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Emma Olley

Has been teaching ballet for over 10 years and holds an RAD Diploma in Dance Teaching Studies, and an ISTD Diploma in Dance education. Her experience is manly UK based and includes choreography and Co- direction of musicals and theatre groups. 

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Diana Kirk

Diana's training in the U.K. included classical ballet (BBO Advanced, ISTD Advanced, IDTA Advanced), tap (BBO Advanced), modern theatre dance (ISTD Advanced), acrobatics and highland dance (UKAPTD). She gained formal teaching qualifications in classical ballet with ISTD (Hons) and IDTA (Hons) and highland dance with UKAPTD. In the UK, Diana taught both adults and children, entering candidates for examinations with BBO and ISTD, choreographed for the local Operatic Society and worked with teenagers at the Youth Centre. Diana has attended classes and workshops in contemporary dance (various styles), Skinner Releasing Technique, Progressing Ballet Technique (with Marie Walton-Mahon) and Franklin Method (with Morten Dithmer). She studied Alexander Technique, Classical Ballet and Floor Barre with Timothy Gordon. Diana continues to enjoy both attending class and teaching adults, with a focus on safe technique and musicality.

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