Our Team.
Meet your fabulous FIT HOP INSTRUCTOR TEAM! Each member of our crew has their own flavour and approach to creating and delivering dance education, with skillsets and experience including HHI street dance, tertiary qualifications, ballroom dance, AJDA dance syllabus certification, pacific and cultural dance, nationwide performance and international dance competition.
Sonjia been teaching dance since the age of 14 and has a background in Jazz, Hip Hop and Contemporary, completing her Bachelor of Performing Arts in Dance Studies 2010, UoA.
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Formerly the head of dance department at Excel School of Performing Arts from 2011-2015, she has also been part of the HHI Dance Crew competitions, performed as back up dancer for various NZ artists and created numerous choreographies in both hip hop and contemporary styles over the years.
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"I'm honoured to bring my dance knowledge and leadership to the next generation of tamariki" - Sonjia
Melissa Sripromma, born and raised in Auckland is a Freelance Hip Hop and Contemporary dancer, graduating from the Pacific Institute of Performing Arts in 2015 and Bachelor of Dance Studies at the University of Auckland 2020.
She was also a member of Freshman's dance crew from 2017-2024 and in 2023 Melissa performed with “Company B” alongside Blackgrace Dance Company, Her recent teachings include Equippers shout conference 2024 for the dance elective for kids.
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Justine has been part of the HHI street dance scene in various dance crews. She studied at The University of Auckland in Dance Studies, with a focus on performance dance and Hip Hop.
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Justine leads the way for our North Shore dance fitness classes, featuring in gyms and community venues across Albany and Mairangi Bay
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"We have such an incredible team of adult dancers who love to come each week and shake off the day! Dance has no age limit!" - Justine