Ballet Jazz Tap Hip Hop Contemporary

Christine is the Founder and Director of Kew Dance Arts. She established the school in 2013 after moving to London from the USA. Christine graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Minor Degree in Sport, Health and Leisure Studies. She has tremendous performance and teaching experience with numerous dance companies, musical theatre productions, schools and arts organisations across the USA and UK. She was once a member of the NBA Enrgee! Dance Team and choreographed for the team as well. She was selected to perform with the European tour of West Side Story, Rasa Dance Theatre and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Her vast teaching experience ranges across many ages and abilities. She taught at the university level at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Richmond Adult Community College, London and served as Artistic Director of professional company, Elation Dance Theatre. She also started her own school in the USA before working as the Associate Director of Education with Stages St Louis. Christine loves teaching and working in the arts in all capacities. She is a member of the IDTA and Royal Academy of Dance.

Emma Twiggs is an American dance artist; trained in ballet, tap and jazz as a young dancer and spent her summers studying with the Joffrey Ballet School. She graduated with her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from Troy University in 2019. Emma participated in the Disney College Program at Walt Disney World in the Spring of 2020 where she worked as a Character Attendant. Most recently, she trained with Inlet Dance Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio as part of their Trainee and Apprentice Program. Emma has also spent three summers teaching dance at Lake Bryn Mawr Dance Camp in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. She is currently in her postgraduate studies at the University of Roehampton and will be awarded her Master of Arts in Dance Philosophy and History in January 2023.