A Vancouver ballet teacher is facing charges of sexual exploitation after allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with an underage student.

The instructor, 49-year-old Alejandro Vargas Gomez of Mexico, is believed to have worked as an instructor at the Goh Ballet Academy beginning in the fall of 2013. In January, he allegedly began a sexual relationship, outside of the academy, with a student who was between the ages of 16  and 18 at the time of the offence.

Gomez has been charged with two counts of sexual exploitation and one count of luring.

The Goh Ballet Academy is cooperating with the police investigation.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Vancouver Police Sex Crimes Unit tip line at (604) 717-0600 or Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222-8477.