Teachers
Evangelina Maw- Principal & Founder
Evangelina has been dancing since the age of 3. Evangelina has a passion for dance and from a young age has performed in various professional venues including: Her Majesty's Theatre, London Palladium, Saddlers Wells and Disneyland Paris. Following the distinction* she received for her B-Tec Dance, Evangelina went on to study a BA hons degree in Choreography and Dance at the University of Winchester (classification 2.1), which offed a firm foundation of theory, dance and performance.
Alongside University Evangelina completed her Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing ISTD Level 3 Diploma in Dance Instruction at Chichester College and has undertaken many exams under the society from a young age. Therefore she is aware of different styles of dance and new techniques and is highly skilled in many different genres including: contemporary, ballet, street, jazz, modern, tap, and cheerleading. Evangelina believes it is important for students to train in several genres of dance.
During her time at university, Evangelina was a member of the Winchester Spirits cheerleading team (2013-16) and has had experience in competing at many national cheerleading competitions in level 1, 2 and stunt groups, and has completed the BGU Level 1 & 2 cheerleading coaching qualification.
Evangelina has a full DBS, First aid and a safeguarding in sport. Evangelina is also a qualified Zumba teacher. As a teacher, Evangelina aims to be a role model and inspiring students, through her enthusiasm for dance and cheerleading.
Kristy Smith - Teacher (Cover teacher)
Kristy started performing arts classes at the age of 9. This is when she fell in love with dance, and with every passing year her knowledge of different genres continued to expand. Training with the ISTD has given her a great foundation of knowledge and experience, which still is continuing to this day. She has studied many genres of dance including Jazz, Tap, Modern Theatre, Imperial Classical Ballet, Contemporary and street jazz. She also had the opportunity to study the major ballet grades syllabus from the Royal Academy of Dance in her late teens.
Kristy has been lucky enough to perform on some amazing stages throughout the years, including Her Majesty’s Theatre, Saddlers Wells, and Disneyland Paris.
Kristy has been teaching students since 2016, from ages 2 to 18. During this time she has gained a wealth of experience. She has taught for multiple different dance schools catering for a wide range of ages and abilities.
Kristy gained her Level 3 Diploma in Dance at college and achieved the highest grade. During this time Kristy studied new genres of dance including contemporary techniques such as Cunningham Technique and Release Technique. She then started studying at the Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College for her ISTD teaching qualifications. She has a full membership with both the ISTD & IDTA.
Kristy has her ISTD DDE’s in Imperial Classical Ballet, Modern Theatre and Tap Dance. She also holds her IDTA Associate in Ballet, Tap and Modern Dance. She has furthered her training over the years, earning her Progressing Ballet Technique certification and Acrotrix module 1 qualification.
Kristy enjoys taking part of CPD courses each year to continue personal growth and knowledge and also likes to regularly attend ballet classes to keep improving and maintaining her dance technique.
Kristy has recently completed her cheerleading coaching qualifications in levels 1 & 2 with BGU.