meet THE Principal !

Miss Joanne

Miss Joanne

I have had a passion for dance for as long as I can remember and my dream was to become a professional dancer and a dance teacher. I attended two local dance schools until I was old enough to go to the Northern Ballet School in Manchester, where I studied for three years full time on a musical theatre course. I worked hard and managed to gain the highest achievement as a dancer, as well as three teaching qualifications in ballet, modern and tap. In 1998 I was lucky enough to be a dancer onboard Carnival Cruise lines where I performed in front of hundreds of people weekly. After fulfilling my ambition as a dancer I then returned to my home town and set up a dance school, which has been operating for twenty five years.

In 2009 I achieved a life long ambition and join a handful of people to pass the Fellowship ballet examination which is the highest accolades a teacher of dance can achieve.

I really enjoyed my training, and now my aim is to offer this to other budding dancers and make sure they have an equal amount of enjoyment as I did. My dream to teach dance is tremendously rewarding and to see my students performing on stage and achieving amazing examination results is fantastic.

Fully registered with:

  • Imperial Society for the Teachers of Dance (ISTD) in ballet, modern, tap and national
  • Imperial Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) in ballet, modern and tap
  • Fellowship status in ISTD ballet and Licentiate in IDTA ballet
    First Aid Certified
  • CRB Approved
  • Fully insured

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