Our Team

 

Rachel Glen L.I.S.T.D

School principal and teacher

Rachel began when she was very small with ballet and tap, however, due to a long term illness Rachel had to leave dancing and eventually picked it back up when she was 11 taking a local disco freestyle class with Marion Lane and then moving into ballroom, latin and sequence. Quickly Rachel became involved with assisting at classes this is where she discovered her passion for teaching. Rachel worked her way through the medal test examination system and competed with excellent success at medallist competitions until her late teens. Rachel has taught for 18 years and still continues to take higher teaching qualifications along side further developing her knowledge of the dance styles with training and courses to ensure she can pass on this knowledge to the next generation of dancers.

 

Sheena Janssen

Teacher

Sheena has danced since she was a small child taking part in ISTD medal tests and area medal test competitions in both disco freestyle and ballroom and latin. Sheena then headed off to dance college to train at The Centre PAC in musical theatre where she worked hard to gain her teaching qualifications. SInce graduating Sheena has been privileged to travel the world dancing and performing in India, South America, Greece and Italy. Sheena has built up her teaching knowledge teaching across a variety of dance schools and primary schools. Sheena teaches at many of our children’s classes and our adult foundations classes.

Class Assistants

  • Nicky Sparks

    Adult class assistant

    Nicky has danced since age 7, working her way through the medal test system. Nicky competed across the UK in both leader & follower roles and dancing in a formation team. Nicky’s favourite dance is the slow foxtrot.

  • Olivia Conway

    Junior assistant

    Olivia assists at our Wednesday stage 1 & 2 disco classes and Thursday ballroom classes. Olivia is a member of both our disco and ballroom competition squad

  • Serena O'Gorman

    Junior assistant

    Serena assists at our Wednesday stage 1 & 2 disco classes. Serena is a member of our disco competition squad.