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Steph Brinning

@steph_margaret

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🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 T.O.
Artist | Choreographer | Teacher
Founder @shethecompany 💕
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If you’re a heels dancer listen up 📣👠

Knee health is sooo important! Take it from somebody who is rediscovering their body after ACL surgery. These are all things that I am currently doing in my journey back to heels as recommended from my own PT. Exercises listed below:

1. Leg lifts - 3 x 10-12 reps
2. Banded glutes - 3 x 10-12 reps
3. Bulgarian split squats - 3 x 8-10 reps
4. Calf raises - 3 x 10-12 reps

More of this in my 4 Week Intermediate Heels Program starting May 30th - details below:

📍 St.Clair Dance Collective
📅 Saturdays May 30th - June 20th
⏰ 6-8pm weekly
💸 $245+HST

This is an Intermediate-Level Program & is ideal for dancers with 2+ years of heels and general dance experience. Best for dancers who want to refine their technique, performance, and confidence. Weekly you can expect:

- 4 x 2hr classes
- Heels drills & choreography application
- Mindfulness for dancers + intention setting exercises
- Weekly personalized feedback & at home training/cross training recommendations
- A welcoming & safe environment with community support

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE | NO DROP INS

Sign up link in my bio, can’t wait to spend some quality time together💕🦋👠 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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5 months ago

Seeing this clip of me on Friday had me in so many feels🥹… 10 months ago I was on crutches and I couldn’t walk on my own. Now I’m able to do this - even though it’s nowhere near where I want to be, I’m feeling so fucking proud of myself for staying consistent and prioritizing my healing. Don’t be fooled though, there was was absolutely no snapping back here, this took 11 MONTHS of constant work every single day. Always choose to get up and keep going. No matter what 🦾✨ 🧿#injuryrecovery #aclrecovery taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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4 months ago

We're BACK with another Change Room Chat episode! Today we're introducing @steph_margaret — our lovely heels teacher 😍⁠
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Catch her class every Friday!⁠
INT/ADV HEELS | Friday 8:20PM⁠
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#studionorthtoronto by @steph_margaret

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5 months ago

First time really dancinggggg with the new knee 🥹

Thank you @katyspacebird this was such a special moment for me ✨

Dancing with my daughters @celinarodrigueez @daughter.of.tagar 💕 by @steph_margaret

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4 days ago

Sometimes your body starts telling the story long before you’re ready to listen.

For 4 years, there were pops, shifts, warning signs… and a version of me that kept finding a way to keep going.

During that time, I was building @shethecompany , creating, teaching, pouring into everyone around me and slowly learning just how easy it was for me to put myself at the bottom of that list.

And the complicated part is, I don’t know if SHE would exist in the same way if that first injury never happened. So much of what I created was born out of that chapter of my life.

I also couldn’t talk about that time without acknowledging the people who helped me keep going 🩷

@rose.harris1 - my very first dance assistant, who stepped in and helped me when I was first injured.

And the other 5 amazing women who became SHE:
@danarher @geokasprowicz @kristaflynn @sabsballesteros @itshelenmcg

You all were there in those early classes, helping me, supporting me and becoming part of something I didn’t even fully know I was building yet 🥹

I wouldn’t take any of that away - but I can recognize now what it was costing me.

Eventually, my body asked me to stop in a way I couldn’t ignore.

This is everything that led up to the final pop.

Part 2 coming soon: the night it finally happened, the hospital, finding out what I had actually done to my knee, and everything that came after … #injuryjourney #aclrecovery #torontodance taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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14 days ago

Get you a @callme.swli that will take bts vids that you like better than the professional one 🫶 Loved seeing this one on all of you as much as I loved creating it ✨✨✨ #heelsdance #torontodance #heelschoreography taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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12 days ago

4 years with my best friend @xena.tee 💘🏳️‍🌈 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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18 days ago

There’s something about feeling like yourself again 💘✨

I felt so confident dancing this combo. I felt present, connected to myself, and completely in the energy. I really missed this feeling!!!

New combo coming this week ✨
Check my stories for updated class info.

🎥: @nataliya.kozy

👠 Int/Adv Heels
📍 @thestudionorthto
⏰ Fridays at 8:20pm taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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17 days ago

My current warm-up before I do anytime teaching, prep or dancing as a dance teacher in her 30s💘

I’ve become a lot more intentional about how I prepare my body before I dance, especially while continuing to rebuild strength through rehab.

2–3 sets | 10–12 reps each

→ 90/90s
→ Leg lifts
→ Banded glutes
→ Elevated dead bug variations
→ Lunge → hamstring stretch rock backs
→ Downward dog calf stretch
→ Bent-over spinal twist
→ Plié squat push-outs

A little extra rehab 🦵🏽

→ Ankle mobility — knee over ankle with band resistance
→ Elevated suitcase squats with band
↳ Usually done with weights

Taking the time to give my body what it needs before I ask it to dance 🫶🏽

#DanceWarmUp #DancerTraining #Mobility #ACLRecovery taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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21 days ago

These are my ladies 🩷💕💘

Slide 1: @r.ka_rinrin @j_lizhuuu
Slide 2: @dov3on
Slide 3: @arielle.trambulo

Come dance with me 💋
📍 @thestudionorthto
🗓️ Fridays at 8:20pm
🎵 Int/Adv Heels
🔗 Sign up through the studio north app

#heelsdance #torontodance #danceclass #torontodancers taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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24 days ago

GRWM to teach my Friday night class 💕✨👠

Top: @zara
Bottoms: @lululemon
Heels: @sheinofficial

📍 Class info:

Int/Adv Heels - Fridays at 8:20pm @thestudionorthto

#heelsdanceclass #torontodance #grwm taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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25 days ago

Some groups I love from last Friday 💘💘💘

Final round tonight @thestudionorthto
Int/Adv Heels - Fridays at 8:20pm

Group 1 @arielle.trambulo @emma_braunn
Group 2 @septembermt @katyspacebird
Group 3 @aryanna.s @alexlotozka @callme.swli @fhua07

If missed your tag post in the comments!!!!! taken in Toronto, Ontario by @steph_margaret

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