Gemini School of Dance
Principal : Jacqui Everson A.I.S.T.D.(Dip)
Rosie Balfry
Hello I’m Rosie, here’s a little bit about me. I started dancing with Gemini School of Dance when I was 4 years old, fast forward 24 years and I’m still here doing what I love the most. As a child I won numerous awards for different Cecchetti competitions. At 16 I went to a dance college in Bristol to study dance and musical theatre and whilst there I managed to get numerous qualifications, including advance 1 modern and intermediate tap and ballet. I had the opportunity to perform in numerous places such as Bristol hippodrome and all sorts of festivals. I also managed to complete my grade 7 musical theatre exam! After that I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand and Australia and see the world! Since then I have been teaching at Gemini school of Dance for 10 years and have great experience with dance shows and entering students into competitions which have gone extremely well! I absolutely love to teach, I love to see the enjoyment on their faces when they dance and how they beam when they get onto the stage, super proud teacher! I am currently studying for my DDE cecchetti ballet exam!
Rosie x
Ella Appleby
Ella-Louise is a professional ballet dancer from New Inn, Pontypool. She started dancing at Gemini at the age of 4 where, inspired by Jacqui she developed a real passion for ballet. At 17 she moved to Cheshire to study the Classical Ballet course at KS Dance, from where she later graduated with a Level 6 Diploma in Professional Dance and DDE teaching qualifications in Cecchetti Classical Ballet.
Ella-Louise has been fortunate enough to have worked with Tivoli Ballet Theatre, The Royal Danish Opera, Ballet Cymru, Brecon Festival Ballet, Constella OperaBallet, International Classic Ballet Theatre and most recently on projects with the Royal Opera House. She has also starred in short films for the BBC, featured in music videos and is an ambassador for major brand Gaynor Minden.
Ella has 8 years of teaching experience and has a real passion to inspire, educate and aid in helping the next generation of dancers to thrive.
Alice Cornes
Alice has danced since the age of 3 and took part in ballet productions such as English youth ballet and London children’s ballet. She knew then that she had a passion for dance.
She then went onto to train in professional dance/musical theatre at BodyWork Cambridge in 2013 and later graduated in 2016.
She was pleased to get her first job after graduating with P&O cruises as a singer/ dancer and completed 2 successful contracts with them. She has done other jobs such as cabaret and pantomime and was dance captain for a summer contract out in Qatar.
Her biggest achievement was Top Hat the musical on Cunard Queen Elizabeth and has recently finished her last contract at sea as Aerialist on P&O Arcadia.
Alice is very excited to be home teaching again after being away for a few years.