Aquilia Dance Academy is the brainchild of Rosario Privitera, who founded Aquilia Dance International in via Caronda Acireale, Italy in 1998. Aquilia Dance Academy Singapore is the Asian chapter of its predecessor, ​A.D.S.D Aquilia Dance International, and represents the continuation of its founder's passion for dancing and dance education. We offer affordable courses in Latin and Standard Dancesport both at the social and competitive levels. Our available courses also include Latin Carribean Social Dances, Customised Performance Choreographies, Formation Team Dances and Dance Fitness. In our dance academy, we want our students to have the best dancing experience both in learning and having fun!

Rosario Privitera is the Principal and Master Teacher of Aquilia Dance Academy. Under his tutelage, Aquilia Dance International in Italy had successfully trained and developed many successful young dancers, who had emerged Italian Champions in Synchronised Dancing, Formation Team Choregraphy and Grade A competitions for many years. Under the coaching of world renowned Latin Dancesport teachers such as Riccardo Cocchi, Maurizio Vescovo, and Joanne Wilkinson, his achievements as a competitor include:

 

Joy Stephanny has been a competitor specialising in Latin American DanceSport since 2002. She is also a certified Teacher of Dancing validated by United Kingdom Alliance (UKA). She started her formal dance training in Vancouver, Canada under Australian coach Glen Brennan and Russian coach Ekaterina Michtchenko in 2001 and continued her dancesport training in Singapore in 2005. She believes that good dance technique is the foundation of excellence in competitive and performance dancesport, which is reflected in her coaching style. She is the current resident coach for NUS Ballroom Team (Latin) and SMU Ardiente's Performance Team.​​​​​​​​​​​

Some of her past achievements as a competitor include: 
First Runner Up in 10th Singapore National Dancesport Championship (2010) 
Finalist in 13th Singapore National Dancesport Championship (2011)
First Runner Up in the 20th Singapore Lion City International DanceSport Championships Amateur Latin Closed (2007)
Finalist in the 20th Singapore Lion City International DanceSport Championships Asia Pacific Rising Star (2007)
Top 10 in Tokio Open, Asakusa Japan (2007)
Quarter Finalist in 2nd Hong Kong DanceSport Festival (2008)
Second Runner Up in USA NorthWest Dancesport Championship (2005)
First Runner Up Gold Latin UBC Gala Ball Vancouver, Canada (2003)
First Runner Up Gold Latin Dance Pacifica Nanaimo, Canada (2003)

Currently also a WDC Certified International Judge for Latin

​Specialisation: Basic to Advanced Technique, Ladies Styling, Showdances, Private Lessons 
 

Azri first entered the world of Latin Ballroom when he saw the CCA performance in NYP in 2007.

Since then, he has been actively learning and competing in latin ballroom dance competitions. In addition to teaching, Azri is still competitively pursuing competitive latin ballroom. 
 
Trained by Rosario Privitera and Nicolas Garcia, Azri and his partners competed and exceled in many competitions locally and internationally. 

Azri has also been the instructor of La Ballroom En Masse (NYP) since 2016 and helmed the club’s many productions as a choreographer. 

Azri is also one of the instructors for SMU Ardiente Latin Dance Club, of which Aquilia Dance Academy provide the resident coaches. 

Specialisation: Adult Beginner & Intermediate Classes, Styling and Performance ​​​​