Our teachers
Here’s our amazing staff and their beaut faces!
Principal
Jacinta Landon (JC)
JC is a fully qualified dance teacher with years of experience, from Television to Stage. She's danced her way through New Zealand, Asia, & Europe.
Teaching dance for over 10 years, JC is passionate about building knowledge, skill, passion & confidence.
``To express yourself creatively through dance is very powerful. There is huge history in dance, & I find it fascinating & exciting to teach. Dance helps you to grow as a human on so many levels. I aim to teach humility with strong confidence. To remain open to continuous learning, but have the strength to take ownership of our greatness.``
Senior Street Dance & Musical Theatre Teacher/Choreographer
Megs Kumari
Megs trained with ELEVATE from 2014-2017. An original member of Gravity Crew, she trained in Musical Theatre at Bird College! Now a pro dancer Megs is represented by CMA London! We love having her back when she can spare the time.
Senior Street Dance & Crew Teacher / Choreographer
Isaac Farmer
Isaac is an amazing dancer & teacher who has trained at Shake for a number of years. He continues his successes placing highly at national & world Street Dance Competitions & looks forward to teaching this Sept-Oct 2020 on a Thursday at ELEVATE - we welcome him!
Street Dance Teacher / Choreographer & Administrative team
Lily Harffey
Street Dance & Tap Teacher Choreographer
Francoise Western
Molly is a much loved teacher! She has trained with ELEVATE since 2011 & was part of the original Gravity Crew. Molly continued to dance through Uni & taught for the Uni dance crew with successful results at competitions, placing 1st multiple times.
Street Dance Teacher / Choreographer
Joel Lancaster
Clio has trained with ELEVATE since 2014. Clio is a passionate, exciting teacher at ELEVATE between her studies & has seen lots of success as Choreographer for ELEVATE'S Exhibit Crew. Clio herself has placed 1st (Gravity Crew), 2nd, 5th (Solo) & 1st Duo.
Street Dance Teacher September 2020
Kinkit Wong (2K)
Kinkit - also known as 2K, is a passionate dancer, choreographer who danced with Burban Dance Society at the Uni of Bath - with a history of placing 3rd, 2nd & 1st at UCL Transcendence Hip Hop comps. His inspiring dynamic, musical choreography plus friendly nurturing nature really motivates our students to learn!
Assistant Dance Teacher September 2020
Lily Harffey
Lily has trained at ELEVATE since 2014 & is part of our successful Gravity Crew. Lily has much experience in performance, & recently came 1st in Duo competitions. Lily is a fantastic part of the assistant teacher team with us 3 times a week this term!
Assistant Dance Teacher September 2020
Joel Lancaster
Joel was one of our first ever students back in 2012! He is part of our successful Gravity Crew, & has much experience performing & competing in various shows & events. Joel is a fantastic part of our assistant team.
Assistant Teacher September 2020
Francoise Western
Francoise has been training at ELEVATE and in classical dance for a number of years, she has gained huge success with her Tap Attack team, representing GB and winning world titles. Francoise (aka Maddie) is assisting this Sept - Oct 2020.
Assistant Dance Teacher September 2020
Seamus Green
Seamus has studied classical dance & Street Dance with ELEVATE for many years. He has worked most recently with BalletBoyz, successfully auditioning for a place. Seamus continues to work his way through classical exams & has had a number of lead roles in ELEVATE productions.