Tercia Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a former-Professional Dancer, Choreographer, qualified Dance Teacher and certified Pilates instructor and has over 30 years of experience in the dance industry, formerly trained in Ballet, Contemporary dance, Modern Jazz, Spanish dance and African dance. After graduating from UCT School of Dance (2003) with her Dance Teachers Diploma, she freelanced with Freeflight Dance Company, under the Directorship of Adele Blank went on to becoming one of the first female dancers with Vuyani Dance Theatre, under the Directorship of Gregory Maqoma in 2005. She continued her career as a freelance professional Dancer working with many highly acclaimed South African artists and choreographers and also added hip hop, Latin, extravaganza and Indian dancing to her dance training experience. She appeared on many local and international television commercials, series and soap operas as a dancer and actress. She also became one of the Top 14 dancers in South Africa in the televised reality dance competition, “Dans Dans Dans” in 2008.

From 2009 to 2014 Amsterdam shared her dance knowledge and expertise as a Dance Specialist/Educator in schools working for the Western Cape Education Department. She has also been teaching Contemporary dance at institutions such as UCT Dance Department as an Ad-Hoc Lecturer as well as reputable Dance Companies and Schools as a guest Teacher. Her latest achievement was working with the International Springbok Rugby Seven's as their Pilates Instructor.

“I am a wife and the mother of a beautiful teenage girl. I live in the Northern suburbs of blissful Cape Town. After being blessed with a soaring dance career, I now run my own businesses and have settled down in my little Pilates/Dance studio located in Panorama, Cape Town, South Africa.

 As a former Professional Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Teacher (UCT-Dipl 2003), certified Pilates Instructor (Pilates Academy SA) and certified Holistic Massage Therapist (Healing Hands Institute). I have a trained eye for movement, body alignment, postural alignments and placement, offering great proprioception as well as physical, mental, spiritual and emotional healing transformation in my clients.”

  In my opinion, what ‘sets me apart’ from other Pilates and fitness instructors is my 30 years of Dance training, of which 15 of those years were spent as a Professional Dancer. My experiential knowledge of movement, body alignment & placement as well as anatomy of the body, helps me to create the best classes and massages suited to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of my clients, bringing a #booost of holistic healing to each session.”