our team

our Professional instructors Team

Khaled Abdul Rakhim

Head Director

Bringing over 14 years of expertise as a choreographer and artistic director. As the founder of Barrhaven House of Dance, Khalied’s vision is to create a space where dance fosters cultural integration and artistic expression for people of all backgrounds. With a career spanning over 40 countries, Khalied has worked with renowned companies such as the Lebanese dance theatre Caracalla and has participated in 14 major theatrical productions.

Mariam Al-Khasan

Dancer & Choreographer & Instructor

With over a decade of international experience in the performing arts. A graduate of the prestigious Damascus University Faculty of Dramatic Arts (Dance Department), she also holds a Bachelor’s degree in English with a specialization in translation. Throughout her career, Mariam has made a significant impact across multiple countries, including Syria, Ukraine, Sweden, and Canada.

Abby Graham

Dance instructor

Abby has been dancing since the age of 3 at the Grand River Dance Academy in all genres of dance and has participated in many competitions winning various awards. Most notably, the GRDA Rising Star Scholarship in 2018 and was named the Captain of the Competitive Team in 2019. For the past few years, she has enthusiastically shared her expertise as a dedicated dance teacher and has been an active part of Ottawa’s vibrant dance community.

KAITLYN ROWE

Dance instructor

Katie started dancing at the age of 6 at North London Dance Centre, where she completed grades 2 to 8, intermediate foundation, intermediate, advanced foundation, and advanced 1 Royal Academy of Dance ballet exams. In addition, she studied grades 1 to 4 of both tap and jazz Canadian Dance Teachers Association exams. She was a part of their Young Company team for 4 years, performing in professional shows and festivals. Her passion for teaching dance started with assistant teaching ballet and tap classes at North London Dance Centre, starting at the age of 14. Katie is excited to work with the Resolute Dance team to further their tap and ballet programs.

Natasha Gregoire

Dancer

She has studied several styles of dance: Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD) ballet, Dance Education Syllabus (D.E.S.), Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) modern, jazz, tap, hip hop and some ballroom. She trained at the Elementary level in ballet, and obtained her Advanced Modern certificate as well as her level Gold Jazz award. Natasha taught ballet and modern dance before taking a break to raise a family of four kids. She is now returning to her love of dance and is currently teaching ballet, modern lyrical dance and hip hop.

Jade

Kpop Dancer

Jade Fan has been learning Chinese folk dance since she was four years old and has a solid foundation. She has been working as a K-pop dancer since 2012. In the past 12 years, she has been insisting on showing the most popular and most realistic K-pop dances to everyone, conveying a youthful and energetic image to everyone.