cracker, Ballet Creole's Soulful Messiah, Ruckus Co Prod's Ricochet, LKTYP's "i think i can", Hoofers House Harlem NYC. Numerous corporate functions include former T.O Mayor David Miller's Inaugural Ball, Coca Cola, Hit N Run Productions and has performed for the speaker of the house, and His Majesty Prince Charles to name a few. He has been on MTV Canada as a choreographer and dancer for "MTV Live: Dancing with the Hosts" and Much Music's Black History Month. David has shared his passion with the world as a featured performer in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic
Games Opening Ceremonies and is a sought after adjudicator and teacher across North America. He is also proud to be a member of a band called Theatre Crisp where he taps as added percussion. He is regular faculty at the Tap Dance Centre in Mississauga among other surrounding area studios. His happy go lucky and energetic attitude is contagious to those around him, and urges others to pick up a tap and discover the music they can make. Here's to the 2nd Balcony...Keep it Copasetic!
Nick Tull
Jazz
Nicholas Tull Dancer- Choreographer- Teacher-Actor-writer Nick has been dancing since age 7, and has remained passionate and inspired from the very beginning... He has trained in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop Modern , Lyrical, Tap, African, Samba, Capioera and Caribbean dance, and is always looking for the new and next thing that is going to help to further diversify and learn. He has danced for various recording artists such as -Janet Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Aleesia, Shawn Desman, Lloyd Banks, T-Pain, Fabulous, and Busta Rhymes; additionally he has had the pleaser of working for productions by Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Nickelodean Germany, Universal Studios, Paramount Canada's Wonderland, and YTV. Artists never stop evolving; As an actor, featured on CBC’s original Shitts Creek, and FX’s hit series What we do in the shadows.
As a playwright, and producer, Nick has completed and previewed an original work entitled BionicBlue, an amalgamation of dance digital media and original poetry showcased at Torontos Canadian Stage company. Director of Airtight Entertainment dance company alumni members have been featured in productions by Disney, The Next Step, So You Think You Can Dance Canada, YTV's The Next Star, Cirque de Soliel, World of Dance Toronto Champions. In addition to teaching at studios across Ontario, credited adjudicator with the Professional Adjudicators Alliance, he has been fortunate to travel and teach across Canada, the US, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Ashley Coulson
Contemporary
ASHLEY COULSON is a professional dancer, actress, teacher, and choreographer, based in Toronto. She entered her first dance class at the early age of 4, and has worked and trained in many genres including, Contemporary, Jazz, Ballet/Pointe, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Tap, Modern, and Ballroom.
Throughout her career, she has had the incredible opportunity to work with, and assist, some of the industry’s leading dancers and choreographers including; Mia Michaels, Stacey Tookey, Evelyn Hart, Garrett Smith, Tiler Peck, Jennifer Nichols, Stephanie Rutherford, Tiffany McLachlan, Derek Piquette and Mitchell Jackson.
Ashley is a highly experienced performer on stage, and in front of the camera. Although her most recent focus involves dancing and acting in TV/Film, she has performed on various stages across Canada, Los Angeles, New York City, and Europe, working with Disney, Universal Studios, and most recently Canadian Opera Company. Ashley has appeared in many shows such as Gadfly’s Production of UNBXBL II, Hit The Floor Gatineau, Dance Ontario, Hit and Run Productions, CMHA Conference, Signature Dance Inc’s Escapade, and has been featured in numerous pieces at Fever After Dark and Toronto’s Original Choreographer’s Ball. She has also worked with talented artists such as, Jessie Reyez, Francesco Yates, Ria Mae, Blake McGrath, Alx Veliz, Leila Milki, Jon Vinyl, and NIIVA.
Ashley has been showcased in a variety of TV and Film productions, working for companies such as Netflix, Paramount+, Family Channel, Rhombus Media, Sony Music, and DHX Media to name a few. She recently worked on a new TV series with Sony Pictures Television, and was also featured in CBS’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2, Family Channel’s The Next Step, and played the role of Gwen, in Netflix series Tiny Pretty Things.
Ashley has a strong passion for teaching, and looks forward to sharing her knowledge with all of the dancers at No Limits Dance Experience this fall.