Grace Melissa is a fully qualified teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance [RAD] (PDTD), the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) and the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) and also a PBT, PCT and Silver Swans Licensee.

Grace has been a professional dancer performing all over the world, as well as being an experienced, qualified dance teacher 

Grace has performed professionally in the production shows onboard cruise ships, including Msc Magnifica as a production guest artist on the world cruise, being a professional production dancer onboard Msc Poesia for 4 consecutive contracts, Louis Olympia (Now Celestyal) as a production Singer/Dancer and was onboard the Costa Magica as a production Dancer/Singer where she was the Dance Captain onboard and  also covered the Production manager position.

Grace Melissa graduated from performing arts college in England and has been involved in theatre work and performing from a very young age. 

Having classical ballet training gave Grace a strong technique in all styles of dance . Grace is also an advanced tap and modern dancer and has a love of all styles of dance. 

Her passion is to guide, support and encourage students to achieve their best potential whilst enjoying their journey of improving. 

Qualifications include but not limited to:

• Royal Academy of Dance, Registered Teacher. PDTD Qualified

• PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) 

• Silver Swans Licensee

• IDTA Teacher of Dancing- Associate of the Modern Jazz Faculty

• ISTD Level 4 Diploma in Dance Education (QCF) in Modern theatre dance

• ISTD Level 4 Diploma in Dance Education (QCF) in Tap Dance

• ISTD Dance qualifications in Ballet (Intermediate Level), Tap (Advanced 2 Level), Modern (Advanced 2 Level)

• Royal Academy of dance qualifications in all Graded examinations and Intermediate.

• Qualified Zumba Instructor Basic Steps Level 1

• LAMDA Level 3 certificate in communication (QCF) Gd 8 -Gold Medal

Rosemary studied at the Northern Ballet School in Manchester during the 1980s and danced professionally in the Northern Ballet Company company for four years.

She even danced alongside Rudolph Nureyev in "Sleeping Beauty" and Alicia Markova in "Les Sylphides." As a dancer she has toured internationally in Hong Kong and Italy and has participated in many BBC programs in England.

Rosemary later become a registered teacher at the Royal Academy of Dance and  opened her own Ballet school in Manchester in which she taught Ballet, Tap, Modern Dance and Jazz with great success for 20 years.

When she moved her residence to Spain, she decides to concentrate on teaching Ballet as a freelance teacher specializing in Royal Academy exam preparation.

Rosemary is an absolute expert in her teaching genre and is delighted to be able to contribute with her extensive experience so that the students of this school have a deeper understanding of the foundations of ballet technique and the sense of interpretation required by Royal Academy of Dance.

Guy established his reputation as a dance accompanist and became the Centre pianist for both the Manchester and Leeds ISTD Dance centres. At the same time though Guy was gaining more experience playing for many more dance societies – RAD, IDTA, BBO, NATD.

Guy played and recorded the original tap grades music for the ISTD, carefully selecting the very best tunes for each exercise with his good friend Gillian Farr who he had the pleasure of meeting on numerous exam sessions.

Guy also played and recorded the ISTD adult popular tap test music working with another great pioneer of dance – Marianne Jepson at her dance college in Oldham.

He was resident pianist at many Manchester hotels during the 80’s and 90’s including;

The Grand Hotel, The Portland Hotel, Ramada Renaissance and the Hilton.

He toured with the Syd Lawrence breakaway band “The New Millionaires” under the direction of Nat Whitworth and was accompanist on stage with Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and The Bachelors. He played for Frank Finlay’s birthday party in Bolton and even for the now famous Jennifer Ellison’s tap exams in St Helens at the Elizabeth Hill’s school of dancing.

He also played in the cabaret band for Cunard Cruise lines in 1981.