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 23 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 20 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:
Intermediate Teaching Member - The Midland Academy of Stage Dancing
Experience:
Performance training of 19 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 6 years
Undertaken various KLM Workshops and Acrobatic Support Lifting Workshops
Studied:
Ballet (soft shoe and pointe), Tap, Disco, Jazz, Street, Hip Hop, Musical
Comedy, 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 20 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 9 years
Undertaken various KLM Workshops
Studied:
Ballet, Physical Theatre, Street, Hip Hop, Tap, Disco, Musical
Comedy, Jazz, Acrobatics and Contemporary.
Rhianne Jordan: Teacher
Quals:
Elementary Teaching Member - The Midland Academy of Stage Dancing
Experience:
Experience:
Performance training of 11 years
Assistance Teaching and Teaching experience of over 5 years
Undertaken various KLM Workshops
Studied: Ballet (soft shoe and pointe), Tap, Disco, Jazz, Musical
Comedy, Freestyle, Acrobatics and Contemporary.
Saturday Assistant Teachers:
Evie and Sofia:
Both Evie and Sofia do every class available to them with us, developing as dancers with us since they were small children. Now as our assistant teachers, they bring their experience and joy of dance with them on Saturdays to help assist the younger generations. Both girls are currently working through their MASD grade work.
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