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Adele

Adele has been dancing since the age of 3 in the UK. She trained in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, and contemporary dance; completing examinations up to and including Advance 2 with the British Theatre Dance Association and the Royal Academy of Dance. As a dancer, Adele spent a season with the UK National Youth Ballet working alongside Wayne Sleep, and has performed at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Sadlers’ Wells Theatre. Adele began teaching at 16 and has gained full qualification with the BTDA. As a teacher, Adele has had students earn places at Elmhurst Ballet School, Northern School of Contemporary Dance and the National Youth Dance Company, as well as The Royal Ballet School and English National Ballet School Associate programmes.

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Shontel

Shontel has been dancing since the age of 3, training predominantly in jazz, ballet, lyrical and contemporary. After completing the JDNZ syllabus she turned her hand to APDA and received a top tier award in Jazz Addict in her first year. Outside of dancing, she graduated from the University of Auckland last year with a bachelor of urban planning and currently works in the industry. After six years of teaching, Shontel loves working with all ages and aims to create a nurturing environment where children feel comfortable to express themselves.

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Jasmine

Dance has always been a big part of Jasmine’s life. She started dance at the age of four, where she primarily learned jazz, lyrical and hip-hop. Since then, she has developed a love of teaching and sharing the passion for dance with children of all ages.
Jasmine teaches jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, pre-school, and lyrical classes. As a Hobsonville Point Secondary School student, she completed NCEA dance assessments, achieving excellence, and
was a choreographer for ShowQuest competitions— where the team won several categories.    
Outside of dance,    Jasmine studies Law and Global Studies at the University of  Auckland but you might also see her at the beach or out running.    
Her enthusiasm for dance is reflected in her fun and easy-going teaching style. After six years of teaching, Jasmine loves 
helping children of all ages accomplish their goals and develop their individual styles!

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Ella Aguas

Ella is an experienced self taught contortionist, hand balancer, and acrobat who has been dancing since she was five years old. Ella trains in all styles of dance but specialises in acro. She has always wanted to become a dance teacher and is thrilled to start teaching at TDS in 2025 and can’t wait to inspire young dancers with her passion and dedication to the art of dancing.

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Ella Smith

Ella's journey in dance began at the age of 10 at The Dance Shed, where she trained  in ballet, acro, contemporary, and jazz. Throughout her dance career, she has been a part of  The Dance Shed troupes and Performance Group, recently achieving her APDA Jazz Solo Seal. She is currently studying for her APDA teaching exam.

While at Massey High School, Ella not only excelled in NCEA dance up to Level 3 but also took on the role of choreographer for the school’s musicals, including Cabaret, Mamma Mia, and various showcases. In 2024, she proudly served as the Arts Prefect.

Alongside her passion for dance, Ella is studying to become a chiropractor. She has also spent the past three years teaching ballet, jazz, and preschool classes. Her enthusiasm and bubbly personality make her a fun teacher, dedicated to inspiring her students and helping them find their love for dance. Ella’s teaching style is focused on encouraging students to reach their full potential while fostering a fun and supportive learning environment.

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Sam

Sam has been dancing since the age of 6 years old, as well as taking examinations in contemporary and jazz, his passion is hip hop and he completed the Urban Ignite Dance Syllabus with the Asia Pacific Dance Association achieving honors at every level.

He completed NCEA level 1, 2 and 3 dance at Rangitoto College and was involved in Stage Challenge and various Shakespeare performances during his time there, taking lead character roles in senior productions. He was also runner up twice in the Rangitoto College’s Got talent competition with a duo and then a solo hip hop dance. Among his many talents Sam is also a music producer, a DJ and studying Law at University.

Sam has competed hip hop both nationally and internationally receiving outstanding results. He has been teaching hip hop for 5 years now at the Dance Shed on and off (also relief teaching at other studios) and is looking forward to teaching a lot more in the future!

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Fiona 

Fiona has been dancing since the age of 3 and trained in the UK. Fiona has been trained in Ballet, Tap and Modern Jazz and completed examinations up to Advanced levels with Royal Academy of Dance, American Association of Dance, Associate Board of Dance and British Theatre Dance Association. Fiona has a Bachelor’s Degree in Costume Design and a Master’s Degree in Education. She has decades of teaching experience in schools in the UK, UAE and New Zealand. Fiona has been teaching dance since 2014 and has been fortunate enough to choreograph for school productions and dance competitions. Fiona loves to foster dancer’s passion for dance and enjoys watching them progress every week. 

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Caitlin

Caitlin started dancing when she was 4 years old, moving to The Dance Shed when she was 9 and carried on doing her Jazz APDA

until she completed the syllabus. Caitlin then joined troupe and competed in Jazz, Lyrical and Contemporary until she was 19.

Caitlin still continues to dance at The Dance Shed during the

week in our open classes, following her passion for dance and maintaining her technique and skills.

For the last 2 years she has been teaching the preschool and

primary jazz classes and is looking forward to seeing all her

students, as well as meeting her new ones and helping them on

their journey of dance.

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Hayz

Hayz is a free-lance Choreographer, Teacher and Creative Director. Her professional training took place in London at The Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts where she graduated with joint qualification’s; a H.Dip in Theatre Arts and ISTD Dance Instruction.  â€‹

Professionally she has performed both with seasonal and touring companies as well as shows with longstanding residence in London Theatres, including leading roles of Alice in ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’, Penguin in The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre, Elsie in ‘The Wind and the Willow’s. She also performed alongside a variety of international pop artists on stage and in Music Videos such as Rachel Stevens, Outcast, Beyoncé and The Black Eyed Peas. She has had the pleasure of working with highly acclaimed stunt performers in a various blockbuster movies such as Blood Diamond and National Treasure. ​

Since moving to New Zealand she has had the joys of working with many of the larger scale productions being filmed here such as Legend of the Seeker and Spartacus both in front and behind the camera, as well as working closely with The Stage Co. And KISS Theatre. performing in and choreographing for productions on a regular basis. She has since taken more of a mentoring role, forming 'The Arts Factory' Youth Dance Company offering young and upcoming dancers a chance to work in the professional forum.  She has choreographed Music Videos for NZ artists Amara Duru, Julia Turner and Arma Del Amor and Redacy. NZ Body Arts 2018 Awards, (Q Theatre) Dance Captained for the NZ dancers for Salman Khans World Tour 2017 (Spark Arena), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pop Up Globe) 2019 - 2020, and Co-Director and Chorographer for Imaginerium with West City Band and the infamous Lesley Bandy for stage 2019. She continues to create works for both stage and screen around the country. ​

Hayz guest tutors at a number of Auckland dance academys, is Managing Director of New Zealand Performing Arts, and is a key developer for the ‘Independent Dance Education Syllabus’. (IDES) 

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