Katie Martin: Principal
Quals:
PGCE PCE - Dance
BA (Hons) Dance Practice and Performance
2nd Fellowship Member - The Midland Academy of Stage Dancing
Experience:
Performance training of 19 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 15 years
Dancer for entertainment companies around the West Midlands
Participated in PHD performance based work
Been part of various Dance Science related studies
Performance and Pedagogical practice experience from Portugal
Studied:Ballet (soft shoe and pointe), Tap, Disco, Street, Hip Hop, Musical Comedy, Acrobatics, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary and Physical Theatre.

'I absolutely love my job! Teaching my students brings me such fulfilment. Seeing them improve week in and week out is proof that what we do here and how we teach works! I think I'm a little obsessed. We teach from a safe practice pedagogical approach, constantly talking to our students about correct alignment and weight distribution to minimise risk of injury. The highlight of my year is seeing all those smiling faces in the finale on our final show, just WOW!'
Katie Martin - 2019
Abi Dunn: Teacher
Quals:
Elementary Teaching Member - The Midland Academy of Stage Dancing
Experience:
Performance training of 16 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 3 years
Undertaken various KLM Workshops and Acrobatic Support Lifting Workshops
Studied:
Ballet (soft shoe and pointe), Tap, Disco, Street, Hip Hop, Musical
Comedy, Acrobatics and Contemporary.
Lucy Taylor: Teacher
Quals:
Elementary Teaching Member - The Midland Academy of Stage Dancing
Experience:
Performance training of 6 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 4 years
Undertaken various KLM Workshops
Studied:Ballet (soft shoe and pointe), Tap, Disco, Musical
Comedy, Jazz, Acrobatics and Contemporary.

David Smith: Teacher
Quals:
BA (Hons) Dance Practice and Performance
Elementary Teaching Member - The Midland Academy of Stage Dancing
Experience:
Performance training of over 15 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 7 years
Undertaken various KLM Workshops
Studied:
Ballet, Physical Theatre, Street, Hip Hop, Tap, Disco, Musical
Comedy, Jazz, Acrobatics and Contemporary.

Rhianne Jordan: Assistant Teacher
Quals:
Rhianne is currently working through her MASD qualifications to gain her teaching
certificate in all genres we teach.
Experience:
Performance training of 9 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 3 years
Undertaken various KLM Workshops
Studied: Ballet (soft shoe and pointe), Tap, Disco, Musical
Comedy, Freestyle, Acrobatics and Contemporary.
