Meet The Team 

Ellie founded Atomic Dance in 2018 to bring a kinder dance experience to children. She has been teaching from a young age and full time for the past 5 years, gaining qualifications with the IDTA, Acrobatic Arts and Alixa Flexibility. Ellie feels very strongly about Atomic Dance promoting a creative, safe learning environment for children, where their individuality can be celebrated. Ellie teaches many of the Acrobatic Arts, Lyrical, Junior Combo and Little Stars classes alongside the daily operations of Atomic Dance.

'I believe that as our understanding of how children develop is changing, as should our teaching methods. The traditional style of dance classes, with the teacher having a one size fits all approach, is not effective for modern children. All children are different, which should be celebrated! They develop at different rates and move in different ways. I want our students to view our classes as their movement playground; as long as it is safe, there is no 'wrong way'  to move!"

Miss Izzy is an IDTA qualified teacher who runs all Thursday evening Long Compton classes! She has been dancing all her life and teaching for local schools for many years. 

Training:

(Childhood)

The Royal Ballet School 

Elmhurst Ballet School   

She studied a range of dance styles, from English, to Bonnevillei and the RAD style of dance during her ballet career.
At 16 she was offered a student company position with the Hamburg Ballet . 
 

Rachael also attended The Arts Educational School in London at age 19  to study musical theatre and jazz.

She was chosen to sing and dance at the Symphony Hall Birmingham with the Birmingham Royal Ballet in front of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and perform solos in the annual Summer Shows, solo competitions, and Awards ceremonies in front of the likes of Dame Gillian Lynne.

During training Rachael sustained a spinal injury which caused her to become partially paralysed. Once healed, she realised she could never dance again to the high standard she had previously achieved and chose to pass on her love of dance by teaching the next generation.