Burju Diva & Professional Dancer Melissa Mitro
Melissa began her dancing career at the age of three and competed in all genres of dance including ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, contemporary, highland, salsa, Argentine tango, ballroom etc. with great success.Â
A winner of many overall awards in major competitions across Canada and the United States, Melissa has performed numerous times on Breakfast Television, at the Bell Celebrity Gala, for the Pan American Games Preshow (2014), and at the Toronto International Film Festival. The winner of the Outstanding Choreography and TV Live Performance at the International World Dance Awards (2012) and a 2nd runner up finisher at the Jump National Finals in L.A (2008), she has been featured in many music videos and performed live with artists in North America and Europe such as PSY, Nelly Furtado, Serena Ryder, Mia Martina, Morgan Page, Guinevere, Victoria Duffield, Anjulie, Tegan and Sara, Aleesia, Dru, Vita Chambers, Tyler Medeiros and Azari & III. Melissa has worked with and assisted such notable choreographers as Emmy award winning choreographer Mia Micheals, Stacey Tookey, Mandy Moore, Emmy award nominee Travis Wall, as well as sought after choreographers Teddy Forance, Dee Caspery, Misha Gabriel, Luther Brown, and Sean Cheeseman. A runner-up finisher on CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance Canada Season 4, Melissa has performed at the Pan American Games in Mexico (Oct 2011), on YTV’s The Next Step (2014), Russell Peter’s Christmas Special (2012), on CBC’s Beauty and the Beast (2012), on City TV’s New Years Eve Bash with Anjulie (2012), the Nick Carter tour in the U.S (2012), on CBC’s Over the Rainbow (2012), the Juno Awards (2012), Global TV’s New Years Eve Bash with Nelly Furtado (2013), on Murdoch Mysteries (2013) and the Much Music Video Awards (2013). She is also featured in the movie Dr.Cabbie (2014) with such notable film stars as Kunal Nayyar from the Big Bang Theory. She also has choreographed for Disney’s The Next Step (2014). She is a sought after teacher and has worked at many different conventions such as Jump, On the Floor, Idance, Evolve, Drop Dance etc. She excited audiences in the live productions of “Rave On” and “The Great Italian Tenors” in Niagara Falls as well as the Mirvish Production of Argentine Tango “Arrabal” in Toronto. Recently, she travelled to Milan, Croatia, Spain, and Poland to perform in many Salsa Congresses with Marco Ferrigno and his group Ansima Production Ballet. Recently, she has travelled all over Canada judging, teaching and performing for 5678 Showtime Dance Competition. When not performing, Melissa travels all over judging competitions, performing and teaching workshops motivating and inspiring young dancers in the art of dance. She is very excited to now be a Burju Diva!!
