Melanie Seeger Plassmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she began her dance training at the age of 4. She began her professional dancing at age 14 at the National School of 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 highest performing award. At the end of 2004, Melanie joined the Cape Town City Ballet. While in this ballet company, Melanie performed in many of the classical and contemporary ballets such as: La Sylphides, Carmen, Camille, The Merry Widow, the Peasant Girl in Giselle, two of the fairies in Sleeping Beauty, Winter Fairy in Cinderella, the Ballerina Doll in The Nutcracker, Solo Waltz in Les Sylph ides, and Swanilda in Coppélia. Melanie has 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! on 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 with teaching on the CTCB Boys Development program. In 2011, Melanie left Cape Town City Ballet to try teaching full time. Melanie ran her own studio for 4 years, at the same time she was also on the full-time faculty at the Cape Academy of Performing Arts. In 2015, Melanie returned to UCT to obtain her undergraduate degree in Dance Education. She also taught classical ballet at the UCT School of Dance, was deputy director of the Cape Junior Ballet School and assistant ballet teacher at the Cape Junior Ballet Company. Melanie aims to provide quality teaching and excellence 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 Ballerina Studio de Dança where she also worked as a teacher. Over time, she took several improvement courses as a dancer. As a teacher, she took courses on tip fitting and also a teaching program, especially the vaganova method. She has a degree in Baracharelado and a degree in dance from the State University of Paraná (Unespar-Fap), also a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning and a specialist in Interior Design and Lightning Design both from Universidade Positivo. She worked as a teacher in several schools in Curitiba such as Cecconello dance school, Dom dance and theater school, Della danca and sesc.