Saskia Raparanta (she/her), a movement specialist born and raised in Toronto, has been taking her craft seriously as a professional dancer since 2016. She graduated in 2015 from Mayfield Secondary School where she majored in dance. She competitively danced for 7 years with Performing Dance Arts, 1 year with O.I.P Dance Company and Karpov Ballet Academy and 3 years at Vlads Dance Company. In these 11 years she trained in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, acro and more. Choreographers she has worked with include Tanisha Scott, Mark Samuels, Christopher Scott and Dondraico Johnson.

Saskia’s Film/Television experiences include Sneakerella, Zombies 1, 2 & 3 and Grand Army. She’s danced for artist’s such as Blake McGrath, Roy Woods, Belly, Killy and more. She has also danced for corporations such as Makeup Forever, TD Metro Performance and Israel Cancer Research Fun Industrial. Saskia has performed live at Sony Music N.E.R.D Album Release, T Dot Fest, LG Twinwash Flashmob and more. She has Trained in Toronto Based companies as well like The Male Initiative/ Eye Candy, Nulimitent and The Girls Club.

Saskia is passionate about dance as an art form and continues to be an incredible asset to anyone she works with. She is a hard worker and dedicated to her craft. Saskia is driven by the thought that growth never stops.