Robyn Baker-Schiau - Ballet
FISTD Imperial Ballet
Aged 16 Robyn was awarded a full scholarship to Elmhurst Ballet School where she completed her training and graduated at 19 with a Higher National Diploma and ISTD teaching qualifications in both Ballet & Modern. Robyn went on to dance at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, with QDOS productions before joining Carnival Cruise Lines, with whom she travelled extensively for 3 years as a featured singer and dancer. On returning home in 2007, Robyn began teaching. She has continued her ISTD teachers qualifications and last year was awarded her Licentiate in Classical Ballet.
In 2010 Robyn founded Sussex Youth Ballet Company with the aim of nurturing talent and inspiring young dancers to continue with their weekly ballet classes. She has since choreographed and produced 8 original productions.
André Koschyk - Modern
FISTD; examiner
André was born in Germany and trained at Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in England.
After a career as a singer and dancer in Musical Theatre he and his wife taught at their own dance school in Ulm, Germany for 17 years where they also run a full-time teacher training course.
André choreographed various musicals for a college near Frankfurt, is an examiner for the ISTD for Modern Theatre and Tap, member of the Modern Theatre Committee, approved tutor for the ISTD teacher training program DDE and a member of the Advanced 1 MTH, MTH Grades and the Tap teaching teams.
Lucy Nelson - Contemporary
RAD CBTS RTS
Lucy started dancing with the West Midlands Youth Ballet and began her contemporary training with William Louther. She went on to study at the RambertSchool of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, attaining a HND in dance. She danced professionally with contemporary dance companies such as Moving Visions, Ijad and NuTempo. She then gained her Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies, becoming a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance. She now has over 10 years extensive experience teaching RAD ballet classes in London and Sussex, running her own school, Leap & Bound Dance School, in Brighton, as well as for the Rennie Dance Academy, successfully preparing children for RAD exams and choreographing for shows. She also teaches the new ISTD Contemporary syllabus.