Founded by directors Deloris Martin and Chris Pearman in November 2007. The aim of setting up our Community Interest Company was to make dance and fitness accessible to all.
We offer:
- Dance and Fitness workshops .
- Team building sessions .
- Educational Programmes .
- Diversionary Activities.
- Dance On Prescription .
- ”dare to be... initiative”
- Dance Session at XL Youth Villages.
- Step Forward and Dance Programme.
- Zumba Classes.
With an aim to improve the well-being and fitness of individuals and the wider community.
All of our expert instructors can perform and teach to the highest standards. They are highly trained and knowledgeable in each of their individual areas of expertis.e
Dolly - Director/Choreographer
Dolly has 20 years of experience in the field of dance. Her talent area is street and hip hop making her the best teacher in this genre. She has appeared on TV, danced with many artists and is a professional choreographer. She teaches hip hop, zumba, club dance and burlesque.
Dolly has designed the Dance F4ward and Dance On Prescription programmes and is currently developing the health and well-being programmes.
Chris - Director
Chris has a wide and varied experience within the education sector. She has a BTEC Nursery Nursing Certificate plus 15 years working in Early Years Education. She also has a High Scope Curriculum Implementation Certificate, Further and Adult Education Teaching Certificate, First Line Management Certificate and N.V.Q. Level 3 in Management. All of which make her brilliant at managing and caring for our project participants.
Mark - Finance Manager
Marc is our finance manager, he deals with the day to day financials of the company. He is able to help you with your enquiries, bookings and can offer expert advice on Sunderland Dance and its activities. Mark is also responsible for the Zumba Fitness North East activities which are part of Sunderland Dance. Watch this space for Mark's role developing as Sunderland Dance continues to grow.
Jonny - Fitness & Nutritional Expert
Jonny is our personal trainer. He has 10 years of experience in training and now works to teach men and women of all ages the fundamental truths of how to sculpt the body of their dreams. Jonny covers key aspects relating to resistance/weights, cardio vascular training and nutritional factors including supplementation giving you the tools to be your own personal trainer!
Pinky – Dance Coordinator/Zumba Fitness North East Coordinator
Pinky is the dance coordinator for Sunderland Dance and Zumba Fitness North East. Her dance qualifications covers contemporary, ballet, street, jazz, tap, lyrical, the list of Pinky's abilities is endless.
Danielle - Dance Instructor/Coordinator
Danielle has been dancing since the age of 4 and has qualifications in Ballet, Freestyle, Tap and Theatre. Teaching from the age of 15 Danielle has developed her skills in other dance genres as well.
Danielle has a BA Honours Dance Choreography degree which she gained at Northumbria University. Danielle is full of energy with a bubbly personality.
Hannah – Dance Tutor
Hannah is fun, energetic and passionate about dance with her expertise in many areas of dance including Cheerleading, Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Street, Lyrical and Burlesque. Hannah is a favourite among young people delivering invaluable dance knowledge through Sunderland Dance's diversionary activities.
Jen - Dance Instructor
Jen is a valuable member of the team specialising in cheerleading, hip-hop, jazz, tap, ballet, comtemporary and disco.
We love Jen she is fantastic with children and young people and is now developing the new babies and young peoples dance programmes.
Metin – Breakdance Instructor
Metin is our resident break dancing teacher. Bringing the dance to life teaching this fun and informal dance to all age groups.
Clare - Dance Instructor
Clare is one of our resident teachers for the Hartlepool, Stockton and Middlesborough area. She is an expert in many areas of dance and both adults and children enjoy taking part in any lessons that Clare teaches.
Alex - Dance Instructor
Alex is the youngest dance teacher here at Sunderland Dance but yet is exceptional in many dance disciplines. Watch out as she develops and grows with Sunderland Dance. We are very pleased to have her as a member of our team.
Steph - Dance Instructor
Steph works part time for Sunderland Dance team teaching styles such as Jazz, Salsa & Hip Hop. Working in many schools and with young people across the region.
Leah - Dance Instructor
Leah trained at Shiney Row College where she gained her BTEC National Diploma in Dance. Leah has danced from a young age with local dance schools where she took part in competitions and exams.
Leah is full of energy and is very enthusiastic about dance. If you attend one of Leah’s classes you are sure to leave with a smile.
Emma H - Dance Instructor
Emma started off as our part time receptionist while studying at college. We discovered her exceptional talent for dance and she has since become a resident Zumba instructor, jazz teacher here at Sunderland Dance
Emma has a great passion for dance and wishes to pass it on to those who she teaches.
Tanya - Zumba Instructor
Tanya is part of Sunderland Dance and Zumba Fitness North East team. She teaches many fitness and aerobic classes around the North East. With Tanya's warm and bubbly personality you are sure to have a great time at one of her classes.
Along with Dolly and Pinky, Tanya acquired her Aqua Zumba qualification at the end of June.
Steph Reid - Dance Instructor
Steph is the newest member of the team specialising in Latin & Ballroom. She has trained with some of the top choreographers in the UK. Steph is also our wedding dance instructor.
This is just a small selection of the wonderful Sunderland Dance team.
We also have a bank of substitute teachers.
