Ciara McCooey, Ballet, Tap and Modern Teacher
Ciara grew up in Knockbridge, Ireland and danced before she learned how to walk. At the age of
four, she was enrolled in a stage school where she took dance, drama and singing lessons. She began
her ballet training at the age of eight and instantly fell in love. At this stage, she performed in
competitions. When she was eleven she decided to attend Coastal Ballet School in Drogheda to
further her training. Here she took graded and vocational examinations under the RAD syllabi and
also partook in modern exams (graded and vocational) under the ISTD syllabi. In 2015 Ciara joined
Dublin Youth Dance Company (a youth contemporary company) and with the company has
performed in the Irish Youth Dance Festival (2016, 2017), Dublin Dance Festival (2017) and at Castle
Malatesta in Rimini, Italy (2017).She has been awarded distinctions in all of her speech and drama
exams under the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Leinster School of Music and Drama. She has
also gained distinctions in her singing exams (Royal Irish Academy of Music) and was a member of
her school choirs in both primary and secondary school. in 2017 she moved to London and enrolled
on the Royal Academy of Dance’s BA (HONS) Ballet Education Course and also the Licentiate of the
Royal Academy of Dance programme.
Ciara grew up in Knockbridge, Ireland and danced before she learned how to walk. At the age of
four, she was enrolled in a stage school where she took dance, drama and singing lessons. She began
her ballet training at the age of eight and instantly fell in love. At this stage, she performed in
competitions. When she was eleven she decided to attend Coastal Ballet School in Drogheda to
further her training. Here she took graded and vocational examinations under the RAD syllabi and
also partook in modern exams (graded and vocational) under the ISTD syllabi. In 2015 Ciara joined
Dublin Youth Dance Company (a youth contemporary company) and with the company has
performed in the Irish Youth Dance Festival (2016, 2017), Dublin Dance Festival (2017) and at Castle
Malatesta in Rimini, Italy (2017).She has been awarded distinctions in all of her speech and drama
exams under the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Leinster School of Music and Drama. She has
also gained distinctions in her singing exams (Royal Irish Academy of Music) and was a member of
her school choirs in both primary and secondary school. in 2017 she moved to London and enrolled
on the Royal Academy of Dance’s BA (HONS) Ballet Education Course and also the Licentiate of the
Royal Academy of Dance programme.
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JESSICA MULCAHYMiss Jessica grew up and trained in Ireland. In 2013, she came to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dance gaining a BA (Hons) in Ballet Education in 2016.
Jessica is qualified as an RAD Registered Teacher with a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dance. Miss Jessica is very interested in fostering children’s creativity through each of her ballet lessons along with instilling technique, musicality and performance quality to each of her students. Jessica is a freelance ballet teacher working in various ballet schools in London. |
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Bethany SwalesMiss Bethany grew up in Suffolk and began dancing at the age of 3, at the Hazelwood School of Dance. She trained in Ballet, Modern, Tap and Contemporary dance to competition level – winning in many categories.
In 2013 Bethany enrolled on the BA (Hons) Ballet Education Course at the Royal Academy of Dance. While there, she also studied the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dance, graduating from both in 2016. Bethany is now an RAD Registered freelance dance teacher, working in various schools across London, teaching ballet, modern and tap. |
