Instructors

The Instructors

Emma Barczyk

Emma has been dancing since the age of 4. She began at the All That Jazz Dance School and then went onto the Bristol School of Dancing where she completed examinations in Ballet, Tap and Modern on the ISTD examinations Board.

Emma has performed in many productions in Bristol including the Bristol Hippodrome. At school, Emma achieved an A grade for her G.S.C.E dance and 2 A's at A level for her dance pieces in Sports Studies and Theatre Studies projects.

To help her dancing career, Emma is a qualified Fitness Instructor. She is a member of the Fitness Professionals and is also qualified in First Aid. She also gained an ETM (Exercise to Music) qualification and a circuit instructor award. She has taught aerobics for nearly 2 years now.
Emma has taken Safeguard Training and has CRB Police checks for any parents or guardians to view upon request.

For the past year, Emma has been teaching Hip Hop and street dancing in Bristol and Weston. She has taught over 600 students and choreographed her own classes, festivals and shows.

Emma has been currently training in London to achieve a dance Teaching qualification.
She passed with 96%, Highly Commended.

Emma is a member of the International Dance Teachers Association, regularly attending seminars and conferances all over the country.

Lauren Newman

Lauren has been dancing for 8 years and is still completing her grades in Ballet, Tap and Modern.
She has just completed her gold award in Modern.

Lauren has danced at Her Majesty's Theatre in London and in many productions in Bristol.

Not only that, Lauren competes at Eisteddfords and has many top 3 titles under her belt.

In the past two years, Lauren has been Hip Hop and Street dancing, performing alongside Emma.
They have danced together for the past 5 years.

Also, Lauren achieved her black belt in Karate at only 12 years of age.

She is still continuing her studies so that one day she can pursue the career of a qualified dance teacher.

Michaela Graham

Michaela has danced for the past 10 years. She has performed for the Queen and the Mayor of Dublin.

Michaela's dance qualifications include a BTEC National Diploma in Dance and NOCN awards in Performing Arts and Creative Arts.

Michaela has just finished her BA HONS degree in dance at Bath University. Her final piece was based upon the film 'Confessions of a Shopaholic'. She is qualified in First Aid and has taken Safeguard Training with CRB Police checks also for any parents or guardians to view upon request.

She has been dancing with Emma and Lauren for the past year and has choreographed shows and events for The Chance2dance.

Georgina Hancock

Georgie has been dancing for 9 years. She has experience and gradings in Modern but has focused mainly on hip hop and street dancing. She has been dancing with Emma and Lauren for the past 2 and a half years performing in many events with The Chance2dance.

Georgie is currently studying to achieve a National Diploma in Sports (Teaching and Coaching) as well as a Fitness Instructor and Exercise to music qualifications.

Georgie also works as a multi sports coach. She is qualified in first aid.

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