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Twinkletoes
About Us
I
have enjoyed dancing all my life and in fact first started at the age of
three. My passion continued throughout my childhood and teenage years
achieving both qualification as a student  and recognition teaching both
tap and ballet.
My career then took a different direction and I was
lucky enough to see parts of the world that I probably wouldn’t
otherwise have seen working for ten years as an air stewardess. Whilst
still involving myself with dancing at any opportunity I was enjoying my
time with the airline until one day I received an inspirational letter
from a close friend suggesting that I started tap classes for adults. It
was the nudge I needed to turn my true passion into a career and
Twinkletoes was born in
2006. Having enjoyed a close relationship with Otterbourne Village Hall
for many years choreographing their pantomime and summer shows it seemed
the ideal venue for my new business. Starting with one adult tap and one
child movement to music class per week, Twinkletoes now offers over
twenty classes per week with age groups varying from children as young as 18
months to the more mature. The relationship with the Otterbourne Village
Hall productions has continued and provides an enjoyable challenge both
in the number of routines to be choreographed and again, the diversity
of age groups. The challenge has been rewarded with a number of
prestigious nominations and awards including the Curtain Call best
Pantomime award.
My choreography
has spanned a period of 20 years for various organisations
and in addition to my dance classes held at
the village hall I have also taught at St Swithuns boarding school in
Winchester and teach an after school dance club for 5 – 7 year olds
locally.
The
desire for new and innovative fitness classes
has presented another opportunity for
Twinkletoes and I am enjoying tremendous support for two adult classes I
run at Bodysound Gym in Chandlers Ford. Dance can also find its way into
recuperation and I get great personal satisfaction running several
sessions dancing with adults who have suffered strokes. This combined
with choreographing original routines for family parties, a wedding
dance and children’s parties makes for a very busy but hugely
enjoyable and rewarding life
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