Our Team
Niki Hofer
Studio Owner/Instructor
Hello, my name is Niki Hofer and I am the proud founder and owner of Niko’s Dance Team. I am happy to say that I fulfilled a childhood dream when I opened these doors over 2 decades ago. A small studio at first, it has grown over the years and we have trained some amazing dancers and still are training Stars of the Future.
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My dancing career began at the young age of two and a half years when I first strapped on a pair of tap shoes, my little feet found the rhythm and they haven’t stopped since.
I continued with advanced training and completed exams in classical ballet, jazz, modern, musical theatre, character and tap. I later joined the world renowned Ukrainian Cheremosh Ensemble of Edmonton under the artistic direction of Mykola Kanevets from Kiev, Ukraine. With this I had the opportunity to perform all over the world.
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I enriched my dance career as a member of the Edmonton Contemporary Dance Company. I furthered my dance training where I added Hip-Hop to my list of disciplines.
I was able to be a member of the dance company Antigravity and appeared in the summer Melt-Down Hip-Hop Party Tour of Alberta.
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I have been a soloist and have assisted and taught for various dance companies, and have won numerous awards for my choreography since the opening of my studio and for other companies as well. I also enjoy adjudicating competitions and sharing my knowledge of dance with other studios and dancers.
That’s a lot to take in, and as proud as I am of what I have accomplished, I am equally as proud of my students year after year for representing me and my company and showing the world what we have to offer and why we love to dance.
Quincy Pipella
Instructor
Quincy Pipella has been an established Dancer from Edmonton Alberta, Canada for the past 25 years and has been Choreographing professionally for dance studios, music videos, commercials and live performances for the last 12 years.
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She found interest in choreography in 2010 at Victoria School Of The Arts while she was taking their Dance 30 Composition IB program. Her choreography credits include World Of Dance LA, Nelly, Ford, Mitsubishi, West Edmonton Mall Water Park, Drive- Go Carting and Ed’s Bowling and more.
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She was technically trained in many styles of dance at Sandra Gray School Of Dance including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, Musical Theatre, Pointe, Modern/Contemporary and Hip-Hop. After graduating, eager Quincy traveled to learn from world-renowned choreographers in LA, Seattle, New York, the UK, Vancouver and Toronto to name a few and has trained in numerous art forms with international and local pioneers.
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This led her to receiving everything from various awards and scholarships in the arts to incredible opportunities in the commercial and film industry. You can find her on Netflix as a Dancer in “Julie and The Phantoms”, Dancer/singer in “Riverdale”, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis “DanceOff”, Actor in Apple TV series - Madeline, “Rise of The Pink Ladies’” with Paramount Plus, Actor for "Planet Fitness” commercial with Amazon, Hughes Car Wash Commercial, Makenzie Dayle, “Cut You Out” and Lia Cole, “You lost me”.
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Her live performances include Hip Hop International and World Of Dance (LA, Las Vegas and Edmonton) with NXG company, Ace Hood, Kirko Bangz, Nelly, “SoundWave” - Roy woods and Manila Grey, Dancer Palooza, Choreographers Cup, “One Championship” Singapore, 1st place Champion at “50 Shades of Colour Kiki Ball (Performance/Vogue Femme Category) – Calgary 2019 and 1st place champion 2021 (Runway Category), Carnival Cruise Lines, “Funktion” in Boston, and Performances at “Club Jete” and “Carnival”.
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Along with choreographing and performing, Quincy has been a full-time instructor of Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Vogue Femme, Tap, Jazz and Musical Theatre to studios across Canada. These studios include Shelley’s Dance Company, The Kore Dance Studio, Amanda’s Academy of Dance, Nikos Dance Team, Sherwood Park School of Dance, Emerge Dance Academy, Step By Step, Ill FX (Calgary) Studio 604, Studio North (Vancouver) and The Underground Dance Centre (Toronto).
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Quincy, along side her 4 colleagues just recently established “Mantra Movement Co.” Which is a new professional company offering different art forms of dance and competitive classes to students all ages.
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Quincy cherishes every personal connection she has made with her students. She consistently looks for creative and innovative ways to challenge her students physically & mentality within every class she teaches. Overall, she wishes to share not only dance steps but also a variety of other amazing benefits dance has to offer such as mental, cultural and social that her students can use in everyday life.
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Lastly,​ Quincy is co-owner of Edmonton’s newest talent Agency, Essence Talent Management. The agency’s mission is to make it a wider known fact- that the Edmonton community has an unbelievable level of talent - therefore creating and providing as many professional opportunities for these talented individuals in the community as possible. Quincy is always looking to give back to the community that has given her so much and is currently in the process of obtaining her O1 Visa for LA to grow and give back even more in the future.
Alexis Bociurkiw
Instructor
Alexis has been dancing since the age of three. She grew up dancing in Edmonton at Dance Extreme, Dance Unlimited and Edmonton School of Ballet. She has also danced semi-professionally for Edmonton's City Ballet and Chameleon Dance Edmonton, while earning her diploma in Applied Banking and Business from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.
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Alexis found her passion in teaching and inspiring young dancers. For the past twenty years, she has taught everything from, ballet, lyrical, modern, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, musical theatre, variety and tap. She is certified in the Edmonton School of Ballet Junior Grades, Classical Ballet Progressions of Canada and Acrobatic Arts levels 1 and 2.
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Alexis has taught at Dance Unlimited for three years and at the Riverbend Academy of Dance for eight. She is currently the Ballet Director at a studio in Edmonton. As well, Alexis is an instructor at two other studios in the Edmonton area, teaching a total of three hundred students.
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In her spare time, Alexis enjoys performing at the Edmonton Fringe Festival. She has performed in Anya: A Russian Fairytale (2015), Dovbush: The Legend of the Carpathians (2016), Captain Roberts in the summer of (2017) and Psyche a Vision of Beauty (2018)
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This is Alexis’ third year at Niko’s. Alexis says she’s looking forward to seeing how far the kids will improve this year and having a fun time watching the students achieve their own goals through out the year.
Abigail Fiddler
Instructor
Abigail has been dancing since the age of two. She grew up training in many disciplines including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Hip Hop, and Musical Theatre. Abigail attended Victoria School of the Arts and completed the Composition International Baccalaureate Dance program earning her Certificate. Abigail is currently a student at the University of Alberta studying in the field of Kinesiology to better understand the human movement foundations, history, and injury prevention required for dancers.
Abigail found her love for teaching at the age of eleven being a student teacher at her home studio. Since the age of sixteen, she has been teaching under the guidance of her mentor/mother Amanda Desousa. She currently teaches in the disciplines of Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre, Lyrical, and Ballet.
Abigail has received her certification in the Classical Ballet Progressions of Canada’s Junior Grades and is working towards her Acrobatic Arts Module 1 certification.
Abigail has been offered numerous opportunities to perform and train in many different cities throughout North America including Anaheim, Orlando and New York. She has performed in showcases at Disneyland, Disney World, and Universal Studios. Abigail has most recently performed down Mainstreet USA in Disneyland in 2023. She has also taken classes at Broadway Dance Centre, Steps on Broadway and The Alvin Ailey School in NYC.
This will be Abigail’s second year teaching at NDT. Abigail hopes to inspire her students by sharing her knowledge and love for dance.
AMBER CARSON
OFFICE MANAGER
AMBER HAS BEEN A PART OF NIKO'S DANCE TEAM SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, FIRST AS A DANCER, SECOND AS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR MANY YEARS, NOW INTO HER 4TH YEAR AS OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR.