Melanie Seeger Plassmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she began her dance training at the age of 4. She began her professional dance training at the age of 14 at the National School of the Arts and completed the Royal Academy of Dancing Advanced 2 with Sandra Castens. In 2001, Melanie was invited to dance with the South African Ballet Theatre. In 2003, she moved to Cape Town to study at the University of Cape Town. While at UCT, she also completed the RAD Teachers Certificate and was awarded the RAD Solo Seal Award, which is the RAD’s highest achievement award. In late 2004, Melanie joined the Cape Town City Ballet. While with this ballet company, Melanie performed in many of the classical and contemporary ballets such as: La Sylphides, Carmen, Camille, The Merry Widow, the Young Peasant in Giselle, two of the fairies in The Sleeping Beauty, the Winter Fairy in Cinderella, the Doll Ballerina in The Nutcracker, Solo Waltz in Les Sylphides, and Swanilda in Coppélia. Melanie also performed on many national tours as well as an international tour in Dublin, Ireland. In 2008, Melanie moved to Jackson, Mississippi, USA to study and dance with Ballet Magnificat! in the Trainee Program, Level 2. Upon returning to South Africa, she rejoined Cape Town City Ballet. During her time at UCT and CTCB, she was involved in teaching in the CTCB Boys Development program. In 2011, Melanie left Cape Town City Ballet to pursue teaching full-time. Melanie ran her own studio for 4 years whilst also being a full-time faculty member at the Cape Academy of Performing Arts. In 2015, Melanie returned to UCT to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Education. She has also taught classical ballet at the UCT School of Dance, was Deputy Director of the Cape Junior Ballet School and Assistant Ballet Mistress at the Cape Junior Ballet Company. Melanie aims to provide quality and excellent teaching in an informative and enjoyable environment.

Noanna Bortoluzzi Vilela Martins was born in Laranjeiras do Sul-PR and began her ballet studies at the age of 8 at the Ballerina Dance Studio, where she also worked as a teacher. Over time, she took several improvement courses as a dancer. As a teacher, she took pointe fitting courses and also took a teaching program, especially the Vaganova method. She has a Bachelor's degree and a Bachelor's degree in dance from the State University of Paraná (Unespar - Fap), and also a degree in Architecture and Urbanism, and is a specialist in Interior Design and Lightning Design, both from Universidade Positivo. She worked as a teacher at several schools in Curitiba, such as Cecconello Dance School, Dom Dance and Theater School, Della Danca and Sesc.