ABOUT

Shaka Lee is a Toronto-based dancer, heels instructor, choreographer, performer, and model whose career has been shaped by a deep belief in the power of feminine expression.

Shaka began performing as a go-go dancer in Toronto nightclubs in 2011 — long before she had any formal dance training. What started as a little performance gig quickly became something more.

In 2015, she took her first heels class and began training seriously for the first time. This marked a turning point in her journey.

Heels wasn’t just another dance style; it was a portal into confidence, sensuality, and self-trust. Watching women transform in the studio — taking up more space, moving with confidence, supporting each other — redefined her path. She knew she wanted to facilitate spaces like this.

Over the last 10 years, Shaka has trained with renowned teachers across North America, choreographed and performed in music videos with millions of views, taught classes (both online and in person) across Canada and has reached thousands online.

From 2021 to 2024, she relocated to Vancouver Island to help open a new dance location, where she spent over three years cultivating a thriving heels community and mentoring hundreds of women in Victoria before returning to Toronto to continue expanding her work in dance and teaching.

Alongside her dance career, Shaka has over 15 years of experience in fashion and commercial modelling. She has worked with brands including Sephora, El Jimador and Samsung, appeared in national campaigns, and walked in Toronto fashion shows. Shaka is known for her expressive energy, authenticity and professionalism, that she brings to every stage and set.

Today, Shaka is building Venus Rising, an empowering online community devoted to helping women reconnect to their confidence, sensuality, and self-expression through heels dance and embodied movement. What began as her own transformation has grown into a mission: to create spaces where women feel powerful, supported, and unapologetically themselves.

Whether she’s teaching in the studio, performing under stage lights, or modelling in front of the lens, Shaka’s work is rooted in one core belief — confidence is something you can practice, embody, and rise into.