ABOUT
Here at ADA we pride our self on providing high quality standard of teaching and professionalism provided by our highly qualified teachers. We provide pre-school classes including parent/guardian participation from ages 18 months to 4 years, which are ballet based movement classes to help promote the physical and mental development of children in a fun, safe encouraging environment. We also provide Acrobatic Arts classes from ages 4 years plus and ISTD classes for our upper school from ages 5 years plus in Imperial Classical Ballet, Tap and Modern Theatre. Students are expected to come into class by themselves to make the most of the class and to develop their dance technique further and make magical friendships with each other in the class. Student will also be offered the opportunity to take exams in these classes which helps with self confidence and a sense of achievement to all their hard work in classes.
We also offer external tuition within local schools and nurseries, which have been a great success! They can include providing classes to help promote physical and mental well-being whilst incorporating themes and topics within the classes to help enrich the schools and nurseries curriculum.
TEAM
Miss Ronnia
PRINCIPLE & Founding Owner of ADA
Miss Ronnia has been dancing since the age of 2 (just like some of your little dancing stars) taking Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz, Acrobatics. She danced at her local dance school taking part in shows, pantomimes and exams. As well as being the Saturday teacher assistant from the age of 13 until she left at the age of 16. This is where she found her passion and love for teaching dance and decided to purse her career and auditioned for Preston's Dance College.
From the age of 16 to 19 Miss Ronnia attended full time vocational dance school gaining three ISTD Diploma's in Dance Education in Ballet, Tap and Modern and a Foundation Degree in Teaching Dance in the Private Sector. As well as gaining her own dance ISTD exams at vocational levels; Advanced 2 in Tap and Modern and Advanced 1 in Ballet. Along side her dance qualifications she also gained her Level 2 Exercise to Music qualification.
Upon graduating Preston's Dance College in 2016, Miss Ronnia was lucky enough to start teaching full time as a freelance dance teacher around Lancashire at various schools and companies. In this time Miss Ronnia also graduated from Middlesex university in 2018 with a BA Hons Degree in Professional Practice (Dance).
Other qualifications Miss Ronnia has achieved is Acrobatic Arts Certified preschool teacher and Module 1 and 2 instructor. She's also a certified Alixa Flexibility module 1 and 2 teacher and a certified Progress to Ballet Technique teacher. She also goes by every day is a learning day and always looking how to improve her skills and is always looking on how she can better herself as a teacher.
Other courses and qualifications she's achieved it her NCFE Cache Level 2 Understanding Autism and NCFE Cache Level 2 in Understanding Children and Young People's Mental Health Certificates.
2019 is where the magic and big dream happened and Miss Ronnia decided to open her own dance school, and in January 2020 that happened and Ashworth's Dance Academy was born!