Nathan Espejo

Nathan Espejo

Nathan is a professional dancer originally from Brampton, Ontario. He began training at Joanne Chapman School of Dance at the age of 7. Nathan studied in many disciplines of dance including jazz, tap, acrobatics, ballet, contemporary, lyrical and salsa but his first love and passion is for hip-hop. Nathan has trained under and worked with many choreographers and renowned professionals such as Mandy Moore, Misha Gabriel, Kenny Wormald and Marty Kudelka.

Nathan has been privileged with opportunities to work on stage, television, film, music videos and commercials. He performed in the opening number for the first ever Choreographer’s Emmy Nominee Reception choreographed by Misha Gabriel & Nick Bass in Los Angeles. Some of his other credits include Canadian based television shows such as YTV’s The Next Star and Family Channel’s The Next Step. Nathan has brought his talent overseas and traveled to Dubai and China for Creativiva’s stage show called the Jungle Book Circus. Nathan can be seen as a dancer in Disney Channel’s Original hit movie Zombies and Zombies 2, both streaming now on Disney Plus.

Nathan is also an accomplished instructor and choreographer. He holds his teaching Certificate in Stage with the B.A.T.D. and shares his love for dance with all he comes in contact with. Nathan has taught numerous classes and workshops across Canada. His choreography and students have earned top awards at numerous regional and national dance competitions in Canada and the United States. Nathan’s choreography credits include being an assistant choreographer to Amy Wright and guest choreographer on The Next Step Live On Stage Tour, The Next Step Live: The Movie and The Next Step Seasons 4, 5 & 7. He also choreographed for The Next Step Dance Battles game/app for IOS and Android. More recently, he’s worked as the associate choreographer for The Next Step: Absolute Dance – Live On Stage Tour in Australia. Nathan was also the choreographer for the animated movie titled Ice Dragon produced by Tricord Media that was in theaters across Canada.