I am a
dancer/teacher/choreographer from Vancouver, Canada and am currently living and working in London. At the moment I am mainly doing film/television/commercials, corporate shows/galas as well as choreographing and teaching dance. My most recent credits include: Model Print - Movement Serires Simon Mccomb, Chroeographer/Lead Dancer-France Show Earls Court, Dancer-Talk Talk COmmercial, Dancer- Paul O grady Show. I was also a dancer in Mamma Mia the Movie and a can can dancer for the Moulin Rouge in Paris. I am currently teaching on Sundays at Stagecoach Ealing Hanwell (
http://www.stagecoach.co.uk/stagecoach/schoolsdb_global/our_team.php?theext_strip=Ealing%20and%20Hanwell&header_lid=31&header_scid=&loc_id=&fran_id=&dm=18&cid=18) but am free for subbing and or workshops/choreograpy on other days.
I am trained i RAD ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Imperial Tap, ISTD Modern, hip hop, and commercial.
I teach jazz, jazz technique (jumps and turns), lyrical, ballet (usually rad or unset), tap (both old style and new style), hip hop, commercial, stage/musical theatre, stretch and strength and pointe. I am comfortable with beginners to professional, boys and girls and classes large and small.
I was last in europe in 2006/2007 when I was dancing in Paris at the Moulin Rouge and Dancing in the Mamma Mia film in London. While in Paris i taught company class at the moulin and choreographed their xmas show and a few pieces in the gallete de rois. I have also subbed at a few studios in London.
While in Canada for 2008 I taught/choreographed and danced. I was teaching at a studio called Dance Co (
www.danceco.com) where i was mainly teachig competitive ballet, giving tech and conditioning classes, Cecchetti exam classes, jazz and hip hop. I also subbed at various other studios. In the summer I taught and choreographed at several different camps: Accentz (
http://accentz.ca/index.htm), Reflections (
www.reflectionsdance.ca), and Lake Country School of dance (
http://www.lakecountryschoolofdance.com/)
.
Before I moved to Europe in 2006 i was one of the main competitive teachers for all disaplines at Vanleena Dance academy (www.vanleena.com) for 6 years, and was dancing professionally in vancouver and teaching at various other studios
I am very confident in my skills as a teacher and choreographer. I pride myself in not only instilling excellent technique but also performing and the ability to really dance. Another thing that is very important to me is to be a good role model and instill disapline respect and other necessary life skills.
I am CRB checked.
E-mail: christiesaunders@hotmail.com
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