Safiya Karolia | Dancer from Toronto, ON, Canada Safiya, originally from Perth in Western Australia is trained in all styles of Jazz, Tap, Contemporary and Hip-hop. Safiya’s professional career was launched when under the direction of Charisse Parnell (The Dance Collective) where she was selected as a back up dancer for The Veronicas and Jessica Mauboy at age 16. Since then she has performed and worked with different artists and choreographers, performed at numerous professional corporate events, such as Chevron Ball, StyleAID and WA Youth Awards and been exposed to several modelling and runway experiences. In 2012, Saf was accepted into the leading Perth based urban crew, Tridgy, where she trained under the direction of David Win. Saf then moved to New York City in 2013 to train full time at Broadway Dance Centre and during this time she obtained the opportunity to perform at World of Dance NYC (Gigi Torres). She currently holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and a Diploma of Education (dance major and health minor) under her belt and has been teaching and choreographing professionally for over 5 years now in all styles. In 2015, Saf continued her dreams of travel and dance leading her to gain training in cities such as Sinagpore, Japan, Vancouver, America and now is residing in Toronto. She has more recently performed in ‘Dance Off’ music video by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Saf hopes to continue to train and travel and hopes to inspire others and be inspired along the way. “When you enter the world of the unknown, is where you grow the most”.