About
Iselin started dancing when she was 4 years old. She’s been trained in everything from ballet, jazz, hiphop, Mambo/Salsa and house, but found her style and passion when she was 15 years old; Tap dance. She has been a student at schools like At tickletoes steppdansskole, Circle - Det norske hiphop huset, Subsdans, Salsakompaniet, Fagerborg vgs and Subjazz. She became a member of Oslo Tap Crew (oslo steppdanskompani) in 2012 and performed on regular basis with the crew when it was active.
In 2019 she started Allure Tap company, who has become a leading tap dance- and jazz company in Norway. She has taken over Norways only Tap School, Tickle Toes. She is now the proud owner and director of A-custica, where Tickle toes is still the tap department. The school was founded by her mentor Kjersti Evensen in 2002, and Iselin is happy to continue to bring forward the legacy of the school and its importance in the Norwegian dance community.She is also producing music with her husband Alexis Ruiz, who is a world renowned Mambo dancer and percussionist.
She is co-funder and speaker of the initiative "Tap Talk" (FB @TapTalkLive) together with Andrew Nemr & Estefania Porqueras (2020).
Through her career she has been traveling the world taking classes and learning from the leading tap community. People she got to know on the way and learn from are highly acknowledged dancers as Jason Samuel Smith, Sarah Reich, Chloe Arnold, Kazu Kumagai, Max Pollak, Michela Marino Lerman, Roxanne Butterfly, Ludovico Hombravella Suarez, Andrew Nemr and many more. She has also had the opportunity to teach, jam and dance at some of different places she’s been.
She has worked on numerous artistic projects in Oslo and has taught tap at several institutions, including NSKI Høyskole, Det Norske Teatret, Norsk Ballettinstitutt, Musikkteaterforum, Fet Kulturskole, Tickle Toes, and others. As a choreographer, she has created work for Lillestrøm Kulturskole, including Hairspray (2022), The Addams Family (2023), Peter Pan (2024), and Den Magiske Julepresangen (2025). She has also performed and presented work at Oslo Jazzdansfestival (2017, 2020, 2022) and has contributed as a panel speaker.​
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From 2015-2018, Iselin founded and organized Oslo’s first Tap festival, Tap Oslo, together with Ludovico Hombravella Suarez. This was an important event to gather the community in Oslo and Scandinavia. Bringing all types of dancers from all over the country and from different schools to celebrate what we all love. Tap Oslo has proudly all years been supported by the Norwegian art council and FFUK.
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In addition to her dance career, Iselin is a freelance photographer with a two-year diploma in commercial photography from Bilder Nordic School of Photography, and has worked with companies, dancers, and festivals worldwide.
She also holds a Bachelor in Psychology, a diploma in pedagogy, and a Bachelor in Law.