Meet our 2024 Faculty
Ashley Coulson
George Jones
Jesse Weafer
Melissa Mitro
Renee Smith
George jones
Hip Hop
George Jones Jr, Celebrity Choreographer/Instructor/Dancer, has worked with some of the biggest icons of this generation. The artist that thrusted his career into overdrive was Britney Spears, but since then he has worked with JLO, Nicki Minaj, and Usher just to name a few. He received his Bachelors of Art from Marymount Manhattan College. Marymount is where George received his training in the techniques of ballet, modern, jazz and choreography. His degree focused on the production side of the art, which included but were not limited to sound design, lighting design, set design, as well as videography and video editing.
After graduating and having such a desire and passion to perform he switched gears and decided to focus all his energy on training in street styles with Rhapsody the Company. After finding great success in New York City, he relocated to Los Angeles where his career hit new heights. He has had the honor of touring the world multiple times, appearing on various TV and Award Shows (Ellen, SYTYCD, Dancing with the Stars, American Music Award, MTV Video Music Awards), and dancing in several movies (Jack and Jill, Footloose).
George is currently a rising star in the world of choreography and international instruction. He’s a faculty commercial hip-hop instructor at Playground LA, Broadway Dance Center, The Underground Dance Centre, as well as Millennium Dance Complex. He has taught in over 20 different countries and continues to travel, teach, and inspire gifted artist across the world. Commercially, he is represented by MSA Agency, and his work has been featured with brands such as Adidas, Vitamin Water, Cathay Pacific Airline. As well as music videos and movies such as “Pound the Alarm” – Nicki Minaj, “Bills” -Lunch Money Lewis, and “the Best Man Holiday”. He has also contributed choreography in several world tours: “Circus Starring Britney Spears”- Britney Spears, ” Pink Friday & Pink Friday Reloaded “- Nicky Minaj, “Dance Again World Tour”- JLO.
From sold out arena tours and music videos to commercials and TV shows, George’s unique showmanship and choreography continues to set a standard in the commercial dance industry and is what makes him one of the most sought-after choreographers/performers. George has secured his place amongst this generation of elite commercial dancers and is paving his way with the next generation of choreographers and instructors. He believes, “There are no limits to what any of us can achieve, with hard work, dedication, and positivity.”
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.
JESSE WEAFER
Theatre Jazz
Jesse began his dance career at the early age of 6 at Jaymor School of Dancing in Aurora Ont. At age 12, he made his first professional debut in Mirvish's production of Jolson. By the time he was 14, he had performed alongside Michael Buble in the hit show Forever Swing. His Theatre credits include; “Kinky Boots” (Original Canadian Company) Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Wizard of Oz" (Original Canadian Company
and Original North American Tour Company), lead dancer in Cirque du Soleil's - Criss Angel "BELIEVE" choreographed by Wade Robson in Las Vegas, the role of "IQ" in "Hairspray" (Original Canadian Company), Hello
Dolly and The Tempest (Stratford Festival of Canada), "IQ" on the 1st U.S National Tour of Hairspray, We Will Rock You (Original Canadian Company).
His film credits include; Carrie starring Julianne Moore, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen starring Lindsay Lohan,
The Music Man starring Matthew Broderick and Molly Shannon, "Hairspray" Playing the role of “IQ” starring John Travolta, Queen Latifah and Michelle Pfeiffer. Jesse also appeared in the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance in Wade Robsonʼs piece "Homage to the Rabbits". He also performed along side Shawn Desmond at the 2011 Juno
Awards on CTV, as well with Far East Movement and DEV at the 2011 MMVA'S. Jesse made his reality television debut in Canada's hit show So You Think you Can Dance Canada season 3 as a top 16 finalist. He is thrilled to be living his dream everyday, and looks forward to spreading his passion and knowledge of dance for many years to come.
Melissa mitro
Ballroom
Melissa (she/her) is a passionate dancer, with 34 years of dance experience. Her training is very extended and diverse, including ballet, hip hop, lyrical, jazz, tap, acrobatic, musical theatre, ballroom, contemporary, modern, highland, salsa and more.
A 3-time winner of JUMP Dance Regionals and a 2nd Runner-up at the JUMP Nationals in LA (now known as the Dance Awards), she has won numerous overall awards in major competitions throughout North America.
Professionally, Melissa has been featured in many music videos and performed live with artists all across North America and Europe. Her credits include Nick Jonas, Pitbull, Nelly Furtado, Chaka Khan, Karol G, Anuel, James Morrison and Deborah Cox to name a few.
As runner-up on CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance Canada Season 4 and winning a World Choreography Award for her performance on the show, Melissa’s tv and film credits include Sneakerella (2022), 13 The Musical (2022) , The Voice, Disney’s Zombies 2, Netflix’s Julie and the Phantoms and Zoeys Extraordinary Playlist (2022 and 2019), DC’s Suicide Squad, the Pan-Am Games in both Canada and Mexico and the Switzerland production of Art On Ice.
She is a sought after teacher and choreographer with over 20 years of experience.
Her choreography can be seen in Netflix’s Slumberland with Jason Momoa (2022), Paramount +’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 (2024), Prime Videos upcoming series Cross (2024), Lifetime’s The Christmas Dance with Corbin Bleu (2021), Fox’s The Moody’ s (2021), and the Emmy-nominated series The Porter (2022).
She made her choreographic theatre debut last year as Assistant/Co-Choreographer of the Elgin Theatre’s production of Rock of Ages (2023).
Past choreographic projects include So You Think You Can Dance in the U.S as assistant choreographer, So You Think You Can Dance in Vietnam as main choreographer, and 7 seasons of the no. 1 Hispanic T.V. show Mira Quien Baila in both Mexico and Miami, where she thrives as head choreographer and principal dancer.
When not performing, Melissa travels judging dance competitions, choreographing, and teaching conventions and classes, motivating and inspiring young dancers in the art of dance.
Renee Smith
Jazz
Ontario-based Renee Smith is a black and Metis female dancer, teacher, choreographer, and adjudicator. Dancing since she was 2, Renee trains, performs, teaches, and choreographs in all styles of dance: Contemporary, Modern, Improv, Ballet, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Hip Hop, Acro, Musical Theatre, Tap, and fusion styles. Versatility and positive practice is her main focus as an artist.
Since graduating with a Bachelor in Fine Arts Degree from the Performance Dance program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly known as Ryerson), Renee has experienced many choreographic and performance opportunities for stage, tv, and camera work including being a backup dancer for Rêve and Shawn Desman, featured in Toronto Summer Music: Echo Chambers, Fall for Dance North, Dance Ontario, Dance Made in Canada, On the Floor: Sick Kids Gala, recently performed among 5 other artists in an hour long piece titled, “Championess” premiered for Dance Works in November 2023, and Renee will be featured soon in an upcoming Snapchat commercial.
Renee also teaches and choreographs for dance conventions, intensives, competitive studios, drop-in programs, and high school dance programs. Renee’s choreographic resume involves all ages from 3 years old to age 20+. Her choreographic process includes positively exploring with the dancer(s) to find their full potential- navigating their natural impulses to heighten their abilities while giving them creative challenges to help them grow as an artist. Renee is dedicated and passionate to continue her growth as a creator to share her knowledge with future generations.