Dance tuition in Gateshead

 

As a pupil at the dance school, she was selected for various opportunities including a solo dance in our show, lead roles within the theatre school performances, two metro centre adverts, IDTA gala performances and local pantomimes. In her more senior teenage years, she was offered the opportunity to assist in class as a student teacher.

 

At the age of 18, she moved to Liverpool and completed professional training at Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), qualifying with a Diploma in Performing Arts: Dance. During this time she performed in various showcases as well as being selected as a dancer for BBC’S Liverpool Nativity.

 

In her early 20s, she returned to the Eve Trew School of Dance in order to complete her IDTA Associate Ballet, Freestyle and Street teaching qualifications. In addition she ventured into the fitness world qualifying in various programmes including Zumba, Piloxing and FitSteps.

 

She is a well-loved teacher at Eve Trew School of Dance where she takes classes in ballet, tap, theatrecraft, musical theatre, street dance and freestyle. She enjoys working with the children and encouraging them to strive for success. She has a passion for innovative choreography and has produced some excellent dance routines for recent shows. Her success in this area has resulted in the dance school being selected for four consecutive years to provide students to perform original routines in a show alongside “Strictly Come Dancing” stars Katya Virshillas and Pasha Kovalev.

 

Stephanie is truly committed to ensuring every class she teaches is educational, safe and most importantly fun. She feels it is a privilege to be able to help a child express themselves through dance and develop their confidence.

 

She moved away from the North East in 1990 to pursue her education and career. It was nearly 20 years before she returned to her roots and during her time away she had worked in several businesses in London, achieved 2 university degrees and had retrained and was working as a midwife in the South East of England.  

 

After the birth of her first child in 2007 she decided to return to the North East and get involved with the running of the Dance School. Initially her role was administrative but, with her love of dance rekindled, she took steps to become involved in a teaching capacity. In 2010 she qualified as a Zumba instructor and taught regular adult dance fitness. In 2011 she completed her IDTA Associate Ballet teaching qualifications, which has enabled her to teach ballet within the school and, more recently, she qualified to teach FitSteps, a dance fitness class created by the stars of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing series. This new class has proved to be a big hit with the ladies who attend.

 

Now mum to 2 boys, she is committed to ensuring that a visit to the Eve Trew School of Dance is a pleasurable experience for both the children and the accompanying parents.

 

When her youngest daughter began classes at our school in 2009, Sam decided to become actively involved in the school herself by initially participating in ladies' classes before moving on to teach part-time. She has danced alongside the senior school troupe, taking part in performances with the stars of Strictly Come Dancing and at the school’s last 3 major dance shows at The Sage Gateshead in 2010, and the Newcastle Theatre Royal in 2013 and 2016.

 

Since the school moved into its beautiful new studios, she has taken a key role in the adult dance fitness classes, teaching the hugely popular new ballroom dancing based 'FitSteps' class, created by the Strictly Come Dancing dancers.

Pauline Rimer (Chairperson), Patricia Johnson (Secretary), Ann Weightman (Treasurer), Lynda Duggan, Carole Jamieson

Not pictured;

Flo Laidler, Helen Roberts