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🔺 MEET OUR NEW DANCERS 🔺

✨ Gaia Salsi ✨

Gaia is a professional dancer from Bologna. She began dancing at a young age before moving to the Netherlands at 19 to train at Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, graduating in 2025 with a diploma in Professional Dance.

During her training, Gaia collaborated with various choreographers and worked with companies including Blackbirds2 and Conny Janssen Danst. She toured nationally with Conny Janssen Danst, performing in productions including Edify Us and Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.

Her international experience also includes performing at major events in Doha, Qatar, including the GCAT Doha Closing Ceremony and Doha Military Tattoo in 2025.

We’re delighted to welcome Gaia to the company! ❤️

👉 Read Gaia’s full bio on our website.



🔺MEET OUR NEW DANCERS 🔺

✨ Thabo Letseleha Naha ✨

Thabo is a South African and international Dance Artist, Choreographer, Music Composer and Teaching Artist from Soweto.

Thabo trained at Moving Into Dance (MID) and Fame FET College, Thabo has worked with leading artists including Sylvia Glasser, George Momboye and Lulu Mlangeni.

His performance credits include Bolero, Tranceformations, Shadow Graves, We Are Still Marching and Umthombo.

Internationally, he has toured Austria, Germany and Italy as a lead dancer with Afrika Afrika Circus Show and CircAfrica.

Alongside performing, Thabo works as a choreographer, educator and community arts practitioner, creating original music and developing inclusive, youth-focused artistic initiatives.

We’re delighted to welcome Thabo to the company! ❤️

👉 Read Thabo’s full bio on our website.

🔺MEET OUR NEW DANCERS🔺

✨ Tabitha O’Sullivan ✨

Tabitha is a Dance Artist working across Contemporary, Commercial and Musical Theatre.

Trained at Rambert School, she explores the fusion of contemporary dance with urban styles. Tabitha has worked with Wayne McGregor, Arthur Pita, Robbie Ordona and Blue Makwana, performing at Sadler’s Wells, The Royal Opera House and international festivals across Europe.

She has recently toured with Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and is currently performing with Grange Park Opera. Alongside performing, Tabitha is also an established choreographer.

We’re delighted to welcome Tabitha to the company! ❤️

👉 Read Tabitha’s full bio on our website.

We’re incredibly proud of our CEO & Co-founder Ian Parmel who today received an MBE for his services to the arts!

Ian says … From a tiny village in Trinidad to the historic halls of Windsor Castle today I had the incredible honour of receiving an MBE.

What began as a love for creativity and cultural expression grew into a lifelong purpose: to celebrate identity, tell our stories, and open doors for the next generation of artists.

I carry my Caribbean roots with pride in every space I enter, and this recognition belongs not only to me, but to my community, my mentors, my collaborators, and every young creative daring to dream beyond their surroundings.

Trinidad raised me. The arts shaped me. Today’s honour reminds me that where you begin does not limit where your passion can take you.

Deeply grateful. Truly humbled. Inspired to keep creating and uplifting others. 🇹🇹✨