Different day job: Creative arts therapist/facilitator and also teach performing arts skills to people with learning difficulties and disabilities. I am a reiki master/teacher and qualified hypnotherapist and work with dreams analysis. Freelance dance instructor in the community with local council sports and health department.
How long I’ve been dancing: 30 years (on and off) but teaching 14 years
What I love most about dancing: the spontaneity, creativity and pure fun of it. I also appreciate it on a deeper level and love my dance movement therapy!
Why I started teaching dance: It was a childhood dream of mine, I`ve always wanted to teach dance and I love to inspire others and make a positive contribution to their growth. Therefore combined both dance and psychology/therapy.
Why I love teaching at Polestars: Because they are so varied have loads of different styles and are open to new ideas just like me, I feel I fit in to all this perfectly! The staff are nice, helpful and friendly too. I simply really enjoy inspiring others to dance and really like to give my love of dance, knowledge and sense of fun to everybody I like to let this shine out in polestars.
Fave Song to dance to: Candyman by Christina Augerila , I wear an army hat, union jack knickers and have a lolly for this dance!. It is good for a burlesque military style dance. And Kate bush `Babooskha` for something xena warrior princess and neo burlesque style! And theres some fab space /science fiction music I love to perform to, `tales of the unexpected`, `Randal and Hopkirk deceased` and persuaders theme tune.
Best dancing experience: At time night club performing an alternative burlesque halloween event leaves no limits to the imagination, I played charlotte the harlot in a heavy metal burlesque style! And later a red lycra devil in ACDC`s Highway to Hell carrying my pitch fork , a spontaneous improvised candle duet with my student, only to go on leading a broomstick dance style dance workshop at about midnight! lol
Best teaching moment: I love it when everyone is creating a dance and ideas just flow from one person to the other as if group telepathy is going on!. Getting spontaneous on Rainbow camp summer 2010 whereas I with others created a dance piece on the spot for evening cabaret based on 7 veils. It was wonderful and how it flowed!. The joy of dance and pure teamwork!.