Sarah-Jane

Sarah-Jane

Sarah - Jane has recently become a fully qualified dance teacher with the British Ballet Organization after a achieving a Distinction award in the level 4 Teaching Diploma in Theatre Dance, with a Tap Dance Major.  Sarah - Jane has been teaching at Danceworks for eighteen months working with students of all ages, sharing her enthusiam for dance and helping to build confidence and ability in both Tap and Street styles.  She also works offsite around Gloucestershire, running workshop events for Danceworks at secondary and primary schools, introducing both experienced and non - dancers to exciting and unusual dance styles such as Bollywood and Street.  Sarah - Jane also takes Danceworks into holiday workshops in private dance schools (including the Danceworks Summer School!), teaching choreography from various stage and film musicals such as High School Musical, Oklahoma and Chicago.     

Sarah - Jane has been dancing since the age of eight and trained with Miss Sandra Oakley in Southampton upto the age of eighteen.  She played the role of Pearl in the schools' production of Starlight Express and danced in numbers from Grease, Me and My Girl and Jesus Christ Superstar.  As an adult Sarah - Jane progressed further with her dancing with the I.S.T.D, whilst exploring alternative styles of dance such as Salsa, Swing, Bangra and Appalacian.  Travelling the world helped her to further explore international dance styles such as traditional Maori war dances performed in New Zealand, fire dancers on the streets of Melbourne and Japanese Geisha performing in Kyoto to celebrate the cherry blossoms.  

 

Sarah-Jane’s Tap classes (beginners and advanced levels) are designed to be fun and lively with an emphasis on building your knowledge of steps into a vibrant dance routine.  She often works on a routine using music from West End or Hollywood musicals and uses this as a way to develop personal presentation and style as you “audition” for the big roles!  Either as a way to keep fit or to experience something different in the field of dance come and enjoy a bubbly dance class with S.J! 

 

Her Street Dance classes for Teenagers and Adults are also full of energy and are designed to build confidence through the body movements and to develop strength and co-ordination, whilst working towards a funky dance routine.  Don’t worry if you have never danced before, this is a chance to build your personal confidence and develop your own dance style in a relaxed environment.