About the Team

Camille Weanquoi is a freelance dancer, teacher, choreographer, and mentor who hails from Bronx, NY. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance and Winston Salem State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. Camille received most of her training from the Harlem School of the Arts where she was a scholarship recipient of the HSA college  preparatory/pre-professional dance program. She is well versed in various styles of dance. She has had the privilege to study under Kim Grier-Martinez, Imani Faye, B.J. Sullivan, Dmitry Povolotsky, Duane Cyrus, and many other influential teaching artists. 

Camille’s passion for & commitment to dance has afforded her the opportunity to perform the works of Urban Bush Women, Na Ni Chin, and Rod Rogers. Camille has previously danced as a company member for Baltimore based companies, Keur Khaleyi African Dance Company and The Collective. She has performed and toured throughout the East Coast in venues & has showcased her work at the Baltimore Theater Project, UNCG Dance Theatre, Lindenwood, University, Creative Alliance, and HSA Theater. She has been featured in the Arbutus Times, appeared in Essence Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, and the Bronx Times. 

Camille is the co-founder and managing director of Baltimore Black Dance Collective and is currently training as a candidate for Dunham Technique Teacher Certification. With her background in & love for indigenous African & Caribbean dance forms,  she currently creates, performs, & teaches African diasporic dances along with other styles of dance throughout the Baltimore/D.C. area and beyond.

Shianne Antoine began her relationship with dance at age three in Baltimore, MD. After years of valuable training, she graduated from Towson University in 2016 with a BFA in Dance Performance, Choreography, and a K-12 Teaching Certification. She has taught dance for eleven years at institutions such as Mercy High School, Dance and BMore, Young Audiences’ Summer Arts Learning Academy, Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, and various studios. Antoine directed the dance program at William Penn Senior High School for two years, and began her own dance studio, Symmetry Arts, in January 2021.

She has performed with Deep Vision Dance Company, Humanistics Dance Company, LucidBeings Dance, and for choreographers such as Madeline Maxine Gorman. Her choreography entitled Ten was featured in the Peabody Dance! Festival in 2021. Antoine is currently a company member in BlueShift Dance and GRIDLOCK Dance, a Wolf Trap Early Learning Teaching Artist, the Co-Founder of the Black Choreographers Festival, and the owner of Symmetry Arts. She authors dance reviews for her very own Charm City Dance Blog.