Ru Fitzhenry ( Ruanda Terblanche) started her life in dance at the tender age of 3yrs old in Port Elizabeth.  At the age of 19 she left home and started her first dance studio in Stellenbosch. She has received formal training and qualifications in ballet, modern, tap, jazz and hip-hop dancing. During her 31 teaching years, SteppingOUT has staged numerous sold out stage productions and won numerous awards in various eisteddfods and competitions.

During her time as an International Choreographer she co-choreographed the Opening Ceremony of the African Cup of Nations in Ghana in 2008. She was also involved in performing and teaching dance sequences to the cast in the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in Cape Town.She co-choreographed a commercial in Romania, Bucharest and choreographed and appeared in local television commercials.

She was part of the original cheerleading team for our South African Stormers rugby team in 2003 and in later years she focused her knowledge and experience to lecturing at an Arts College in Cape Town, qualifying dancers in the profession.

Her vision for the Academy in Wellington is to feed the arts by ultimately offering drama, music and dance all in one beautiful Academy in an equally beautiful town. She is both AIDTA and TDA qualified.

         She was involved in the following :

·         Performer/Producer/Director/Choreographer – Dance Explosion (Dance Production) – 1994

·         Performer/Producer/Director/Choreographer – Dance Explosion Two (Dance Production) – 1996

·         Performer/Producer/Director/Choreographer – Showtime (Dance Production) – 2002

·         Dance Captain and Performer – Opening Ceremony SA Cricket World Cup – 2003

·         Performer – Super 14 Stormers Dance Troupe – 2003

·         Performer/Producer/Director/Choreographer – All About Change (Dance Production) – 2005

·         Performer/Producer/Director/Choreographer – Extravadance (Dance Production) – 2007

·         Choreographer – Gloria Boss School for Mentally Handicapped – 2007

·         International Choreographer – Opening Ceremony African Cup of Nations Ghana – 2008

·         International Choreographer – Commercial advertisement produced in Romania – 2008

·         Performer/Producer/Director/Choreographer – Not Quite Burlesque – 2015