For Caylin Skelton, stepping onto the stage has always felt like stepping into another world. It is where she feels most alive, where the outside world fades away, and where she connects most deeply with herself and the audience.

Caylin has been dancing for as long as she can remember, but she’s been with DanceXchange, in Blackheath, since she was just eight years old. “DanceXchange has been my second home. It is a place where I can be myself and do what I love most, which is dance.”

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Her achievements speak volumes about her dedication to the craft. She has earned a distinction in her hip hop advanced exam and honours in her modern advanced exam, paving the way for her solo performance exams in both disciplines – exams that, if successful, will award her a prestigious diploma. Alongside this, she is pursuing her dance teaching diploma with the Association of International Dance Teachers (AIDT), currently working towards her hip hop and modern associates.

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Caylin’s career already includes remarkable highlights. She performed as a backup dancer for Seal at the Sun City Superbowl in 2024, graced the stage at numerous corporate events, and earlier this year, she travelled to India as a cheerleader for the Kolkata Knight Riders during the IPL 2025 season.

For all the accolades and experiences, Caylin thanks her family, as well as DanceXchange founder Margie Wells, for her support and mentorship. She also thanks her dance teacher, Jacquie von Staden, whom she credits with shaping her into the dancer she is today.

With her passion, perseverance, and years of training, Caylin embodies the very spirit of DanceXchange, which has been shaping dancers since the 1980s – not only into technically strong performers, but into artists, prepared for the professional world.

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