Aspire Classes
We currently have classes in Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet and Tap running monday to thursday at our studios on Short St in Matamata. We follow JazzAddict for our Jazz work and NZAMD for our Ballet & Tap. The syllabi give students a solid technical base; teaching specific skills and foundations to prepare for the higher grades which have greater complexity in choreography. The exams for these are usually around August/September We then work towards our end of year show. Stay tuned to find out our new theme for 2012!
The Team
Tammy Bennett is the Owner of Aspire and started the school 4 years ago. She teaches all disciplines on offer at Aspire although now has selected teaching time as she has a daughter Lily who takes up alot of her time.
Courtney Tetlow is in charge of admin at Aspire for 2012. Courtney will be teaching Jazz and Ballet in the school. She has trained in Auckland growing up and then taught for a number of years at her Auckland Dance School. We are excited to have Courtney on our team
Lucy Kranenburg is sadly leaving us for 2012 to attend Auckland University. We wish her all the best and look forward to her joining us again for the show!
Stacey Edgecombe is our specialist preschool movement teacher. With a vast background in teaching, Stacey is incredible at working with this important age group and always manages to fuse skill and technique activities with loads of fun!
Katie Hipperson joined the teaching staff at Aspire in 2011 and did a fantastic job! Her passion for teaching children and ensuring that dance is fun whilst they are learning has made her a hit with all her students!! Katie is attending the 2012 teachers conference with Courtney & Tammy in January. We are thrilled to have Katie join our team and know she is growing into an amazing teacher!
Rosie Hills taught our preschool class with Stacey in 2011 and will be taking up residency at Aspire teaching our newly added genre of Ballet with Courtney. Rosie is all the way from the UK and has an extensive background in ballet. Her rapore with students is something very special and we are very excited to have her on team this year!
Camille Keyte is from Matamata and new to the staff of Aspire for 2012. Camille has a background training in both Jazz and Hip Hop and has known and worked with Tammy for about 5 years now. Camille has alot of experience teaching dance for herself and is very clever with her choreography. We are thrilled to be able to have her onboard with us this year!
Courtney Tetlow is in charge of admin at Aspire for 2012. Courtney will be teaching Jazz and Ballet in the school. She has trained in Auckland growing up and then taught for a number of years at her Auckland Dance School. We are excited to have Courtney on our team
Lucy Kranenburg is sadly leaving us for 2012 to attend Auckland University. We wish her all the best and look forward to her joining us again for the show!
Stacey Edgecombe is our specialist preschool movement teacher. With a vast background in teaching, Stacey is incredible at working with this important age group and always manages to fuse skill and technique activities with loads of fun!
Katie Hipperson joined the teaching staff at Aspire in 2011 and did a fantastic job! Her passion for teaching children and ensuring that dance is fun whilst they are learning has made her a hit with all her students!! Katie is attending the 2012 teachers conference with Courtney & Tammy in January. We are thrilled to have Katie join our team and know she is growing into an amazing teacher!
Rosie Hills taught our preschool class with Stacey in 2011 and will be taking up residency at Aspire teaching our newly added genre of Ballet with Courtney. Rosie is all the way from the UK and has an extensive background in ballet. Her rapore with students is something very special and we are very excited to have her on team this year!
Camille Keyte is from Matamata and new to the staff of Aspire for 2012. Camille has a background training in both Jazz and Hip Hop and has known and worked with Tammy for about 5 years now. Camille has alot of experience teaching dance for herself and is very clever with her choreography. We are thrilled to be able to have her onboard with us this year!
